In addition to loss of life, the next global infectious disease outbreak could harm the US export economy even if the disease does not reach the United States itself. Two Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) articles published in Health Security analyze the risks
Pool Re, the UK’s terrorism reinsurance pool, has published its first Terrorism Frequency Report, planned to be a quarterly view of the worldwide terrorism threat.
During a BANG event on the 31st January 2018, two teams debates the arguments for and against the establishment of an independent ‘Resilience Association’. The debate was followed by a vote where 90 percent of the attendees voted in favour of moving to set up such an organization.
Plagued by cyber attacks and skills shortages whilst dealing with the fallouts of political turmoil, it’s clear that many businesses have underestimated threats from a resilience perspective - as well as over estimating their own recovery capability says Chris Ducker.
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has published the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during January 2018.
Cities from five continents have been selected to contribute to the development of a global framework for water resilience. The City Water Resilience Framework (CWRF), developed by Arup with support from The Rockefeller Foundation, will help cities better prepare for and respond to shocks and stresses to their water systems.
Renewable energy technologies have established a significant role in the energy industry. Because of their prominence and growing importance to power supplies, it is vital for the industry to develop appropriate security, and specifically cyber security, strategies.
The US Government Accountability Office has issued a report into the ways that electricity suppliers are starting to protect electric grid from electromagnetic threats which could potentially cause extensive and long-lasting outages.
DarkMatter, the international cyber security firm headquartered in the UAE, has released a new report which calls for the global cyber security industry to adopt a mentality of ‘cyber resilience’.
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