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The 17 pages that link to Critical infrastructure, each with the reason it gives.

• Disaster responseRelated: Damage to power, water, transport, or communications can multiply response demands.

• MicrogridRelated: Microgrids can keep selected critical loads powered during wider outages.

• Submarine communications cableNarrower topic: Submarine cable systems are treated as vital infrastructure because many services depend on them.

• CyberwarfareRelated: Disruptions can affect civilians and essential services beyond the initial target.

• InfrastructureBroader topic: Some infrastructure failures can cascade into threats to essential services.

• National securityRelated: Energy, communications, transport, and water systems can become targets or points of failure.

• RansomwareRelated: Ransomware against these systems can disrupt services with consequences beyond the affected organization.

• Power outageNarrower topic: Electricity loss can impair water, communications, transport, healthcare, and other dependent systems.

• Black startRelated: Restoration sequences prioritize essential services that depend on electricity.

• Cascading failureRelated: Failures can cascade among infrastructure systems that depend on one another.

• Information warfareRelated: Cyber disruption can affect essential services and turn digital attacks into public crises.

• Natural hazardRelated: Damage to interconnected infrastructure can magnify and prolong hazard impacts.

• Ice stormNarrower topic: Ice storms reveal how failures in electricity and transport can cascade across essential services.

• Computer wormNarrower topic: Worms that reach industrial networks can threaten services beyond ordinary computing.

• Natural disasterRelated: Damage to interconnected infrastructure can amplify losses and delay recovery.

• Interdependent networksNarrower topic: Its sectors often depend on one another for uninterrupted service.

• Year 2000 problemRelated: Y2K planning focused heavily on date-sensitive infrastructure operations.