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Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
forest covers sri lanka greatly reduced legal well illegal forest clearing.due deforestation sri lanka size land covered natural forests decreased .partly caused british colonialism increased amount tea coffee rubber plantations.natural forest cover decreased .sri lankas area covered forests number includes forest plan...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
even though conservation areas management partly insufficient.extensive deforestation leads rise average surface temperature.deforestation also responsible increase greenhouse gas emissions trees remove co air.clear cutting areas co returns air thereby increases atmospheric carbon concentration.the government sri lanka...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
ranking th globally countries.mangrove degradation sri lankas mangrove forests small trees grow coastal water decreased since .size mangrove ecosystems reduced implementation agriculture aquaculture systems like fisheries.shrimp aquaculture projects one biggest threats.shrimp business growing fast high demand high prof...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
one negative impacts shrimp farms mangroves destroyed farms built.mangroves however important people living close coast.reason mangroves offer products used cooking building houses fodder well fish food items.also offer protection floods pollutants.moreover mangroves important ecosystems host animals like fish crab shr...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
moreover agreed launch mangrove reforestation activities create alternative sources income locals.coral reef destruction coral reefs threatened human activities destructive fishing methods coralmining pollution unsustainable management practices.extensive aquaculture biggest threat coral reefs.shrimp farms especially d...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
sri lankans live along coast population growing greater negative consequences coral reefs.soil degradation parts dry zone well wet zone damaged soil degradation.soil erosion sri lanka times bigger would without human influence.negative impacts agriculture well peoples livelihood.soil degradation mainly caused unsustain...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
higher rates soil erosion caused crops harvested annually like potatoes vegetables tobacco.soil degradation dry zone leads desertification.loss soil also big problem near watersheds lot hydro power plants built watersheds.air pollution air pollution problem sri lankas cities mostly caused vehicles.number motor vehicles...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
use old vehicles poor quality gas intensify negative consequences.major air pollutants sri lanka oxides carbon oxides nitrogen oxides sulfur particulates inorganic compounds hydrocarbons secondary pollutant photochemical smog.pollutants negative impact peoples health cause respiratory illnesses asthma even death.dust f...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
households burned firewood cooking sets free many fine particles cause respiratory illnesses cancer.water pollution domestic activities industry agriculture cause water pollution sri lanka.rivers lakes affected pollutants.pollutants end lakes sewage vegetable waste waste hospitals.pollution lakes sri lanka leads algal ...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
industrial waste often discharged river treated untreated.moreover dumps located close rivers negative influences water quality.large amounts pesticides used agricultural sector also get water rivers lakes.groundwater surface water also polluted heavy use fertilizer pesticides storm runoffs.coastal marine waters threat...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
rivers flow sea deteriorate sea water.oil spills chemicals nonbiodegradable waste plastic also decrease quality sri lankas seawater.microplastic pollution resulted drastic reduction fish stocks.in households sri lanka got water pipes.even water come pipe local suppliers monitored efficiently.part population get clean d...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
waste management sri lanka faces managerial problems waste collection waste disposal.a study revealed household waste management percentage access waste collection even smaller rural areas .increased waste generation caused high population growth industrialization urbanization increased consumption.provinces local auth...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
effects poor waste management waste laying streets waterways swamps.results influence aesthetic landscape decrease biodiversity cause health problems negative impacts sri lankas tourist industry.study shows areas without waste collection majority people dump waste going landfill backyard.plastics paper often burned als...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
overfishing sri lanka experiencing declines fish populations due overfishing.climate change vulnerability sri lankas geographic location makes vulnerable climate change impacts.expected impacts increase temperature frequent extreme weather events like floods cyclones well sea level rise.sea level rise especially critic...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
impacts agriculture fisheries turn influence food security exports crops fishes.negative consequences environment include biodiversity loss ecosystem degradation water cycle disturbances.sri lanka set goals intended nationally determined contributions indc implement climate change mitigation adaptation strategies order...
