An approach for protecting transport infrastructure

Scientific and technological innovations are often sources of new vulnerabilities, hazards and risks impacting equipment, systems, processes, organization, and human behaviours. The issues of safety, security, performance, and their management in a holistic approach are quickly becoming essential for every industrial sector. This article discusses safety and security policy focused on the protection of critical railway infrastructure. The article suggests a global approach for risk appraisal and threat assessment in the railway sector, and highlights some of the technologies for the monitoring and surveillance of rail linear infrastructures.