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Lecture 1 & 2 Flashcards

1
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DHS

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Department of Homeland Security

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FEMA

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Federal Emergency Management Agency

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JTTF

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Joint Terrorism Task Force

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NIPP

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National Infrastructure Protection Plan

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PPD

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Presidential Policy Directive

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Critical Infrastructure

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An infrastructure so vital that its incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our defense and national security

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Identification of Sectors within “Critical Infrastructure Protection”

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A network of independent, mostly privately-owned, man-made systems that function collaboratively and synergistically to produce and distribute a continuous flow of essential goods and services

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Reducing the risk to critical infrastructure by physical means or defensive cyber measures to intrusions, attacks, or the effects of natural or manmade disasters

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“Security” defined by PPD-21

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9
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_______ and _______ activities contribute to strengthening critical infrastructure security

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Prevention and protection

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10
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Securing critical infrastructure include addressing ______ & ______ and sharing ________ _________ & _______ on current and future risks

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Threats / vulnerabilities

Accurate information / analysis

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Resilience

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The ability to prepare for and adapt to changing conditions

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Resilience includes the ability to withstand and ______ from deliberate _______, _______, or ________ occurring incidents or _________.

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Recover
Attacks / accidents / naturally
Threats

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What 2 things are essential to achieving resilience?

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Accurate information

Analysis about risks

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14
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Resilient infrastructure assets, systems, and networks must be ______, _______, and ________.

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Robust
Agile
Adaptable

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15
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What 3 activities contribute to strengthening critical infrastructure resilience?

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Mitigation
Response
Recovery

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16
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_______ and _______ are strengthened through risk management.

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Security and resilience

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17
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The 5 principles in securing critical infrastructure.

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It takes a network to fight a network

Secure the hubs, not the spokes

Spend 80% on 20% of the country

Think Dual Purpose

Think Asymmetric

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18
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Nodes of rail, air, and ship?

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Station, terminal, port

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19
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Links of rail, air, and ship?

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Rail line, flight, cruise

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20
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The primary emphasis is on security, but we also adopt the more nuanced view that attention needs to be directed to all ______ and all ______.

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Hazards and risks

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21
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As the transport sector requires more attention to make itself secure, the implicit cost of ________ goes _____, and the ability to make ________ may be ________.

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Transportation / up

Markets / diminished

22
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What are 3 examples that safety/ security is a cost of transport?

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Loss of operational authority

Loss of public confidence, possibly leading to business failure

Higher insurance premiums

23
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Nodes

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(Vertices, points) origin, destination, transfer of movements

24
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Linkages

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(Edges, arcs, segments, lines) transportation facilities, flows over facilities

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Networks

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Set of linkages derived from transport infrastructure

26
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The largest linkages and and flows of traditional networks are called_____ or _____.

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Trunklines or main streets

27
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Small linkages and flows within traditional networks are called ______ or _______.

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Arterials or feeders

28
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When looking at linkages in a network, we would like to know which linkages are considered _____ _______ ________.

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The most important

29
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What are 3 names used to designate trunklines?

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Corridors, main streets, and arterials

30
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Important linkages, which are also principle route, are named _______.

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Trunklines

31
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Trunklines are useful for analyzing social problems that involve ______ _______.

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Network topology

32
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There are ____ primary trunklines in the US.

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10

33
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In traditional networks, nodes usually represent _______.

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Cities

34
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The largest and most important nodes (in traditional networks) are called ______ and serve and ______ and ______ points for a region.

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Gateways

Entry and exit

35
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When looking at nodes in a network, we would like to know their _________.

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Accessibility

36
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Accessibility

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How easily one node can get access to other nodes in the network

37
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Major nodes can be major ______.

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Targets

38
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A change in a network’s linkages brings about a change in the _______ of each node in the network.

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Accessibility

39
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These are major points of embarkation and have customs/immigration officials at each end.

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Gateway

40
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Detection of a gateway include a large number of _________ used for signs and information communication

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Languages

41
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Negative factor, in terms of security, for a node within a network that is large, diverse and complex?

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Big target and vulnerable

42
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Positive factor, in terms of security, for a node within a network that is large, diverse and complex?

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Plenty of back up and support

43
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Hierarchy

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Differentiates between center sizes, regional dominance, and inter-city relationships

44
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The ______ centers in the hierarchy dominates _______ cities

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Largest / smaller

45
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The most important ________ are between dominant centers

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Linkages

46
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Hinterlands define a center’s _______ ________ of influence and a _______ delineates its area of influence

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Dominate sphere

Field

47
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Both the _______ and _______ of competition influence the shapes of hinterlands and fields

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Presence and location

48
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What are the 4 types of operations?

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In-control
Peak
Surge
Abnormal

49
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Importance of _________ nodes and not having “all your eggs in one basket”

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Back-up

50
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An infrastructure so vital that its incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on our defense and national security

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Critical Infrastructure

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