Environmental issues in Sri Lanka
environmental disasters xpress pearl references reading bandara n. j. g. j. .water wastewater related issues sri lanka.water science technology.–.issn –.nandasena yatagama lokuge wickremasinghe ananda r sathiakumar nalini .
DDoS mitigation
air pollution health sri lanka review epidemiologic studies bmc public health .rajasuriya a. de silva m. w. r. n. oehman m. c. .coral reefs sri lanka human disturbance management issues.ambio.ddos attacks constant threat businesses organizations threatening service performance shut website entirely even short time.the ...
DDoS mitigation
onpremises mitigation technology commonly hardware device placed front network disadvantage filtering capacity limited capacity filtering device.middle option hybrid solution combining onpremises filtering cloudbase filtering.best practices ddos mitigation include antiddos technology antiddos emergency response service...
Asset (computer security)
distribution avoids single point congestion prevents ddos attack concentrating single target.one technique ddos attacks use misconfigured thirdparty networks allow amplification spoofed udp packets.proper configuration network equipment enabling ingress filtering egress filtering documented bcp rfc prevents amplificati...
Asset (computer security)
example hacker might attack system order steal credit card numbers exploiting vulnerability.information security experts must assess likely impact attack employ appropriate countermeasures.case might put firewall encrypt credit card numbers.risk analysis performing risk assessment important weigh much spend protecting ...
National Cyber Security Division
intangible costs must also factored in.hacker makes copy companys credit card numbers cost anything directly loss fines reputation enormous.see also countermeasure computerfactor analysis information riskinformation security managementit riskrisk factorrisk management references external links fismapedia termformed cri...
National Cyber Security Division
million includes federal positions.current director ncsd john streufert former chief information security officer ciso united states department state assumed position january .strategic objectives priorities strategic objectivesto protect cyber infrastructure ncsd identified two overarching objectivesto build maintain ...
National Cyber Security Division
uscert provides single accountable focal point support federal stakeholders make key operational implementation decisions secure federal executive branch civilian networks.holistic approach enables federal stakeholders address cybersecurity challenges manner maximizes value minimizing risks associated technology securi...
National Cyber Security Division
einstein early warning system monitors network gateways federal executive branch civilian departments agencies malicious cyber activity.dhs deploying einstein systems conjunction federal tic initiative optimizes network security capabilities common solution federal executive branch facilitates reduction consolidation e...
National Cyber Security Division
addition strategic initiatives enables nppd develop promulgate sound practices software developers security professionals cikr stakeholders also enables collaboration public private sectors assess mitigate risk nation’s cyber cikr.outreach programs promotes opportunities leverage cybersecurity investments public privat...
National Cyber Security Division
robert liscouski ran division initially permanent director sought continued assistant director february .amit yoran became director ncsd september helped set division year job left abruptly october .one divisions deputy directors andy purdy assumed position interim director within week yorans departure.upon andy purdys...
Cybersecurity information technology list
although report praised formation u.s. computer emergency readiness team uscert national cyber alert system division received criticism failing set priorities develop strategic plans provide effective leadership cyber security issues.references external links national cybersecurity division webpage article incorporates...
Cybersecurity information technology list
number professional certifications given cybersecurity training expertise.although billions dollars spent annually cybersecurity computer network immune attacks considered completely secure.single expensive loss due cybersecurity exploit iloveyou love bug email worm cost estimated .billion american dollars.this article...
Cybersecurity information technology list
general introductory articles cybersecurity subjects cryptography art secret writing code.plaintext message converted sender ciphertext means mathematical algorithm uses secret key.receiver message reverses process converts ciphertext back original plaintext.steganography art hidden writing.secret message hidden within...
Cybersecurity information technology list
authentication access process potential client granted authorized use facility proving identity.public key infrastructure pki framework managing digital certificates encryption keys.tools computerized utilities designed study analyze security facilities andor break unauthorized potentially criminal basis.threats modes ...
