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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

The new version presents 89 major hazards and threats that could potentially disrupt life in the United Kingdom and possibly cause casualties and damage. It explains its own rationale and presents the 89 'risks' one by one. The 2023 NRR is clear and concise.

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What Does Good Look Like in the Era of Operational Resilience?

Fusion Risk Management

This presents a unique challenge, as operational risk often operates in silos, complicating the aggregation and effective management of risk. From risk assessments to contingency planning, Fusion equips organizations to navigate operational vulnerabilities effectively.

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Assessing Ransomware Risk with the Pure Storage Security Assessment

Pure Storage

Assessing Ransomware Risk with the Pure Storage Security Assessment by Pure Storage Blog Summary The Pure Storage Security Assessment is a comprehensive evaluation tool that helps organizations identify and address vulnerabilities in their storage environment and offers actionable steps to help them reduce exposure to threats.

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The Rise In Power Grid Attacks Leave Businesses With A New Variation On A Familiar Threat – Chloe Demrovsky for Forbes

DRI Drive

“When an attack on an electrical substation in Moore County, North Carolina left thousands in the state without power through the following week, it became a wakeup call throughout the country that our power grid is dangerously vulnerable.

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A Five-Minute Plea for Better Civil Protection

Emergency Planning

What makes the present day different is that, for many kinds of disaster, recurrence intervals have shortened drastically. It does not fully understand the vulnerability of the technology (consider, for instance, the effects of long-term loss of electricity) nor what methods should be used to control it. They will continue to do so.

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LA Fire Disaster: Protecting Children in Physical and Psychological Harm’s Way

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Having worked on the prevention of, response to, and recovery from megadisasters for many years, I have watched how the devastation of such events impacts communities and people, especially people with important vulnerabilities like chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, and other conditions, including people who are economically fragile.

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Deploying C-UAS to Protect the Homeland

Disaster Zone Podcast

Still, it is primarily focused on manned passenger traffic, resulting in gaping vulnerabilities among U.S. Presently, only a handful of Federal agencies have the authority to detect and mitigate UAS, leaving State, local, tribal, and territorial (SLTT) partners without adequate protection from above.