The EU-funded CIPRNET project has contributed to the maintenance of European safety and security, through enhanced protection of its essential infrastructure.
At the recent European Geosciences Union General Assembly in Vienna, work was presented from the EU-funded CIPRNET (Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience Research Network) project.
CIPRNET responds to the increasing dependence on the smooth running of Critical Infrastructure (CI) for socio-economic requirements such as commercial, transport, and utility provision. Alongside this dependence there is also a growth in the number of risks to the integrity of CI, for example through targeted cyber threats or catastrophic events brought about by natural hazards, such as extreme flooding. The potential damage ranges from economic disruption to social destabilisation and fatalities. The project aims to help authorities charged with civil protection to be able to understand these threats so that they can adequately mitigate, prepare and respond to emergencies, when and where they occur.
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