Deck 6: Advancing Economic and Societal Resilience: Critical Infrastructure Protection

Question 1

A system disruption which then propagates to other systems due to their proximity is known as what?

A) Cascading failure
B) Complex network
C) Critical infrastructure
D) ransomware

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following assets is not an example of something that would be included in the communications critical infrastructure sector?

A) Mobile phone towers
B) Internet service providers
C) Research facilities
D) Radio stations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

_____________ is the ability to prepare for, adapt to, and recover from disruptions.

A) Inspection
B) Mitigation
C) Resilience
D) Risk management

Answer 3

C

Question 4

How many sectors does the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) consider to be critical?

A) 8
B) 12
C) 16
D) 20

Question 5

Three critical infrastructure sectors in particular-energy, communications, and information technology-can be thought of as " " sectors.

A) high yield
B) enabling
C) problematic
D) sustainable

Question 6

Which of the following things cannot be managed with the use of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems?

A) Cell phone towers
B) Water flow out of dams
C) Production of electricity at nuclear power plants
D) Screening cargo

Question 7

The transportation sector has evolved a great deal since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Question 8

Many SCADA systems continue to suffer from security vulnerabilities.

Question 9

Hospitals, clinics, outpatient facilities are all examples of assets found in the chemical sector of critical infrastructures.

Question 10

Approximately 15% of all critical infrastructure is privately controlled.

Question 11

Under the DHS system of classification, 16 specific sectors of the U.S. economy form part of the universe of critical infrastructure.

Question 12

Perhaps the most desirable end state in critical infrastructure protection today is resilience.

Question 13

The effectiveness of PPP for critical infrastructure protection can vary.

Question 14

Ground-based communications transmission systems do not include Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Question 15

Explain why Wannacry was so successful at impacting hundreds of thousands of users.

Question 16

Explain why the 2014 Aurora FAA facility incident caused such a high financial loss.

Question 17

Name and list examples for at least four critical infrastructure sectors.

Question 18

Explain the three key debates in critical infrastructure.

Question 19

What is the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection?

Question 20

Which critical infrastructure sectors do you think are the most vulnerable? Why?

Question 21

Explain your definition of critical infrastructure.