Cyber resilience: a review of critical national infrastructure and cyber security protection measures applied in the UK and USA

Abstract

This paper presents cyber resilience as key strand of national security. It establishes the importance of critical national infrastructure protection and the growing vicarious nature of remote, well-planned, and well executed cyber attacks on critical infrastructures. Examples of well-known historical cyber attacks are presented, and the emergence of 'internet of things' as a cyber vulnerability issue yet to be tackled is explored. The paper identifies key steps being undertaken by those responsible for detecting, deterring, and disrupting cyber attacks on critical national infrastructure in the United Kingdom and the USA.

Keywords: CIKR; CNI; DDoS; IoT; US Cyber Security Act 2012; cyber security; cyber-attacks; national security.