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Resilience and Risk Management in Smart Cities

Lori W. Gordon, MPA, PMPGeorge W. McAleese HWC, Inc. The concept of “Smart Cities” is increasingly dominating the conversation around the future of urban environments. […]

From the Director – March/ April 2017: Upcoming Events and The CIP Report

Dear CIP Report Readers, Greetings from the Center for Infrastructure Protection at the Arlington Campus of George Mason University.  I wanted to take the opportunity […]

Aging Waterways, Out of the Box Solutions

Denise Rucker Krepp, EMR USA On March 28, 2017, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing to examine the United States’ increasing […]

From the Director – January/February 2017

Welcome to our first issue of the 2017 edition of The CIP Report. We open this year in Critical Infrastructure with a focus on the […]

A Business Case for the NIST Cyber Security Framework

Richard Tracy, Telos Corporation In February 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology a Cyber Security Framework (CSF) in response to Executive Order (EO) […]

ISO 22331, Guidance for Business Continuity Strategy

George B. Huff, Esquire The Continuity Project, LLC This note describes the value to executives and business continuity professionals of an emerging ISO technical specification […]

Cyber Resilience and the Critical National Infrastructure – A UK Perspective

Noel K. Hannan, BSc MSc CISSP VR Security of the Critical National Infrastructure has been a hot topic in the UK for several years, driven […]

From the Director – November/December 2016

Welcome to the final 2016 edition of The CIP Report, in which we turn our focus to the subject of Resilience as it applies to […]

Lifecycle Design and Cumulative Benefit-Cost Analysis for Transportation Resiliency

Dr. Sam Merrill, GEI Consultants Judy Gates, Maine Department of Transportation For roads, bridges, and culverts it is challenging to make design decisions that anticipate […]

The Human Landscape – The Functional Bridge between the Physical, Economic, and Social Elements of Community Resilience

Dr. John R. Hummel, Global Security Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory Dr. Jennifer L. Schneider, Collaboratory for Resiliency and Recovery, Rochester Institute of Technology Introduction […]