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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Herbane 2010. Barbat 2010. Disaster is fundamentally a social phenomenon. Field 2018). For example, work by Marulana et al.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

However, it is also constrained by the community’s resource availability, adaptability, and existing vulnerability among other things. and government (a critique of FEMA disaster assistance programs).

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Guest Opinion: Why It’s Time to Get Serious About the Risk of Commercial Drones

Security Industry Association

Since its 2010 inception, the commercial drone market is estimated to grow to an $11 billion enterprise by 2031. Public space is more vulnerable to a myriad of threats posed by commercial drones. Why is this important? This figure indicates potential growth and the need/want demonstrated by society to expand production and use.

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A beginner’s guide to implementing zero-trust architecture

Online Computers

The term “zero trust” was popularized by John Kindervag of Forrester Research in 2010 when he described the concept of security as “Never trust, always verify.” According to him, trust is a security vulnerability and verification is a security necessity. What is zero-trust architecture?

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2021 Technology To Be Thankful For

NexusTek

IoT did not begin to gain popularity until 2010 when the number of objects or devices connected to the internet (such as smartphones, tablets, fitness trackers, etc.) However, devices that sit on the network’s edge (like in edge computing) are more vulnerable to cyber breaches. The Internet of Things, or IoT, is not new.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The Sendai Framework and all the United Nations impedimenta that goes with it tend to perpetuate this issue, despite the launch in 2010 of the UN Safe Cities programme (about 1% of towns and cities have signed up for it). At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd edition). GAR Distilled. Wisner, B.,

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‘Countdown to Zero Day’ By Kim Zetter – Book Review

Plan B Consulting

The book is all about the Stuxnet malware, which was used around 2010, developed allegedly by the Americans and Israelis to sabotage the Iranian nuclear programme. The cyber attacks on the Ukraine Grid in 2015 led to 230,000 people being cut off from power is another example of how vulnerable utilities are to cyber attacks.

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