The Internal Security Agency and Poland’s Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges and Solutions
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.46941/2024.2.13Keywords:
critical infrastructure, terrorism, cyber-terrorism, crisis management, Internal Security Agency.Abstract
This article is devoted to critical infrastructure protection issues, with a focus on national regulations. It does not omit issues concerning the authorities which, according to the regulations, are responsible for critical infrastructure protection, including: relevant ministers, the Government Security Centre as well as the Internal Security Agency. The publication also presents issues related to ensuring information and communication technology security and countering terrorist threats, espionage and cyber-attacks. The empirical aspect of citing an excerpt from a research on terrorism, which was conducted in 2022 by ABW officers among representatives of academia as well as representatives of services and institutions belonging to the anti-terrorism community involved in terrorism studies, has not been disregarded either. The research points to a growing threat to the European Union from terrorist attacks. The article concludes with postulates on the need to increase the protection of critical infrastructure, in particular through proper risk assessment, as well as the need to develop an IT model for threat knowledge management.
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