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Cybersecurity Risk Management Enhancing Leadership and Expertise


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English | August 19, 2024 | ISBN: 3111286010 | 271 pages | MOBI | 1.62 Mb
Cybersecurity refers to the set of technologies, practices, and strategies designed to protect computer systems, networks, devices, and data from unauthorized access, theft, damage, disruption, or misuse. It involves identifying and assessing potential threats and vulnerabilities, and implementing controls and countermeasures to prevent or mitigate them. Some major risks of a successful cyberattack include: data breaches, ransomware attacks, disruption of services, damage to infrastructure, espionage and sabotage.

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Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modeling Supporting Policy Processes


Free Download Integrated Catastrophe Risk Modeling: Supporting Policy Processes By Aniello Amendola, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler (auth.), Aniello Amendola, Tatiana Ermolieva, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Reinhard Mechler (eds.)
2013 | 290 Pages | ISBN: 9400722257 | PDF | 5 MB
Efficient and equitable policies for managing disaster risks and adapting to global environmental change are critically dependent on development of robust options supported by integrated modeling. The book is based on research and state-of-the art models developed at IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and within its cooperation network. It addresses the methodological complexities of assessing disaster risks, which call for stochastic simulation, optimization methods and economic modeling. Furthermore, it describes policy frameworks for integrated disaster risk management, including stakeholder participation facilitated by user-interactive decision-support tools. Applications and results are presented for a number of case studies at different problem scales and in different socio-economic contexts, and their implications for loss sharing policies and economic development are discussed. Among others, the book presents studies for insurance policies for earthquakes in the Tuscany region in Italy and flood risk in the Tisza river basin in Hungary. Further, it investigates the economic impact of natural disasters on development and possible financial coping strategies; and applications are shown for selected South Asian countries. The book is addressed both to researchers and to organizations involved with catastrophe risk management and risk mitigation policies.

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Engineering Risk and Finance


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2013 | 508 Pages | ISBN: 1461462339 | PDF | 4 MB
Risk models are models of uncertainty, engineered for some purposes. They are "educated guesses and hypotheses" assessed and valued in terms of well-defined future states and their consequences. They are engineered to predict, to manage countable and accountable futures and to provide a frame of reference within which we may believe that "uncertainty is tamed". Quantitative-statistical tools are used to reconcile our information, experience and other knowledge with hypotheses that both serve as the foundation of risk models and also value and price risk. Risk models are therefore common to most professions, each with its own methods and techniques based on their needs, experience and a wisdom accrued over long periods of time.This book provides a broad and interdisciplinary foundation to engineering risks and to their financial valuation and pricing. Risk models applied in industry and business, heath care, safety, the environment and regulation are used to highlight their variety while financial valuation techniques are used to assess their financial consequences.This book is technically accessible to all readers and students with a basic background in probability and statistics (with 3 chapters devoted to introduce their elements). Principles of risk measurement, valuation and financial pricing as well as the economics of uncertainty are outlined in 5 chapters with numerous examples and applications. New results, extending classical models such as the CCAPM are presented providing insights to assess the risks and their price in an interconnected, dependent and strategic economic environment. In an environment departing from the fundamental assumptions we make regarding financial markets, the book provides a strategic/game-like approach to assess the risk and the opportunities that such an environment implies. To control these risks, a strategic-control approach is developed that recognizes that many risks resulting by "what we do" as well as "what others do". In particular we address the strategic and statistical control of compliance in large financial institutions confronted increasingly with a complex and far more extensive regulation.

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Integrated Risk Governance Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters


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2013 | 244 Pages | ISBN: 3642316409 | PDF | 6 MB
"Integrated Risk Governance: Science Plan and Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters" is the first book in the IHDP-Integrated Risk Governance Project Series. It consists of two parts: Part I: Integrated Risk Governance Project Science Plan, which outlines the challenge, research programme, outcomes, and implementation strategy of the IRG Project; and Part II: Case Studies of Large-scale Disasters, which includes case analyses of experience, lessons learned and recommendations on various large-scale disasters around the world, such as the Tangshan and Wenchuan earthquakes and the great ice storm in China, European heat waves, and Hurricane Katrina in the USA. The community model of integrated natural disaster risk governance and paradigm of catastrophe risk governance in China are also presented.Prof. Peijun Shi works at Beijing Normal University, China; Prof. Carlo Jaeger works at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany; Prof.Qian Ye works at Beijing Normal University, China.

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Safety Leadership The CEO’s Blueprint for Risk-Free Growth


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English | October 22, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0DCD37QMM | 118 pages | EPUB | 1.74 Mb
This book delves intoExecutive Safety Responsibility, showing how safety can transform from a regulatory burden into a strategic advantage. With decades of experience, Sterling explains how top-level leaders can develop aCEO Safety Culturethat empowers them to foster a safe, high-performing, and motivated workforce. By aligning safety goals with broader business objectives, leaders can build a safer and more productive organization, reduce accidents, and increase long-term profitability, giving them a sense of control and confidence in their leadership.

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Unlocking Career Confidence The Risk-Takers Blueprint


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English | April 23, 2024 | ISBN: N/A | ASIN: B0CW189S75 | 51 pages | EPUB | 0.19 Mb
"Unlocking Career Confidence" embarks on an insightful and transformative journey, designed for anyone aiming to elevate their professional life. Inspired by the bestseller "The Reward of Risk: Embracing Confidence in Your Career," this guide distills essential elements such as career resilience, professional branding, strategic networking, and the finesse of negotiation into a comprehensive blueprint for achieving success.

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