Cluster approach to ensuring the protection of critical infrastructure objects

Abstract

The primary indicators of cluster functioning are innovation, geographical proximity, the independence of participants, and their shared interest. In the case of critical infrastructure objects, this shared interest should be defined as the continuity of their operations. A cluster influences not only the functionality of the objects themselves but also the region in which it operates. Consequently, the effects of creating a critical infrastructure resilience cluster are manifested in the synergy of its participants’ actions through: anti-trigger effects, scope effects, economies of scale, reduced security costs, the accumulation of knowledge and innovation, investment advantages in risk mitigation, the effect of collective infrastructure utilization, and the preventive effect.