Subsea Cables and Their Impact on Operations
Subsea cables (sometimes called undersea cables, fiber optic cables, submarine cables, and submarine fibers) serve as vital communications infrastructure that supports more than 95% of the global transfer of international data, including that of financial firms. Cable infrastructure is all over the world and covers 1.5 million kilometers. The cables are vulnerable to natural, manmade, and malicious risks, with a broken (or sabotaged) one disrupting communications, internet accessibility, and financial transactions to a region or even an entire country.
Risk and Resilience Report: Subsea Cable Infrastructure dives into more details about:
- Subsea cables
- The risk factors involved
- Types of disruptions
- How to assess the risk inherent in subsea cable infrastructure
