Big Data for critical infrastructure protection

Critical infrastructure (CI) is a term used by enterprises and government agencies to define the assets and working models that need to function at their optimal level in order for a seamless and harmonious experience for the stakeholders who directly or indirectly benefit from or are impacted by these systems. Examples include the power grid, water supply, transportation, law enforcement, and many such systems that need to work seamlessly around the clock. Over the last few decades, most of the CI has become digitized and is generating more and more data from heterogeneous sources. These additional data assets result in continuous improvement and elimination of the need for human intervention and thereby reduce error.

The data generated by these systems is used as an asset for descriptive and predictive analytics in order to schedule preventive maintenance and prevent failures. With a data- driven approach for core functioning of the CI, we...