Question 1
How do critical infrastructure interdependencies complicate the risk assessment and management process? If you were asked to recommend ways to mitigate the dangers of cascading collapses such as we saw with Katrina, what would you advise (bear in mind the costs involved)?
Question 2.
One leading analyst in the critical infrastructure field has pointed out that “Most critical infrastructure is in the hands of corporations whose first responsibility is to shareholders, and not to homeland security. Therefore, the only way to coax the necessary investment from profit-making private sector corporations is to couple investments in security with productivity and efficiency enhancing investments.” How can we do this?
Question 3.
The Department of Homeland Security lists “national monuments and icons” as a critical infrastructure sector. Do you agree or disagree that monuments and national icons are a critical infrastructure? Why?