NATO Science for Peace and Security Series E: Human Societal Dynamics (IOS Press) Critical Infrastructure Protection in Response to Terrorist Attacks

The widespread unrest in many parts of the world has raised many new challenges for those involved in the protection of critical infrastructure. This book, Critical Infrastructure Protection in Response to Terrorist Attacks, presents material from the NATO Advanced Research Workshop of the same name, held from 23-25 October 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey. The workshop covered the issue of protecting critical infrastructure in full, and suggested ways to protect critical infrastructure objects from attacks of various kinds. The aim of the workshop was to aggregate the knowledge and experience of specialists and other interested parties directly involved in conducting or developing methods of protecting critical infrastructure from terrorist or other hostile attack. Experts from Ukraine, Turkey, Poland, and other NATO member and partner countries invited to attend, shared their experiences and explained the use of innovative computer modeling methods and technologies to solve the problems of protecting critical infrastructure and increasing its resilience to explosions caused by hostile attack. In addition, training to enhance psychological resistance to terrorist and military hostilities in order to minimize the risks of potential emergencies at critical infrastructure facilities was also proposed. The book outlines the development of the new competencies, knowledge, and skills required for an effective response to hostile attacks on critical infrastructure facilities, and will be of interest to all those working in the field of protecting critical infrastructure.