Cybersecurity information technology list
criminal activity violation law means breaking andor misusing facilities.laws attempt prevent crimes.nation states countries governments use misuse andor violate facilities achieve national goals.endpoint protection securing networked computers mobile devices terminals.network protection protection means data moved one...
Cybersecurity information technology list
processing protection securing facilities manipulate data computer servers often means specialized cybersecurity hardware.storage protection protection data nonmoving state usually magnetic optical media computer memory.management security processes security technology monitored faults deployed configured measured usag...
Wildland–urban interface
human settlements wui greater risk catastrophic wildfire.definitions united states america wildlandurban interface wui two definitions.us forest service defines wildlandurban interface qualitatively place humans development meet intermix wildland fuel.communities within .miles .
Wildland–urban interface
km zone included.quantitative definition provided federal register defines wui areas containing least one housing unit per acres ha.the federal register definition splits wui two categories based vegetation densityintermix wui lands contain least one housing unit per acres ha vegetation occupies terrestrial area heavil...
Wildland–urban interface
factors include geographic population shifts expansion cities suburbs wildlands vegetative growth formerly unvegetated land.primary cause migration.new wui areas result new housing.united states population shifts towards wuis west south increasing nationally percent per decade covering million additional homes percent ...
Wildland–urban interface
going forward expected wui continue expand anticipated amenityseeking migration retiring babyboomers smaller communities lower costs living close scenic recreational natural resources contribute wui growth.climate change also driving population shifts wui well changes wildlife composition.ecological effects housing gro...
Wildland–urban interface
instance increased forest fragmentation lead increase prevalence lyme disease.whitefooted mice primary host lyme tick thrive fragmented habitats.additionally disease vectors isolated patches undergo genetic differentiation increasing survivability whole.increases wildfire risk pose threat conservation wui growth region...
Wildland–urban interface
– area burned wildfires united states nearly doubled square kilometers.wildfires united states exceeding acres ha steadily increased since bulk modern history occurred .united states federal wildfire suppression expenditures tripled .billion per year .billion per year.
Wildland–urban interface
wildfire risk assessment calculating risk posed structure located within wui predictive factors simulations.identifying risk factors simulation factors help understand manage wildfire threat.for example proximity factor measures risk fire wind carried embers ignite new spot fires mile ahead flame front.vegetation facto...
Wildland–urban interface
factors allow assessment degree wildfire threat.ecological factors define force human factors define ignition vulnerability factors define damage.factors typically viewed geospatial relationship.the ecological factor category includes climate seasonal weather patterns geographical distributions vegetation historical sp...
Wildland–urban interface
first people cause fires people caused wildfires recorded national interagency fire center nifc.second housing intensifies wildfires contain flammable material produce mobile embers wood shakes.relationship population density wildfire risk nonlinear.low population densities human ignitions low.ignitions increase popula...
Wildland–urban interface
however threshold population density fire occurrence decreases.true range environments north america mediterranean basin chile south africa.possible reasons decrease include decreases open space ember transmission fuel fragmentation due urban development higher availability firesuppression resources.areas moderate popu...
Wildland–urban interface
mtt assumes nearlyconstant factors environmental factors wind direction fuel moisture.mtt advantageous huygens scalability algorithm speed.however factors dynamic constant representation comes cost limited window thus mtt applicable shorttimescale simulations.risk management structure vegetation flammability reduced co...
Wildland–urban interface
reducing risk responsibility distribution probability catastrophic wui wildfire controlled assignment responsibility three actionable wui objectives controlling potential wildfire intensity reducing ignition sources reducing vulnerability.objectives met community fireadapted community.u.s. forest service defines firead...
Wildland–urban interface
hiz guideline whoever responsible structure wildfire protection landlords tenants homeowner responsible physically constructing maintaining defense zones local government defines land use boundaries way defense zones effective note fireresistant arbitrary defined hours resistance given degree heat guidelines relaxed no...
