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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Most of them are highly vulnerable to seismic forces. A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective. It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes.

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What the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Means for Security and Life Safety Companies

Security Industry Association

Department of Energy (DOE) to implement a public-private partnerships program to “address and mitigate the physical security and cybersecurity risks of electric utilities.”. Grid Security Research and Demonstration – $250 Million.

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

Plan B Consulting

The book also covers the vulnerability of PLC controllers and SCADA systems to cyber attacks, the attacks that have been conducted to date and how attacks can be executed on various systems. If we know that this type of attack is possible, we should make sure that we have considered the risk and we have suitable mitigation measures in place.

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

Plan B Consulting

The book also covers the vulnerability of PLC controllers and SCADA systems to cyber attacks, the attacks that have been conducted to date and how attacks can be executed on various systems. If we know that this type of attack is possible, we should make sure that we have considered the risk and we have suitable mitigation measures in place.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Expansion of pre-disaster mitigation funding such as through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, and new funding for infrastructure resilience embedded in the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are also steps in the right direction. And that is just the federal programs.