Published on 5 October 2023

Publications on Critical Infrastructure Protection

Reports and studies on critical infrastructure protection (CIP)

The CIP strategies and reports adopted by the Federal Council are fundamental to the work done in this field. The Federal Council adopted the current national CIP strategy on 16 June 2023, following on from the first two strategies in 2012 and 2017. As part of the strategy’s implementation, the FOCP is developing the relevant methodological principles for, inter alia, reviewing and improving resilience (CIP guidelines) and identifying critical infrastructure objects (CIP inventory). In order to develop these principles, the FOCP is conducting basic research into issues such as mutual dependencies and desired security levels.

• National CIP Strategy and reports to the Federal Council

  • Nationale Strategie zum Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen - Ganzheitlicher Ansatz zur Sicherstellung der Verfügbarkeit von essenziellen Gütern und Dienstleistungen

    PDF842.59 kB16 June 2023

  • Nationale Strategie zum Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen 2018–2022 (nicht mehr gültig)

    PDF988.81 kB8 December 2017

  • Nationale Strategie zum Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen vom 27. Juni 2012 (nicht mehr gültig)

    PDF638.81 kB27 June 2012

  • Critical Infrastructure Protection - Second Report to the Federal Council and Measures for the Period 2009–2011

    PDF103.75 kB18 May 2009

  • The Federal Council’s Basic Strategy for Critical Infrastructure Protection - Basis for the national critical infrastructure protection strategy

    PDF74.52 kB18 May 2009

  • Erster Bericht an den Bundesrat zum Schutz Kritischer Infrastrukturen

    PDF301.70 kB20 June 2007

• Basic Reports and Research Reports

  October 2010: Methode zur Erstellung des SKI Inventars (German)
  
  Key critical infrastructure objects will be identified by the means of the «CIP Inventory», e.g. an energy hub, a key object in the communication or the transport sector etc. Individual critical infrastructure elements are identified based on a standardized method and uniform assessment. The corresponding method was elaborated and adopted by the CIP WG.

  • Methode zur Erstellung des Inventars kritischer Infrastrukturen (SKI-Inventar)

    PDF1.03 MB3 July 2023

  June 2010: Critical Infrastructure Protection – Present and future (German)
  
  The present report highlights some future evolutions and tendencies of critical infrastructure protection (CIP). Moreover, the report also includes the contents of the presentations and discussions within the expert dialogue, which took place on March 23, 2010 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH). The expert dialogue is an integral part of the project regarding the future evolutions of critical infrastructure protection, which is elaborated in collaboration with the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP). The final report summarises the three stages of the project.

  • Der Schutz kritischer Infrastrukturen: Gegenwart und Zukunft - Ergebnisse eines Expertendialogs

    PDF732.08 kB1 June 2010

  February 2009. Programme on Critical Infrastructure Protection (ed.): Final Report on Subsector Criticality (German)
  
  As part of the CIP Programme, a methodology for weighting critical subsectors was developed and applied. This made it possible to structure the 31 critical subsectors into three groups, based on criticality: Inter alia, eight subsectors showing a very high degree of criticality were identified

  • Schlussbericht Kritikalität der Teilsektoren - Programm Schutz Kritischer Infrastrukturen

    PDF270.04 kB11 September 2010

  October 2008: Center for Security Studies (CSS) / ETH Zurich: Focal Report Nr. 1 on Critical Infrastructure Protection
  
  On behalf of the Federal Office of Civil Protection (FOCP), the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH Zurich produces focal reports on Critical Infrastructure Protection. The first report highlights national CIP strategies and identifies three global trends. Furthermore, attacks on the energy sector are discussed in detail. Both focal areas are supplemented with extensive annotated bibliographies.

  • Focal Report Nr. 1 on Critical Infrastructure Protection

    PDF414.42 kB1 October 2008

  June 2008: Laboratory for Safety Analysis (LSA) / ETH Zurich: Comparative Evaluation of Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Interdependent Critical Infrastructures
  
  The Laboratory for Safety Analysis (LSA) has produced a scientific report on analysis and simulation techniques for complex and interdependent infrastructure systems for the Federal Office of Civil Protection (FOCP). Based on a review of the state of research, eight different methodologies were identified, which were then discussed and evaluated in detail.

  • Comparative Evaluation of Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Interdependent Critical Infrastructures - Scientific Report

    PDF687.11 kB5 June 2008

Further information

• Legal bases

  • Federal Act of 20 December 2019 on Civil Protection and Civil Defence (CPDA; SR 520.1) (DE, FR, IT)