#Infrastructure Protection

[ontonix]

Complexity Monitoring Device for Local Anomaly Detection in Networks

The blog provides a brief description of a Quantitative Complexity Management-based (QCM) network monitoring device. The QCM technology has been under development by Ontonix since 2005. Numerous applications have been developed which span various sectors of the industry, economics, finance and medicine. In the majority of cases, QCM solutions are used for following…

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When Cyber Attacks Are the Least of Our Worries: 5 Shocking Threats to Critical Infrastructure

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Safeguarding Coastal Communities: MGB Conducts Vital Coastal Vulnerability Assessment in Caraga Town

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[rjzimmerman]

The Flood-Protection Rule That Trump Rolled Back. (New York Times)

Excerpt from this New York Times story:

In the summer of 2017, Donald Trump stood in the lobby of Trump Tower and declared he would heal a “massive self-inflicted wound on our country” by eliminating red tape that he said was making construction in America an arduous, expensive process.

One policy he eradicated that day was a set of standards aimed at ensuring that anything built with taxpayer money — including hospitals, sewage treatment plants, bridges and libraries — could withstand flooding and rising seas caused by climate change.

Seven years later and in the wake of hurricanes Helene and Milton, federal officials and flood experts say Trump’s decision to roll back those federal infrastructure standards has had financial ramifications. Those are just starting to come into view as officials continue to tally the damage from the storms.

According to state and federal data, at least five water treatment plants in Florida that were in the path of Helene and Milton were exempt from tougher national building standards and sustained damage from the hurricane ranging from water line breaks to power losses. In total, they were funded with about $200 million in federal spending.

Another seven water plants across the Southeast that together received more than $100 million in federal funding were built to lower flood standards and didn’t receive damage during Helene or Milton. But the plants are considered at high risk for damage in the future, and what worries experts is how many crucial infrastructure plants are similarly exposed.

“We can definitively say that risk increased,” said Alice C. Hill, a senior fellow in energy and environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. “The federal government continues to invest in infrastructure destined to fail in the light of worsening climate impacts.”

“Hurricanes Helene and Milton are a stark reminder that catastrophic flooding, and the climate crisis more broadly, present ongoing and worsening challenges for America’s critical water infrastructure,” said Zealan Hoover, a senior adviser to the E.P.A. administrator, Michael Regan.

Hoover said policies like the flood standard “have real consequences for Americans,” including ensuring that communities can maintain access to drinking water in the wake of disasters.

The standards in question were created under President Obama in 2015, who made the case that climate change would make floods more common and much more destructive.

The rules called for building structures two or three feet above the 100-year flood level, or built at the 500-year level. Alternately, federal agencies could analyze future climate change scenarios like sea-level rise or expected heavier floods, and build according to those projections. But the policy ran into opposition, particularly from homebuilders who argued that new restrictions would lead to higher construction costs even outside federally funded projects.

[bitual]

i don't actually care (or take it personally) when infrastructure projects planned today won't come into fruition until i'm really old/not during my lifetime

[boatcats]

I saw a post on Facebook that cited a single tweet from a person with seemingly no public health or epidemiology credentials as proof that H5N1 is about to be 1918 flu epidemic, part deux, and made a number of easily disprovable, google-able claims about the mortality rate of the currently spreading strains among humans.

And when someone commented that the tone seemed pretty alarmist and unhelpful. Someone else replied "WELL, IF YOU'RE SCARED IMAGINE HOW SCARED DISABLED PEOPLE ARE."

And. Okay. Well. I am worried. To the extent that disabled people can be considered a monolith, many disabled people are worried.

Please explain to me how spreading misinformation on Facebook helps anyone?

The internet was a mistake.

