Course: Critical Infrastructure and Soft Targets Protection

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Course title Critical Infrastructure and Soft Targets Protection
Course code AUBI/ADOKI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Doctoral
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 10
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Králík Lukáš, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Hromada Martin, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Identification and designation of critical infrastructure elements and soft targets, determination of the character and structural properties of infrastructure systems, analysis and risk assessment of specific reference objects, design of permanent and temporary security measures, definition of technical means of protection, definition of personnel and process means of protection, formulation of bases for increasing resilience, design and description of methods for assessing resilience, solution of public event security from a personnel, technical and economic perspective, conditions for creating coordination plans, conceptual bases for the resilience plan of a critical entity, creation of bases for modeling cascading and synergistic effects.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming), Text analysis
  • Preparation for examination - 270 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
The student is expected to have a basic knowledge of the legal, terminological and theoretical framework of critical infrastructure protection and protection of soft targets in a broader context.
The student is expected to have a basic knowledge of the legal, terminological and theoretical framework of critical infrastructure protection and protection of soft targets in a broader context.
learning outcomes
TThe student will acquire practical skills in implementing the legal, terminological and theoretical framework of the issue of critical infrastructure protection and soft target protection in a broader context. The student will also acquire knowledge in the area of applying the principles for increasing resilience, within the scope of the CER Directive, and knowledge of creating coordination plans for soft target objects.
TThe student will acquire practical skills in implementing the legal, terminological and theoretical framework of the issue of critical infrastructure protection and soft target protection in a broader context. The student will also acquire knowledge in the area of applying the principles for increasing resilience, within the scope of the CER Directive, and knowledge of creating coordination plans for soft target objects.
characterize the process of identifying and marking critical infrastructure elements and soft targets
characterize the process of identifying and marking critical infrastructure elements and soft targets
describe the determination of the character, structural properties of infrastructure systems
describe the determination of the character, structural properties of infrastructure systems
define permanent and temporary measures
define permanent and temporary measures
specify personnel and procedural means of protection
specify personnel and procedural means of protection
discuss methods of assessing resilience
discuss methods of assessing resilience
Skills
create a catalog of current threats and risks
create a catalog of current threats and risks
apply permanent and temporary measures
apply permanent and temporary measures
implement personnel and procedural means of protection
implement personnel and procedural means of protection
propose ways of assessing resilience
propose ways of assessing resilience
control the security solution of public events from a personnel, technical and economic point of view
control the security solution of public events from a personnel, technical and economic point of view
teaching methods
Knowledge
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Dialogic (Discussion, conversation, brainstorming)
Text analysis
Text analysis
assessment methods
Oral examination
Oral examination
Recommended literature
  • HROMADA, Martin., ŘEHÁK, D., SKOBIEJ, B., BAJER, M. Converged Security and Information Management System as a Tool for Smart City Infrastructure Resilience Assessment. 2023.
  • KUDLÁK, Aleš; HOFREITER, Ladislav; URBAN, Rudolf. Bezpečnost a ochrana měkkých cílů. 24. medzinárodná vedecká konferencia Riešenie krízových situácií v špecifickom prostredí. 2019.
  • LEWIS, Ted G. Critical infrastructure protection in homeland security: defending a networked nation. 2019.
  • LOVEČEK, Tomáš; STRAKOVÁ, Lenka; KAMPOVÁ, Katarína. Modeling and simulation as tools to increase the protection of critical infrastructure and the sustainability of the provision of essential needs of citizens. 2021.
  • MIHINJAC, Mateja; SAVILLE, Gregory. Third-generation crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). 2019.
  • REHAK, D.; FLYNNOVA, L.; HROMADA, Martin; FUGGINI, C. The Importance of Resistance in the Context of Critical Infrastructure Resilience: An Extension of the CIERA Method. 2023, ISSN 2079-8954.
  • REHAK, D., SPLICHALOVA, A., HROMADA, Martin., WALKER, N., JANECKOVA, H., & RISTVEJ, J. Critical entities resilience failure indication. 2024, ISSN 09257535.
  • REHAK, David, et al. Critical Entities Resilience Assessment (CERA) to Small-scale Disasters. 2024.
  • ŘEHÁK, D., SLIVKOVÁ, S., JANEČKOVÁ, H., ŠTUBEROVÁ, D., HROMADA, M. Strengthening resilience in the energy critical infrastructure: Methodological overview. 2022, ISSN 1996-1073.


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