The geopolitical situation following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 caused
instant concern regarding the security of European petroleum infrastructures, with the …

Protective security management aims at protecting against malicious acts. It has, in a
relatively short period, undergone substantial changes. One such change is the introduction …

Standards developed by standard-setting organisations (SSOs)–sometimes labelled private
rulemaking–are part of larger practices of governance in most societies yet are …

As synthetic biology is extensively applied in numerous frontier disciplines, the biosafety and
biosecurity concerns with designing and constructing novel biological parts, devices, and …

Industrial control systems (ICSs) are critical to the operation of industrial processes and
critical infrastructure. Safety and security are crucial in any system or process, particularly in …

We present a way to combine security and safety assessments using Bowtie Diagrams.
Bowties model both the causes leading up to a central failure event and consequences …

The post-pandemic era has brought new challenges for urban development worldwide as
countries grapple with the aftermath of the global health crisis. While some studies suggest …

This paper analyzes changes in emergency management in Belgium that have
accompanied growing security concerns in Western countries since the 9/11 terrorist attacks …

The thesis investigates risk assessment and standardization by standardsetting
organizations (SSOs), key governing practices in many societies today. It does so by …

Since the discovery of the Stuxnet cyber attack that damaged several nuclear centrifuges in
2010, it has become evident that industrial control and automation systems are increasingly …