Homeland Security systems
Critical infrastructure protection
Some highly
critical infrastructures represent the
government
and support its function (institutional offices), while others, such as
electricity and
water, are indispensable for
everyday
life. Other types of infrastructure are an integral part of the
economic and
social fabric of a country: the banking and
telecommunications systems as an instance.
The
Large System solution is based on a
control room
interconnected with an interoperable communications system, protected and
inaccessible, that can communicate with the
control rooms of the single
infrastructures where the
local systems gather and analyse relevant
information.
The main functions and components of a critical infrastructure protection
system are:
Sources of information- Check-point sensors
- Area and anti-intrusion sensors (perimeter)
- Short and medium-range surveillance sensors
Command and control- Multi-sensor tracking and data fusion
- Video-surveillance and alarm management
Added-value services- Radio links
- Ad hoc network
- TETRA
- System security
