critical infrastructure

collocation in English

meaningsofcriticalandinfrastructure

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critical
adjective
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/ˈkrɪt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈkrɪt̬.ɪ.kəl/
saying that someone or something is bad ...
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infrastructure
noun[C usually singular]
uk
/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈɪn.frəˌstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the basic systems and services, such as transport and power supplies, that a country or organization uses in order to ...
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My second point relates tocriticalinfrastructure.
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Following any such action, a key priority would then be to repair anycriticalinfrastructurewhich has been damaged as quickly as possible.
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The firm specializes in integrated security platforms forcriticalinfrastructureand campus environments.
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Its current research projects concern health information technology andcriticalinfrastructureprotection.
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It provides the capability needed to eliminate potential vulnerabilities in thecriticalinfrastructure.
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Their return followed the restoration ofcriticalinfrastructureincluding power, water supply, telephone, police and fire services.
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Crimes committed againstcriticalinfrastructureare provided a higher class of penalties.
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More generally, the bill establishes more stringent rules for the review and formal investigation of transactions, especially those involving foreign governments orcriticalinfrastructureassets.
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The rapid industrialization in the 20th century made electrical transmission lines and grids acriticalinfrastructureitem in most industrialized nations.
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During his term in office he led the charge for prolific construction ofcriticalinfrastructurethat the rapidly developing city required to be successful.
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The terms public infrastructure orcriticalinfrastructureare at times used interchangeably.
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Steps were taken to help modernise the country by government investment incriticalinfrastructureand industry.
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Control systems, energy resources, finance, telecommunications, transportation, and water facilities are seen ascriticalinfrastructuretargets during conflict.
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It will look atcriticalinfrastructureand green infrastructure.
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As a result, the region has invested insufficiently incriticalinfrastructure, and cross-border trading systems suffer from a lack of uniformity and compatibility.
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Its focus is the protection of nationalcriticalinfrastructureagainst cyber incidents.
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They specialize in software development, enterprise security architecture, information assurance, intelligence operations support, network andcriticalinfrastructureprotection, information technology, communications integration and engineering support.
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It has been deemed essential to have a coordinated ability to identify and warn of potential or actual incidents amongcriticalinfrastructuredomains.
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Criticalinfrastructuremay be supported by failover systems, electric generators, and satellite communications.
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Reconstitution is the last phase of thecriticalinfrastructureprotection.
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