Terrorist attacks and natural/anthropic disasters
Risk analysis methodologies for supporting security decision–making actors

Area 02 – Scienze fisiche

Fundamental definitions of the terms terrorism, political violence and CBRN are presented, and the international databases publicly available on terrorist events and natural disasters are investigated. Furthermore the concept of risk management as described in the ISO standards is analyzed, introducing the risk assessment and risk analysis characteristics applied in the USA and EU institutional approaches. The crucial concepts of Critical Infrastructure and domino effect are analyzed, and, finally, some methods that can be practical applied to implement risk assessment activities in the fields of terrorist attacks and natural disasters are described.

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