Applies network theory, optimization theory, and simulation software to analyze and understand how various infrastructure sectors evolve, what makes them vulnerable, and how they can be harden

Emphasizes the development of policies that lead to successful prevention of terrorist attacks on the nation’s infrastructure

• Substitutes scientific methods for subjective experience in the process of assessing infrastructure risks
• Reduces the complex problem of protecting water supplies, energy pipelines, telecommunication stations, Internet and Web networks, and power grids to a much simpler problem of protecting a few critical nodes
• Solves one of the primary problems of critical infrastructure protection – the problem of enormous size and complexity
• Provides a comprehensive approach to analysis, assessment, and risk reduction to help the policy-maker decide how best to allocate limited funds to prevent successful attacks
• Includes a comprehensive set of electronic media is provided on a CD-ROM in the back of the book that supports in-class and self-tutored instruction

Provides an Instructor's Manual for academic adopters of the book