Overview
- Contains examples of the cyber-security issues facing local governmental units worldwide and examples of effective techniques that can be used to deal with these problems
- Written and edited by leading experts in the fields of critical infrastructure security and cyber-security in relation to state and local government
- Assesses the role of public/private partnerships in securing facilities and services against cyber-threats and discusses methods that local governments can use to encourage them?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Protecting Critical Infrastructure (PCIN, volume 3)
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Table of contents (14 chapters)
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Simon Hakim is a professor of economics and director of the Center for Competitive Government at Temple University. He is currently editing a book series on Protecting Critical Infrastructures with Springer Publisher. He earned M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Regional Science from the University of Pennsylvania. He also holds an M.Sc. degree in City and Regional Planning from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, and a B.A. in Economics at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. His special areas of research and teaching are privatization, public policy, private/public police, and homeland security. Dr. Hakim has published 58 scientific articles in leading economic, criminal justice, security, and public policy journals. He has written over 40 professional articles and edited 14 books. He collaborated with Professor Blackstone on a major textbook dealing with the security industry. He is constantly invited to teach classes on privatization, and international economics in MBA programs worldwide. Dr. Hakim has conducted several funded research and consulting projects for the U.S. Departments of Justice and Labor, the Commonwealth Foundation, the Independent Institute, the Alarm Industry Research and Education Foundation, the City of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia International Airport, ADT, Vector Security, and other leading security companies.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cyber-Physical Security
Book Subtitle: Protecting Critical Infrastructure at the State and Local Level
Editors: Robert M. Clark, Simon Hakim
Series Title: Protecting Critical Infrastructure
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32824-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-32822-5Published: 18 August 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-81375-2Published: 11 June 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-32824-9Published: 10 August 2016
Series ISSN: 2512-1790
Series E-ISSN: 2512-1804
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 281
Number of Illustrations: 32 illustrations in colour
Topics: Political Science, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Transportation