Abstrakt

In accordance with the scope defined by the Polish legislation, the critical infrastructure
in Poland consists of 11 systems, which are crucial for the security of the State
and its citizens. These systems, because of the importance attached to them, must be
subject to special, far-reaching protection. Critical infrastructure in each state plays
a special role in ensuring continuity of operations of the state and its bodies. The
efficiency of critical infrastructure is directly proportional to ensuring an adequate
level and continuity in the distribution of services for which the state is responsible.
The proper and safe functioning of the facilities that make up the critical infrastructure
allows for the most efficient use by the state of the resources that should be
mobilised in emergency situations that destabilise normal functioning of the state
and its economy. Critical infrastructure is exposed to many types of attacks that aim
to destabilise and disrupt proper functioning of the state. In terms of critical infrastructure
protection, the state should take all measures to ensure full functionality,
continuity of operations and integrity of critical infrastructure. It should be particularly
proactive in preventing risks and threats and seek to reduce and neutralise the 
impact thereof. Critical infrastructure should be restored immediately in the event
of failures, attacks and other incidents that disrupt its proper functioning.
With the development of technology and engineering, a number of new sources of
threats generated by modern equipment against critical infrastructure facilities have
emerged. One increasingly common threat is from unmanned aerial vehicle platforms.
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are extremely versatile devices that can be
used in a wide variety of ways and it is up to the pilot’s skills, intentions and a chosen
target to determine how the attack will be carried out and what threats it will induce.
Given the seriousness with which the protection of critical infrastructure must be
treated, it is important to note the scale of the risks associated with the use of UAVs.
Each state should create both legal as well as actual opportunities through which the
operator of critical infrastructure will be able to minimise or even eliminate the risk
of unlawful use of unmanned aerial vehicles as tools to attack critical infrastructure.