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Resilience is an illusion

Emergency Planning

Previously (Alexander 2013), I thought that Holling was wrong about resilience. Many researchers who have adopted the concept when trying to interpret disaster risk reduction have followed the work of Crawford Stanley "Buzz" Holling, as expressed in his 1973 paper (Holling 1973). What can we do instead? References Alexander, D.E. Holling, C.S

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To risk or not, ISO 27001:2013 is the answer

Behavior Group

The idea of the new ISO 27001:2013 is to provide a more flexible approach to lead to more effective risk management, regardless of the standards that have already been implemented or intended to implement. The post To risk or not, ISO 27001:2013 is the answer appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.

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Transition to ISO 27001:2013

Behavior Group

In 2013 was launched the new version of the standard in order to align the requirements of standard to the current requirements of organizations, business and emerging technologies. The post Transition to ISO 27001:2013 appeared first on Behaviour Portugal. Thus the organizations… Continue reading.

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World Password Day 2024: '123456' is still a bad idea

Acronis

It has been nearly eleven years since Intel commenced its World Password Day initiative on May 2, 2013 to spread awareness on password protection best practices.

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China's Military Aid Is Probably Less Than You Think

The Rand Blog

The first comprehensive assessment of Chinese military aid shows that China's $560 million total during 2013-2018 pales in comparison to the U.S. total of over $35 billion in the same period. This should offer advantages in the intensifying U.S.-China China strategic competition.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. References Fukuyama, F. The End of History and the Last Man. The Free Press, New York, 418 pp. Effect of the Fukushima nuclear disaster on global public acceptance of nuclear energy.

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Proof that the Ukrainians will Fight to the End

Disaster Zone

Look to the people's revolution of 2013-2014.

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