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

Emergency Planning

National elections in the United Kingdom are likely to bring a change in the political complexion of the government. Increasing dependency on critical infrastructure makes the country ever more vulnerable to proliferating technological failure, whether it is caused by cyber attack, sabotage or natural forces.

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Critical infrastructure is under attack

everbridge

These sectors are typically identified by governments and international organizations and are recognized as critical because they are vulnerable to physical and cyber threats and attacks that could cause significant harm or disruption to society. Fortunately, there are steps businesses can take to protect their operations from attack.

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Implementing the “Air Domain” Into your Security Program: A Framework to Consider

Security Industry Association

This may sound counterintuitive, but preparing internal and external stakeholders methodically through a series of substantive actions will support the concept of assessment, technical data gathering for informed decision making, emergency response planning, training/rehearsing/exercising and executing a sUAS left-of-launch operational posture.

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Ensuring Operational Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Events

Fusion Risk Management

Crisis and Incident Response Geopolitical events often necessitate the activation of emergency response and crisis response plans. Activation of Business Continuity Plans Organizations should activate the business continuity plans that they have in place to minimize disruption to their operations.

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Guest Post: Building the “Air Domain” Into Your Security Program

Security Industry Association

That framework consists of six major steps: Conduct a drone vulnerability and risk assessment (DVRA): The DVRA framework is a process that identifies the threat, accounts for critical assets, determines vulnerabilities to those assets and then offers responsible and proportionate risk mitigation recommendations.

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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member IXP Corporation provides emergency communications consulting, technology and managed services for public safety, governments, campuses and private industry. The company is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey, with a nationwide base of clients.

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Ukraine Is the World’s Drone Laboratory: How Does This Transcend Security in Society?

Security Industry Association

As drone activity in the nonmilitary space continues to rise, private and commercial organizations are considering their risk and how they will respond if a drone enters their airspace. While asymmetric in comparison, a recent nonmilitary incident stateside points to the evolution of using drones to carry out nefarious and criminal activity.