Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense - Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency - NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1

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Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1) presents guidance shaped by COE-DAT and the US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute. The monograph positions critical infrastructure security and resilience within NATO collective defense, describing research framing and contributor expertise. It outlines key work streams and an analytic focus spanning threat assessment, forecasting, applied strategic art, and industrial or enterprise management. The handbook is prepared as a peer-reviewed publication cleared for public release.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryResearch & Report

FormatPDF

Pages448

Reading Time18 h 49 min

AccessFree to download

Preface

Acknowledgments

Executive Summary

Chapter 1 - Understanding Critical Infrastructure

What Is Critical Infrastructure?

Why Is Critical Infrastructure Important?

What Is the Difference between CIP and CISR?

Key Work Streams in CISR Planning and Operations

Looking Back and Looking Ahead

Chapter 2 - Physical Threats to Critical Infrastructure

Natural Threats

Man-made Threats

US Army War College USAWC Press Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs 11-15-2022 Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1) Carol V. Evans Chris Anderson Malcom Baker Ronald Bearse Salih Biçakci See next page for additional authors Follow this and additional works at: [https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs](https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs) Part of the Defense and Security Studies Commons, International Relations Commons, and the Terrorism Studies Commons Authors Carol V. Evans, Chris Anderson, Malcom Baker, Ronald Bearse, Salih Biçakci, Steve Bieber, Sungbaek Cho, Adrian Dwyer, Geoffrey French, David Harell, Alessandro Lazari, Raymond Mey, Theresa Sabonis-Helf, and Duane Verner This book is prepared by the cooperation between COE-DATand USAWC SSI CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE DEFENCE AGAINST TERRORISM Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1) Carol V. Evans Editor US Army War College STRATEGIC STUDIES INSTITUTE“The Army’s Think Tank” The Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) is the US Army’s institute for geostrategic and national security research and analysis. SSI research and analysis createsand advances knowledge to influence solutions for national security problems facing the Army and the nation. SSI serves as a valuable source of ideas, criticism, innovative approaches, and independent analyses as well as a venue to expose external audiences to the US Army’s contributions to the nation. It acts as a bridge to the broader international community of security scholars and practitioners. SSI is composed of civilian research professors, uniformed military officers, anda professional support staff, all with extensive credentials and experience. SSI’s Strategic Research and Analysis Department focuses on global, transregional, and functional security issues. Its Strategic Engagement Program creates and sustains partnerships with strategic analysts around the world, including the foremost thinkers in the field of security and military strategy. In most years, about half of SSI’s publications are written by these external partners. Research Focus Arenas Geostrategic net assessment—regional and transregional threat analysis, drivers of adversary conduct, interoperability between partner, allied, IA, commercial, and Joint organizations Geostrategic forecasting—geopolitics, geoeconomics, technological development, and disruption and innovation Applied strategic art—warfare and warfighting functions, Joint and multinational campaigning, and spectrum of conflict Industrial/enterprise management, leadership, and innovation—ethics and the profession, organizational culture and effectiveness, transformational change, talent development and management, and force mobilization and modernization US Army War College Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1 Carol V. Evans Editor Chris Anderson, Malcolm Baker, Ronald Bearse, Salih Biçakci, Steve Bieber, Sungbaek Cho, Adrian Dwyer, Geoffrey French, David Harell, Alessandro Lazari, Raymond Mey, Theresa Sabonis-Helf, Duane Verner Contributors November 2022 Strategic Studies Institute US Army War College This is a peer-reviewed publication. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Department of the Army, the Department of Defense, or the US government. Authors of Strategic Studies Institute and US Army War College Press publications enjoy full academic freedom, provided they do not disclose classified information, jeopardize operations security, or misrepresent official US policy. Such academic freedom empowers them to offer new and sometimes controversial perspectives in the interest of furthering debate on key issues

FAQs

What is the main focus of the handbook?

The handbook focuses on enabling NATO’s collective defense through critical infrastructure security and resiliency.

How does the document distinguish CIP from CISR?

It includes a dedicated section titled “What Is the Difference between CIP and CISR?” in Chapter 1.

What areas of research and analysis does SSI emphasize in this publication?

The publication highlights research focus areas such as geostrategic net assessment, geostrategic forecasting, applied strategic art, and industrial/enterprise management, leadership, and innovation.

Sep 17, 2026

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