Emergency Planning

MARCH 11, 2020

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. For example, civil aviation is particularly vulnerable. US Homeland Security Council 2005. Jonathan Cape, London, 352 pp.

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Security Industry Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Most employees will take their credentials home with them when they leave their facility, and once the employees are outside the secured environment, a secure credential is protected from many of the types of attacks vulnerable credentials are prone to.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

One of the most intransigent problems with the predecessor of the Sendai Framework, Hyogo Framework for Action, 2005-2015, was its resolute reliance on a 'top-down' approach. UNISDR 2005. Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities. Surminski and J-A. Linnerooth-Bayer (eds) 2019.

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Recovery Diva

MARCH 18, 2024

In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, 70 percent of those who died were over 65. What those neighborhoods had in common were dense social networks—block groups, church clubs and neighbors who checked on the most vulnerable.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 26, 2023

NCDP has a rich history, from the early preparedness efforts for governmental and non-governmental systems to the complexities of population recovery, the power of community engagement, and the risks of human vulnerability. Below are reflections and commentary from members of the NCDP team. Read also about our beginnings of NCDP.

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Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

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. Caffrey 2005. Disaster is fundamentally a social phenomenon. The health sciences also have a different perspective (Myrtle et al.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 7, 2021

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. The final chapter looks at the morality of the attack. Parts of the generator were found 80 feet away!

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