Critical Infrastructure

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From CPNI to NPSA

The UK prioritises the protection of Critical Infrastructure through the National Security and Investment Act (2016). Previously, the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure shouldered this responsibility.

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Radar is Vital in Security Design

Radar has been applied for demanding applications for decades. It was originally used by the military and to help with airplane and ship navigation, environments that set high standards for reliability and precision.

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Danger Prevention at Infraserv Höchst

Covering an area of 4.6 square kilometers, the industrial site Infraserv Höchst, Germany, is a veritable ‘town within a town’. It has its own railway, its own harbor, and its own fire brigade. Ninety chemical and pharmaceutical companies are located here that together employ some 22,000 people. Infraserv Höchst’s business is location development, and they are experts in the provision of chemicals-related services. The Danger Prevention department of the Site Management division is headed up by Linda Voigtländer. GIT SECURITY spoke with her.

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Sensor and Information Management Systems for the Protection of Infrastructure and Assets

The complete protection of critical infrastructure, in particular in the energy and supply sector, has been a mainstay of Senstar for many years, a provider of integrated security solutions that include video technology, access control and sensors for perimeter protection. GIT SECURITY spoke with the new CEO of Senstar GmbH Michael Rumpf and Head of Sales John Rosenbusch about the company’s strategy for the near future – among other things also the continuation of the organic growth and expansion of their partner network.

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Threats to and the Protection of Critical Infrastructure

The predicted lack of sufficient energy caused by the interruption of gas supplied from Russia, the drastic price increase of certain raw materials and, above all, the attacks on the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines, as well as the attacks on the German railway network, have raised public awareness and that of politics, commerce and the media of just how critical and threatened critical infrastructure is (KRITIS). Highlighting the complexity of KRITIS, the strategy, options and limits of its protection, as well as the necessity of emergency planning, is the aim of this article by Reinhard Rupprecht, Ministerial Director (retired).

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Access Control Solutions for Critical Infra­structure and High Security Applications

We hardly notice them, but they are there, all day and every day; the equipment installations and their control and monitoring systems that supply us all with electricity, telecommunications, gas and water. Those are perhaps the services that first come to mind without which we would all have serious difficulties very quickly – daily life would also be radically different without quite a few others. Ensuring that these installations are not accessed by unauthorized people is the job of well thought-out security systems. GIT SECURITY takes a look at some of the solutions to mitigate the risks of theft, vandalism and acts of terrorism and to protect critical infrastructure and other high security locations.