Information security,sometimes shortened to infosec,is the practice of protecting information by mitigating information risks. It is part of information risk management. It typically involves preventing or reducing the probability of unauthorized or inappropriate access to data or the unlawful use,disclosure,disruption,deletion,corruption,modification,inspection,recording,or devaluation of information. It also involves actions intended to reduce the adverse impacts of such incidents. Protected information may take any form,e.g.,electronic or physical,tangible,or intangible. Information security's primary focus is the balanced protection of data confidentiality,integrity,and availability while maintaining a focus on efficient policy implementation,all without hampering organization productivity. This is largely achieved through a structured risk management process that involves:
Risk management is the identification,evaluation,and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize,monitor,and control the probability or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities.
Operations research,often shortened to the initialism OR,is a discipline that deals with the development and application of analytical methods to improve decision-making. The term management science is occasionally used as a synonym.
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania. The institution was originally established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools. In 1912,it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology and began granting four-year degrees. In 1967,it became the current-day Carnegie Mellon University through its merger with the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research,founded in 1913 by Andrew Mellon and Richard B. Mellon and formerly a part of the University of Pittsburgh.
Risk assessment determines possible mishaps,their likelihood and consequences,and the tolerances for such events. The results of this process may be expressed in a quantitative or qualitative fashion. Risk assessment is an inherent part of a broader risk management strategy to help reduce any potential risk-related consequences.
Harry Max Markowitz was an American economist who received the 1989 John von Neumann Theory Prize and the 1990 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Atkins is a Canadian-British multinational engineering,design,planning,architectural design,project management and consulting services company. It is a subsidiary of SNC-Lavalin and is headquartered in London.
Enterprise systems engineering (ESE) is the discipline that applies systems engineering to the design of an enterprise. As a discipline,it includes a body of knowledge,principles,and processes tailored to the design of enterprise systems.
Bridget Clare Rosewell,is a British economist. Her expertise includes economic development,transport and agglomeration economics,development evaluation,infrastructure,forecasting,industry dynamics and competition as well as policy analysis related to these areas.
Allenna Leonard is an American cyberneticist,consultant and director of Team Syntegrity International,specializing in the application of Stafford Beer's Viable System Model and Syntegration. She was president of the International Society for the Systems Sciences in 2009–2010,and led the organization of its 54th annual meeting in Waterloo,Canada.
The Society for Risk Analysis (SRA) is a learned society providing an open forum for anyone interested in risk analysis. SRA seeks to:
A cyberattack is any offensive maneuver that targets computer information systems,computer networks,infrastructures,personal computer devices,or smartphones. An attacker is a person or process that attempts to access data,functions,or other restricted areas of the system without authorization,potentially with malicious intent. Depending on the context,cyberattacks can be part of cyber warfare or cyberterrorism. A cyberattack can be employed by sovereign states,individuals,groups,societies or organizations and it may originate from an anonymous source. A product that facilitates a cyberattack is sometimes called a cyber weapon. Cyberattacks have increased over the last few years. A well-known example of a cyberattack is a distributed denial of service attack (DDoS).
The University of Colorado Denver School of Public Affairs is located in the Lower Downtown ("LoDo") district of Denver,Colorado. The School is fully accredited by the Network of Schools of Public Policy,Affairs,and Administration (NASPAA). The School offers graduate programs in public administration,public affairs,and criminal justice,and undergraduate programs in criminal justice and public service.
Paige Fischer is an environmental scientist from the Pacific Northwest whose research focuses mainly on the human dimensions of environmental changes. She is especially interested in forest ecology and conservation. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of Michigan's School for Environment and Sustainability,teaching upper level classes about analysis methods and social vulnerability to climate change.
Syra Madad is an American pathogen preparedness expert and infectious disease epidemiologist. Madad is the Senior Director of the System-wide Special Pathogens Program at NYC Health + Hospitals where she is part of the executive leadership team which oversees New York City's response to the Coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the city's 11 public hospitals. She was featured in the Netflix documentary series Pandemic:How to Prevent an Outbreak and the Discovery Channel documentary The Vaccine:Conquering COVID.
Lauren Marie Gardner is an American engineer who is an associate professor and co-director of the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. She created the Johns Hopkins University dashboard that is used to share information about the COVID-19 pandemic.
James Hall,is Professor of Climate and Environmental Risks and former director of the Environmental Change Institute at the University of Oxford. He is director of research at the School of Geography and the Environment,Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Engineering Science and Fellow of Linacre College. Hall is a member of the UK Prime Minister's Council for Science and Technology,Commissioner of the National Infrastructure Commission,and is chair of the Science and Advisory Committee of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis. He was appointed as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2010. He was a member of the Adaptation Sub-Committee of the UK Climate Change Committee from 2009 to 2019. He was appointed as Vice-President of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 2021 with a view to become President in 2024.
Victoria Louise Lemieux is a Canadian specialist in records management and Associate Professor of Archival Studies at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is known for her research into financial information management,risk mitigation including using blockchain technology in risk reduction.
Rae Wynn-Grant is a large-carnivore ecologist and a fellow with National Geographic Society. She is best known for her research of the human impact on the behavior of black bears in Montana and is an advocate for women and people of color in the sciences.
Katrina Groth is an American mechanical engineer and professor. Groth is an associate professor in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Maryland,College Park,where she is the associate director for research for the Center for Risk and Reliability and the director of the Systems Risk and Reliability Analysis lab (SyRRA). Groth previously served as the Principal Research &Development Engineer at Sandia National Laboratories.