[angorwhosebabyisthis]

i feel like i should start making more of an effort, when i talk about something in a piece of media being Upsetting to me, to distinguish between 'cathartic' upsetting and 'gave me psychic damage' upsetting. sometimes i mean OUGH OW MY FEELINGS THIS FUCKS ME UP IN A MEANINGFUL AND RESONANT WAY, MY LIFE IS ENRICHED FOR BECOMING AWARE OF IT and sometimes i mean that it is genuinely distressing and i want to shake the creators and ask what the fuck they were thinking

[whostoleallthecookies]

ok as promised here's the post about botw-adjacent hyrule castle's theorized main entrance

so: as anyone who's explored the castle in breath of the wild or tears of the kingdom knows, there are limited entrances to the interior of the castle. there's the docks, some tunnels, the balcony of the observation room, etc. then there are a couple of side doors, like the ones to the guards' chambers, the library door that leads outside, the door(s) to zelda's room, etc. but like, none of those is a *main entrance*. you'd think it's obvious, duh, it's the door to the sanctum!

but here's the kicker. the sanctum doesn't lead anywhere.

you can't actually get anywhere else from the sanctum. you can get on top of the sanctum, sure, and you can get outside, but it does not connect to any other parts of the castle. There aren't even rubble filled doorways that would indicate that you could! (this is Very Likely so that you wouldn't accidentally end up in the boss fight in botw while exploring the rest of the castle, and like, that makes sense from a dungeon design point of view, but not from a *liveable castle* point of view.) this is ESPECIALLY frustrating because Creating a Champion literally states that Zelda's room is where it is so that she could get to the sanctum in less than 5 minutes without going outside. SHE CAN'T, NINTENDO, BECAUSE YOU REMOVED ALL INNER THE DOORS TO THE SANCTUM!!

so this creates the question: where was the main entrance before calamity then?

well, youtuber banan039 has an answer: under the observation room balcony! genious, i thought, that makes so much sense omg why wasn't that in there in botw. (by the way i'm in love with banan039's pre-calamity mod's progress videos they give me so much strength on my harrowing journey to trying to figure out intact hyrule castle's layout please go watch them and support the creator if you have the means.)

but uh yeah anyway turns out the door isn't there in botw because there's a cliff like right in front of it. well that's inconvenient, i thought, but idk, maybe the calamity caused it and collapsed the door.

NOPE! that door was never in there even pre-calamity in breath of the wild canon!

(https://www.reddit.com/r/Breath_of_the_Wild/comments/7xkavh/hyrule_castle_town_on_its_prime_before_the/)

this screenshot is from the cutscene in champion's ballad where king rhoam appoints the champions. if you look closely, you can see that the area underneath the observation room (right above the castle gates) is the same texture as the cliffs around it, and you can see the bit of grass there, yeah, that would block the front door.

(also, minor spoilers for tears of the kingdom: you couldn't have anything under the observation room anyway because of the royal secret passage.)

and actually then i got to thinking: if the front door was under the observation room, what would be the purpose of the gatehouses??? and, as a friend pointed out, the narrow winding path that would be difficult to climb, heightening the castle's defenses????

so what makes the most sense is that the main entrance would be in the sanctum after all, especially since it was said in creating a champion that it would have had an indoors access to zelda's room. my current working theory is that there was a spiral staircase in one of the corner towers of the sanctum's lowest floor, but i have not yet been able to explore that area in depth enough to confirm that it could have been possible. however, it seems... plausible, likely even if i happen to find a spot with a lot of rubble on the floor, because that could be a staircase hole filled up. it's not the most conventional castle architecture but eh, it makes more sense than the front door being before either of the gatehouses, straight on the line of attack after the castle gate gets broken.

except.

THERE'S A FUCKING FRONT DOOR UNDER THE OBSERVATION ROOM IN AGE OF CALAMITY

(https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Hyrule_Castle?file=Hyrule_Castle.jpg) (and a bunch of aoc cutscenes, though i wasn't able to find the one this screenshot is from.)

sigh.

