Infrastructure Interdependencies and Cascading effects

Know Your Adversary: Sharing Threat Actor Insights to Secure Telecom Infrastructure

Andrija Visic Senior Community & Programme Manager / ISAC Coordinator / ETIS – European Telecommunications ISAC

Understanding Systemic Risk in Critical Infrastructures: A Semantic Approach to Cross-Sector Resilience

Antonella Calo Data Scientist and Consultant / European Commission the Joint Research Centre

From Compliance to Consequence: Engineering “Even If” Resilience for Europe’s Energy Systems

Ollie Gagnon Chief Homeland Security Advisor & Executive Director INL Resilience Optimization Center / Idaho National Laboratory (INL), USA

Resilient Critical Infrastructure Governance in Climate-Induced Urban Crises: Lessons from Dubai’s Adaptive Model

Prof. Ehab Elhegawy Professor of Security Sciences & Head, Department of Security Crisis Management / Dubai Police Academy, UAE

Modern critical infrastructure is deeply interconnected, making it increasingly vulnerable to cascading failures. Disruptions in one sector—such as energy, transport, or communications—can rapidly propagate across systems, amplifying impacts and complicating response efforts. Understanding these interdependencies is essential for effective protection and resilience. This session explores how to identify systemic risks, model cascading effects, and strengthen cross-sector coordination to mitigate disruptions, enhance situational awareness, and ensure continuity of essential services in an increasingly complex threat landscape.