Tag: Critical infrastructure

“Sincere about Ulterior Motives”: The Invasion of Ukraine and Russia’s Shapeshifting Relationship with Ransomware Groups

A day after Russia’s President Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Conti, a hacker group suspected to be largely based in Russia and known for financially extorting Western companies, published a message in support of Moscow. The hackers threatened to use “all possible resources to strike back at the critical infrastructures” in retaliation for any “cyberattack or any war activities against Russia”. Soon after, the group sought to dial back this message, claiming not to side with any government.

Tags Security, Ukraine, Russia, Technology, Cybersecurity, Critical infrastructure, Cyber-Attack, USA

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Interdependencies of Trends Relevant for the Swiss Civil Protection System

Post author By Center for Security Studies
Post date 12/08/2021
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This week’s featured graphic points out the interdependencies of trends relevant for the Swiss Civil Protection System. For more on uncertainties, challenges and opportunities of trends in civil protection, read Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Florian Roth, Marco Käser, Tim Prior, and Benjamin Scharte’s CSS’ Risk and Resilience Report here.

Tags Climate change, Demography, Security, Trends, Technology, Mobility, Switzerland, Civilian Protection, Environment, Artificial Intelligence, Economy, Disaster Risk Reduction, Urbanization, Social Media, Geopolitics, Critical infrastructure

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The Importance of Trends for the Swiss Civil Protection System

Post author By Center for Security Studies
Post date 20/05/2021
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This week’s featured graphic points out the importance of trends for the Swiss civil protection system. For more on uncertainties, challenges and opportunities of trends in civil protection, read Andrin Hauri, Kevin Kohler, Florian Roth, Marco Käser, Tim Prior, and Benjamin Scharte’s CSS Risk and Resilience Report here.

Tags Switzerland, Urbanization, Geopolitics, Critical infrastructure, Development, Climate change, Trends, Mobility, Civilian Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Security

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Interdependencies of Trends Relevant for the Swiss Civil Protection System

Post author By the Center for Security Studies
Post date 14/01/2021
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Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization, Climate Change – many overarching trends and developments have the potential to alter the lives of billions of people in the coming years. This graphic maps the relevant trends for the Swiss civil protection system in the next 5 to 10 years and outlines examples of their interdependencies.

For an analysis on how these trends will affect the civil protection system in Switzerland, read this CSS “Trend Analysis Civil Protection 2030 Uncertainties, Challenges and Opportunities” report here.

Tags Technology, Switzerland, Social Media, Critical infrastructure, Climate change, Civilian Protection, Artificial Intelligence, Security

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The New Iron Silk Route

Rail Track in Kazhakstan — Image by Nikolay Olkhovoy/Wikimedia Commons.

On 11 May the first direct railway connection in history between Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan was opened in the presence of the Kazakh and Turkmen presidents. The inaugurated railway line is part of the North-South project which links Central Asia (and China and Russia) with the Middle East and the Persian Gulf. The last section of the line will be completed by the end of this year and will ensure Iran and Turkmenistan are connected. The current capacity of the railway line is 3-5 million tonnes annually and estimations predict that in the medium term this figure will increase to 10 million tonnes annually. The construction of the new railway line has been financed by the countries involved in this project and the Asian Development Bank (as part of the CAREC programme). This route will be used above all for exports of Kazakh wheat and oil as well as for the transit of goods to and from Afghanistan, including oil products which are now transported mainly through Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.

Tags Kazakhstan, Critical infrastructure