Resumen
The present article emphasizes on the protection of invaluable and ever-widening infrastructure of a nation. "Infrastructure" is defined as the basic facilities, services and installations needed for the functioning of a community or society, such as transportation and communications systems, water and power lines, and public institutions. Diminishing infrastructure moves the society it supports toward less comfort and safety, from plenty to scarcity, from richness to want. Societies recognize their critical dependence on these "commons" and adopt policies and processes to distribute infrastructure and services and to protect them from damage and misuse. The industrial revolution greatly increased the extent and the complexity of the world's infrastructure, its connectivity,and its technical and economic interdependencies. Developed nations have, over the past generation, entered a second, equally significant, period, that of the information revolution. Information technology penetrates into many aspects of life for an increasing number of people throughout the world. Reaching international or bilateral agreements, even when appropriate forums exist, is a lengthy process requiring actions within each potential signatory country, and meetings whose only purpose is to agree to meet at some later time to consider the issue, to establish an appropriate process, and to frame the agenda.