Wildland–urban interface
around primary auxiliary structures including firewood piles.keep clear feet .around propane tanks fuel oil tanks.challenges risk management three challenges.wildfires ecological process naturally contribute development ecosystems many wildlands historically predisposed periodic fire eradication fires wui regions feasi...
Wildland–urban interface
concow community destroyed.wildfire continued community without demonstrating expected slowing flame front.slowing less anticipated though slowing contributed allowing residents evacuate ahead flame front.wildfire continued wildlands community concow town paradise ca.wildfire destroyed town paradise process developing ...
Anomaly detection
wildfire ignition suspected originated unhardened electrical transmission line infrastructure recently redesigned though reconstructed new design include hardening ignition passed wui.camp fire demonstrated limitations fireadapted community theory late season wildfires driven katabatic winds land management agencies re...
Anomaly detection
supervised anomaly detection techniques require data set labeled normal abnormal involves training classifier key difference many statistical classification problems inherent unbalanced nature outlier detection.semisupervised anomaly detection techniques construct model representing normal behavior given normal trainin...
Anomaly detection
statistics data mean standard deviation accurate removal anomalies visualisation data also improved.supervised learning removing anomalous data dataset often results statistically significant increase accuracy.anomalies also often important observations data found intrusion detection detecting abnormalities medical ima...
Anomaly detection
application data security anomaly detection proposed intrusion detection systems ids dorothy denning .anomaly detection ids normally accomplished thresholds statistics also done soft computing inductive learning.types statistics proposed included profiles users workstations networks remote hosts groups users programs b...
Anomaly detection
also known data cleansing.detecting anomalous samples classifiers remove however times corrupted data still provide useful samples learning.common method finding appropriate samples use identifying noisy data.one approach find noisy values create probabilistic model data using models uncorrupted data corrupted data.bel...
Anomaly detection
removing anomaly training enabled find patterns classifications easily.in data mining highdimensional data also propose high computing challenges intensely large sets data.removing numerous samples find irrelevant classifier detection algorithm runtime significantly reduced even largest sets data.software elki opensour...
Business continuity planning
addition prevention goal enable ongoing operations execution disaster recovery.business continuity intended outcome proper execution business continuity planning disaster recovery.several business continuity standards published various standards bodies assist check listing ongoing planning tasks.an organizations resist...
Business continuity planning
us government entities refer process continuity operations planning coop.business continuity plan outlines range disaster scenarios steps business take particular scenario return regular trade.bcps written ahead time also include precautions put place.usually created input key staff well stakeholders bcp set contingenc...
Business continuity planning
business organizations council competitiveness embraced resilience goal.adapting change apparently slower evolutionary manner sometimes many years decades described resilient term strategic resilience used go beyond resisting onetime crisis rather continuously anticipating adjusting case change becomes desperately obvi...
Business continuity planning
five main components resilience crafting normalcy affirming identity anchors maintaining using communication networks putting alternative logics work downplaying negative feelings foregrounding negative emotions.processes applicable businesses crisis times making resilience important factor companies focus training.the...
Business continuity planning
post resilience includes continuing maintain communication check employees.proactive resilience dealing issues hand cause possible shift work environment post resilience maintaining communication accepting chances incident happened.resilience applied organization.continuity plans procedures used business continuity pla...
Business continuity planning
example iso organisations required define business continuity objectives minimum levels product service operations considered acceptable maximum tolerable period disruption mtpd allowed.a major cost planning preparation audit compliance management documents automation tools available reduce time cost associated manuall...
Business continuity planning
example acceptable company lose days data recovery point objective must ensure maximum tolerable data loss activity exceeded.recovery time objective rto – acceptable amount time restore function maximum rto maximum time constraints long enterprises key products services unavailable undeliverable stakeholders perceive u...
Business continuity planning
threat risk analysis tra defining recovery requirements potential threat may require unique recovery steps.common threats includethe areas cascade responders stumble.supplies may become depleted.sars outbreak organizations compartmentalized rotated teams match incubation period disease.also banned inperson contact busi...
