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Annotated Bibliography

Quigley, Kevin. (March 2013). Canadian Public Administration, Vol. 56 Issue 1, p142-164

In this Article the author talks about Canada’s national strategy on protecting the critical

infrastructure and enhancing the cyber security of key public and private assets and

mitigate the effects of natural disasters and terrorist attacks. It also argues that the strategy

of relationship building, collaborative management and information sharing is under-

developed and limited by market completion. He also mentions that NS&AP should

better delineate risks and identify on how governments can work with industry and

acknowledge the paradox between the trust and transparency.

Park, Gabriel K. (2013) Brooklyn Journal of International Law, Vol. 38 Issue 2, p797-827. 31p

The Author in this article provides a detail explanation about a proposed agreement about

automatic authorization for injured member states to engage in military action in

response to a cyberattack on their critical infrastructure. Agreement remedies the flaws of

existing international framework by treating cyber attacks as a national security matter by

offering an immediate response to the danger of such attack.

Yates, Sheldon. (June 2016) Series: Defense, Security and Strategies. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

In this book the author represents and discusses in detail the evolution of national critical

infrastructure policy and the institutional structures established to implement it.

highlights two primary issues confronting congress going forward, both in context of

cybersecurity, information sharing and regulation. Provides an overview of executive

order and examines the extent to which the DHS are prepared to address the cyber risk.

Thacker, Scott; Barr, Stuart. (Dec2017) Risk Analysis: An International Journal, Vol. 37 Issue 12, p2490

This article is packed with information of understanding the criticality of individual

assets and geographic areas in which they are located is essential for targeting

investments to reduce risks and enhance system resilience and provides new insights of

into the criticality of real-life critical infrastructure networks by integrating high

resolution data on infrastructure location, connectivity and usage.