Methodology of identifying critical objects of infrastructure

Abstract

This work is aimed at creating of methodology of identifying critical objects of infrastructure. Various infrastructure - a guarantee a successful existence of any state. The main vulnerability of infrastructures - are critical elements within their structure. Failure of critical element leads to a significant drop in efficiency of functioning of infrastructure. Therefore, security of critical infrastructure elements is the basis for the security of infrastructure. Infrastructure have been considered as non-deterministic complex systems that enter interaction with their environment and consist of a large number of objects and relations between them. Methods of system analysis and system engineering were the main instruments of research infrastructures in this paper. The developed methodology involves three major stages: decomposition, analysis and synthesis. All necessary information about the infrastructure will be obtained by performing these stages. Methodology allows us to study any infrastructure from side of its functions and from side of its structure. The result of research of infrastructure by this method should be full infrastructure model that accurately represents structure and functioning of infrastructure. This model is sufficiently complete for using by specialists in the development of recommendations for improvements in the safety of critical objects of infrastructure. The methodology is simple and not labor that allows verifying vulnerability of infrastructure in the shortest time.