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242 Chapter 6 • Protecting Critical Infrastructure: Process Control and SCADAresponsibility, not only within their organizations, but within sectors.There’s a merging,an understanding of supply chain integrity.These companies are very intimate; they’velinked with one another. One company might be the provider of crude to another company’srefinery, and that company might be pumping its crude through maybe the companythat gave it the refined products, so the crude is coming from one company andgoing through a refinery; and the refined products that come out from that other company’srefinery go back into the company that provided the crude pipeline.Colby: It’s all interconnected?Ben:Yes, and ultimately, it’s distributed by some other company and trucked out and soldthrough another company’s retail gas stations. At the end of the day, they all need to beworking together and their facilities have to work as one, as in a supply-chain sense.Colby: I’m just glad to see projects like LOGIIC and the work you guys are doing becausethe more I research this stuff, it’s kind of scary, actually.Ben: It’s been a great opportunity.There are powerful forces that are not going to stop anytimesoon.The trend is toward increased connectivity, toward globalization.These companiesthat we’re talking about here that we’re trying to help on LOGIIC, those aremultinational companies. It’s not a problem that’s unique to the United States.This is aproblem that exists throughout the world, because everyone is becoming more and moreconnected.Colby: I think that awareness has increased a lot over the past couple of years, which is agood sign. It shows that people know there is a problem and that by working together,they can address the issues. It’s already starting.Technologies and policies are out therethat can address the concerns, and it’s just a matter of getting them in place.Well, Ben, it’s been a pleasure. I’d really like to thank you for your time today, for sharingyour experiences and knowledge with me. I look forward to working together in thefuture.Ben: My pleasure. I think this book sounds great and will probably be a real eye-opener forpeople.Cook has extremely valuable insights into many of the issues surrounding complexsystem and process control system environments these days. He works on a daily basis tohelp protect the nation’s critical infrastructure through awareness and better understandingof the interdependencies between critical components of the industry sectors. His involvementin LOGIIC, among other projects, not only gives him a unique perspective on newways to protect infrastructure, but also allows him to be in a thought leadership position andapply his past experiences to solutions moving forward. It’s exciting and reassuring to hear