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World Risk Report 2016: The Importance of Infrastructure 

Crisis Response Journal

The Institute for Environmental and Human Security, part of United Nations University published its annual World Risk Report on August 25, 2016. The report focuses on the consequences of possible extreme natural events in 171 countries, reports Roger Gomm By Roger Gomm

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Defend, deter and develop: UK's national cyber security strategy 

Crisis Response Journal

The UK Government has published the National Cyber Security Strategy 2016 to 2021, which sets out the government's plan to make Britain secure and resilient in cyberspace. The new strategy is built on three core pillars: defend, deter and develop, writes By Roger Gomm

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Twitter HQ Investigation Highlights Importance of Catching Changes of Occupancy

National Fire Protection Association

Perhaps no example illustrates this better than the Ghost Ship warehouse fire that killed 36 people in Oakland in December 2016. Unregulated changes of occupancy can have potentially devastating consequences. Dozens of people had been illegally living and working in the abandoned warehouse prior to the fire.

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Four Cybersecurity Sessions You Can’t Miss at ISC West

Security Industry Association

While IoT devices have been subject to several high-profile DDoS attacks, such as the Mirai botnet 2016, the primary question that arises is whether these devices can be weaponized and possibly used for lateral movement, based on basic open source intelligence (OSINT). There are roughly 35.8 This session will review the OSINT gathering.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

In my research, I came across this article from 2019, “Hackers Could Kill More People Than a Nuclear Weapon” by Jeremy Straub, published at livescience.com. This made me wonder about the potential for cyber attacks to kill a large number of people. When looking at this question, there are two ways deaths could be caused by a cyber attack.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

In my research, I came across this article from 2019, “Hackers Could Kill More People Than a Nuclear Weapon” by Jeremy Straub, published at livescience.com. The attacks on the Ukrainian power grid in 2015 and 2016 may have not directly led to death, but I suspect it would have indirectly led to death from cold, fires and traffic crashes.

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Why Data Quality is Important

Advancing Analytics

economy $3 Trillion in 2016. This post was originally published on UstDoes.Tech Conversely, if data does meet those expectations, then it is a real asset that can be used to drive value across an organisation. Impact of Data Quality The impact of poor quality data has been estimated to have cost the U.S.