Utility providers, water purification, and some chemical plants are considered critical infrastructure. Gaps in security or safety can result in downtime, which in the best case scenario could impact local residents. However, downtime has the potential to seriously threaten public health, the environment, the economy, and even national or global security. Thus, it is crucial that they be protected against a wide spectrum of potential threats like sabotage or terror attacks. Special measures have been imposed on these plants to increase their safety since 2001. While these facilities have heavily invested in physical security systems and sensors, there is still no picture that pulls it all together in one glance. And response depends on seeing and understanding everything clearly.