Business continuity planning
increased resiliency threat.impact scenarios impact scenarios identified documentedneed medical suppliesneed transportation optionscivilian impact nuclear disastersneed business data processing suppliesthese reflect widest possible damage.tiers preparedness shares seven tiers disaster recovery released updated ibm eigh...
Business continuity planning
fact may possible recover all.tier data backup hot site • businesses use tier disaster recovery solutions back data offsite facility.depending often backups made prepared accept several days weeks data loss backups secure offsite.however tier lacks systems restore data.pickup truck access method ptam.tier data backup h...
Business continuity planning
tier solution still result need recreate several hours days worth data less unpredictable recovery time.examples include ptam hot site available ibm tivoli storage manager.tier electronic vaulting • tier solutions utilize components tier .additionally missioncritical data electronically vaulted.electronically vaulted d...
Business continuity planning
rather relying largely shipping tape common lower tiers tier solutions begin incorporate diskbased solutions.several hours data loss still possible easier make pointintime pit copies greater frequency data replicated tapebased solutions.tier transaction integrity • tier solutions used businesses requirement consistency...
Business continuity planning
allows tier solution ensure consistency data granted tier solutions.additionally recovery applications automated allowing restoration systems applications much faster reliably would possible manual disaster recovery procedures.solution design two main requirements impact analysis stage arefor minimum application data r...
Business continuity planning
british standards bsi group british standards institution bsi released series standards bs peripherally addressed information security procedures.withdrawn bcp — bs business continuity management.code practice withdrawn bs specification business continuity management specifies requirements implementing operating improv...
Business continuity planning
within uk bs bs used business continuity management across organizations industries sectors.documents give practical plan deal eventualities—from extreme weather conditions terrorism system failure staff sickness.itil defined terms.civil contingencies act following crises preceding years uk government passed civil cont...
Business continuity planning
resilience ratio summarizes evaluation.implementation testing implementation phase involves policy changes material acquisitions staffing testing.testing organizational acceptance book exercising excellence published british standards institution identified three types exercises employed testing business continuity pla...
Business continuity planning
maintenance biannual annual maintenance cycle maintenance bcp manual broken three periodic activities.confirmation information manual roll staff awareness specific training critical individuals.testing verification technical solutions established recovery operations.testing verification organization recovery procedures...
Business continuity planning
retrieved july .purpose standard checklist criteria business recovery date.federal emergency management agency.retrieved july .nfpa standard disasteremergency management business continuity programs .national fire protection association.united states general accounting office yk bcp guide august .united states governme...
Business continuity planning
organizational resilience security preparedness continuity management systems—requirements guidance use approved american national standards institute international organization standardization iso security resilience vocabularyiso security resilience – business continuity management systems – requirementsiso security ...
Business continuity planning
business continuity plan design steps getting started designing plan.judy bell october .disaster survival planning practical guide businesses.isbn .dimattia s. november .planning continuity.library journal.
Business continuity planning
–.andrew zolli ann marie healy .resilience things bounce back.simon schuster.isbn .international glossary resilience dri international.external links tiers disaster recovery tsm.
Business continuity planning
charlotte brooks matthew bedernjak igor juran john merryman.disaster recovery strategies tivoli storage management.chapter .pages –.red books series.
Business continuity planning
ibm.tivoli software..steelstore cloud storage gateway disaster recovery best practices guide.riverbed technology inc. october .disaster recovery levels.robert kern victor peltz.
Business continuity planning
ibm systems magazine.november .business continuity tiers disaster recovery.archived wayback machine recovery specialties..continuous operations seven tiers disaster recovery.mary hall.
Swiss cheese model
storage community ibm.july .retrieved march .refmaximum tolerable period disruption mtpodmaximum tolerable period disruption mtpod bsi committee responsewayback machinejanco associatesdepartment homeland security emergency plan guidelinescidrapshrm pandemic hr guide toolkitadapt respond risks business continuity plan b...
