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Protection of Critical Infrastructures –
Baseline Protection Concept 
Recommendation for Companies 
www.bmi.bund.de

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Foreword
 
Infrastructures serve as vital lifelines in our societies. 
We are reliant on the supply of energy and water, 
information technology and mobility functioning in a 
dependable manner. Large-scale failures of these 
systems or other important infrastructures, even for 
only short periods, can have serious consequences.
The attacks in New York and Washington on 11 
September 2001, in Madrid on 11 March 2004 and in 
London on 7 and 21 July 2005 demonstrated the 
dangers to which open societies are exposed. 
Combating international terrorism and protecting the 
population from such threats requires particular 
vigilance on the part of the security authorities.
Apart from averting terrorist attacks, other dangers 
also require to be addressed. Natural disasters such as 
floods, for example, can wreak substantial destruction.
Protecting so-called critical infrastructures - that is, 
facilities and organisations of major importance to the 
community whose failure or impairment would cause a 
sustained shortage of supplies, significant disruptions 
to public order or other dramatic consequences - 
requires a comprehensive approach. It is thus 
appropriate for the state and the business community 
to step up the dialogue on this topic and to develop 
joint solutions for enhanced security. 
To this end, the Federal Ministry of the Interior, the 
Federal Office for Civil Protection and Disaster 
Response and the Federal Criminal Police Office have 
evolved a baseline protection concept. Expertise has 
been forthcoming from the business community to 
support this project from the very outset.

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The Federal Ministry of the Interior would like to thank 
the security officers from 
Deutsche Bahn AG, Mr Jens Puls,
Deutsche Flugsicherung GmbH, Mr Hans-Jürgen 
Morscheck, 
Deutz AG, Mr Werner Becker,
IBM Deutschland GmbH, Mr Klaus Hintz, 
Vattenfall Europe AG (Transmission), Mr Thomas 
Schäfer
and their staff for this support.
The baseline protection concept provides companies in 
Germany with recommendations from the point of view 
of internal security. The high security of 
infrastructures in Germany is an outstanding quality 
asset to the country. It is in the fundamental interest 
of the country’s enterprises and citizens to safeguard 
this standard of security in the long term. 

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