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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. It is the public face of the National Security Risk Assessment (NRSA), a document (and a process) that has various security classifications and is generally not available to citizens and organisations.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 2: A list of incidents in the water industry (Ten, Liu & Manimaran, 2008) What I think is interesting about the list above is the details of who conducted the attack. Physical Security – Some systems may be secure within the plant. These links can be intercepted and are vulnerable to attack.

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Process Controls, SCADA and Cyber Security

Plan B Consulting

Table 2: A list of incidents in the water industry (Ten, Liu & Manimaran, 2008). Physical Security – Some systems may be secure within the plant. Access Vulnerabilities – Often, passwords are shared due to the installer changing it for additional users or manufacture default passwords are not changed.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. For example, civil aviation is particularly vulnerable. Thus, the vulnerability and fragility of people and society need to be seen in the light of socio-economic changes induced by the epidemic. US Homeland Security Council 2005.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

Hence there is potential for floods that equal or exceed those generated in 2008, storms that may be more disruptive than Arwen was in 2021, heatwaves greater than that of July 2022, and so on. In addition, more than 60 universities teach and research on topics (hazards, risks, disasters, safety, security, etc.)

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Why Operational Resilience Ignores Resilience Professionals

Plan B Consulting

Since 2008, the business climate has been fairly stable and so organisations haven’t needed to be that resilient. I thought that as part of researching this bulletin I would look at resilience as described in ISO 22316 Security and Resilience — Organisational Resilience — Principles and Attributes.

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Why Operational Resilience Ignores Resilience Professionals

Plan B Consulting

Since 2008, the business climate has been fairly stable and so organisations haven’t needed to be that resilient. I thought that as part of researching this bulletin I would look at resilience as described in ISO 22316 Security and Resilience — Organisational Resilience — Principles and Attributes.