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One of the most challenging problems, when protecting critical infrastructures, is the identification and assessment of interdependencies. In this paper we examine the possible cumulative effects of a single security incident on multiple infrastructures. Our method provides a way to identify threats that may appear insignificant when examining only first-order dependencies, but may have potentially significant impact if one adopts a more macroscopic view and assesses multi-order dependencies. Based on previous work, we utilize existing first-order dependency graphs, in order to assess the effect of a disruption to consequent infrastructures.
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Kotzanikolaou, P., Theoharidou, M., Gritzalis, D. (2013). Interdependencies between Critical Infrastructures: Analyzing the Risk of Cascading Effects. In: Bologna, S., Hämmerli, B., Gritzalis, D., Wolthusen, S. (eds) Critical Information Infrastructure Security. CRITIS 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6983. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41476-3_9
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