Swiss cheese model
example aviation preconditions unsafe acts include fatigued air crew improper communications practices.unsafe supervision encompasses example pairing inexperienced pilots night flight known adverse weather.organizational influences encompass things reduction expenditure pilot training times financial austerity.holes sl...
Swiss cheese model
system produces failures hole slice momentarily aligns permitting reasons words trajectory accident opportunity hazard passes holes slices leading failure.frosch described reasons model mathematical terms model percolation theory analyses bethe lattice.active latent failures model includes active latent failures.active...
Swiss cheese model
resulted period swiss cheese diagram represented slices cheese labels active failures preconditions latent failures.these attempts combine two theories still causes confusion today.correct version combined theories shown active failures called immediate causes precondition latent failure called underlying causes shown ...
Swiss cheese model
research led realization medical error result system flaws character flaws greed ignorance malice laziness causes error.lubnau lubnau okray apply model engineering firefighting systems aiming reduce human errors inserting additional layers cheese system namely techniques crew resource management.this one many models li...
Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
organizational factors associated safety mission success aviation environments.handbook aviation human factors.lawrence erlbaum associates.p. .isbn .
Swiss cheese model
– westrum adamski relate reasons swiss cheese model westrums human envelope model around every complex operation human envelope develops operates maintains interfaces evaluates function sociotechnological system system depends integrity envelope thickness strength.westrum models latent failures voids within envelope ac...
Swiss cheese model
morbidity mortality rounds web.agency healthcare research quality.archived original .– application swiss cheese model specific case medical errorluxhøj james t. kauffeld kimberlee .evaluating effect technology insertion national airspace system.
Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
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Swiss cheese model
pmid .shappell scott a. wiegmann douglas a. february .human factors analysis classification system – hfacs swiss cheese model accident causation.national technical information service.young m.s.shorrock s.t.faulkner j.p.e .
2018 SingHealth data breach
seeking finding organisational accident causes comments swiss cheese model.department aviation university new south wales.also available online – reminder reasons model extends causation latent failures expense eliminating active failure entirely.period personal particulars .million singhealth patients records outpatie...
2018 SingHealth data breach
discovery database administrators integrated health information systems ihis public healthcare provider detected unusual activity one singhealths databases july implemented precautions intrusions.network traffic monitoring enhanced additional malicious activity detected july result theft data.ascertained cyberattack oc...
2018 SingHealth data breach
tenday delay discovery attack public announcement attributed time needed fortify systems conduct preliminary investigations identify affected patients prepare logistics announcement.text messages subsequently sent patients whose data affected.investigation august parliament s. iswaran minister communications informatio...
2018 SingHealth data breach
committee called attorneygenerals chambers lead evidence attorneygenerals chambers appointed cyber security agency lead investigations support criminal investigation department.committee held closeddoor public hearings august another tranche hearings september october.addition personal data protection commission invest...
2018 SingHealth data breach
examples mentioned emr system place since .addition mentioned cyberattacker behind incident started infecting workstations early august using hacking tool.version microsoft outlook used patch prevents attacks hacking tool.december may cyberattacker moved sideways gained access workstation infect computers malware.inade...
2018 SingHealth data breach
eventually cyberattacker successfully gained entry coding vulnerability june hence sent sql queries july stopped administrator.addition three periods staff failed respond responded days knowledge cyberattack first known.day two staff members said framework place report cyberattacks insufficient training hence unclear s...
2018 SingHealth data breach
analysts supervisor told analyst continue monitoring situation assumed medical data informed leak.analyst informed reporting officer point reporting query asking analyst follow queries.details reporting procedures containment measures mentioned.on third day cybersecurity employee integrated health information systems i...
2018 SingHealth data breach
instance meetings security management department conducted regularly framework created set appropriate responses cybersecurity risks appoint covering officers staff go leave.clarification processes provided standard operating procedure escalate incidents approved management march .also revealed day staffers took six da...