[oatmilkappreciator]

well wtf now. twitter is a fascist playground, Facebook is misinformation paradise AND illegal to post news sources in Canada. Instagram same thing plus whatever Threads ragebait they can throw in my feed every day. Pinterest riddled with ads of course.

and now tumblr actively hostile to trans women, moderation system laid embarrassingly bare and ceo exposed as a musk wannabe controlling everything in sight and posting emotional breakdowns from his mansion I guess. TERFs infiltrating the site sending false allegations against a bullied trans woman to trans men to try to turn us against one another. this isn't a safe place for my trans family idk. years ago I never thought I would refer to tumblr with that gravity but it's true.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

genuinely wild to me when I go to someone's house and we watch TV or listen to music or something and there are ads. I haven't seen an ad in my home since 2005. what do you mean you haven't set up multiple layers of digital infrastructure to banish corporate messaging to oblivion before it manifests? listen, this is important. this is the 21st century version of carving sigils on the wall to deny entry to demons or wearing bells to ward off the Unseelie. come on give me your router admin password and I'll show you how to cast a protective spell of Get Thee Tae Fuck, Capital

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Understanding the Critical Infrastructure Protection Market: Trends and Future Outlook

According to a recent report by Grand View Research, Inc., the global critical infrastructure protection market is projected to reach a value of USD 190.42 billion by 2030. This growth reflects a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.6% during the forecast period from 2024 to 2030. A major trend propelling this growth is the increasing frequency and sophistication of cyber incidents targeting essential facilities and national security systems. As nations become more reliant on the internet, digital infrastructure, and information technology, new vulnerabilities are emerging. These technological dependencies provide adversaries with avenues to disrupt national economies and compromise critical infrastructure sectors, including government, defense, and banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI).

The growing severity of cyber threats posed by hostile entities, along with heightened efforts to mitigate these attacks, is expected to significantly boost the demand for critical infrastructure protection solutions. As cyber-attacks become more frequent and damaging—especially those targeting national security—governments around the world are becoming increasingly aware of the need to strengthen their cybersecurity frameworks and deploy advanced protection systems for essential assets.

To address these challenges, many countries have enacted and institutionalized comprehensive strategies, policies, and regulatory bodies dedicated to safeguarding critical infrastructure. For example, the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP) provides a strategic framework to enhance the security of Europe's vital infrastructure. Similarly, in the United States, the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) was introduced to foster collaboration between the government and private sector, with the goal of enhancing the resilience and security of key service sectors. These kinds of proactive government initiatives and the widespread adoption of cybersecurity frameworks are anticipated to play a central role in driving market growth over the coming years.

Meanwhile, rapid advancements in information and communication technologies (ICT) have led to notable improvements in business productivity and operational efficiency. However, this technological progress has also expanded the attack surface of digital infrastructure, allowing malicious actors to exploit networks for purposes such as data breaches, sabotage, and service disruption. The increasing threat landscape has compelled organizations to prioritize cybersecurity investments to safeguard sensitive data and maintain operational integrity.

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Here are some commonly asked questions related to the Critical Infrastructure Protection Market, along with answers that provide essential insights

1. What are the primary drivers of growth in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market?

Key drivers include increasing cyber threats, government regulations and initiatives promoting infrastructure security, advancements in technology, and the rising dependence on digital platforms across various industries, specifically in sectors that rely heavily on operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).

2. What are the main types of solutions offered in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market?

Solutions in the CIP market can be categorized into two main types: physical security solutions (e.g., video surveillance, access control) and cybersecurity solutions (e.g., encryption, firewalls, intrusion detection systems). These solutions aim to protect both physical assets and sensitive data from unauthorized access and attacks.

3. What regions are seeing significant growth in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market?

While North America currently holds the largest market share, the Asia-Pacific region is projected to experience the fastest growth in the CIP market due to rapid urbanization, digital transformation, and increasing government initiatives to enhance security measures against cyber threats.

4. What are the future trends in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market?

Future trends include the adoption of AI and machine learning for advanced threat detection, integration of cybersecurity measures into existing systems, smart infrastructure investments, and increased collaboration between public and private sectors to enhance security protocols.

5. Who are the key players in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market?

Major players in the Critical Infrastructure Protection market include BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Honeywell International, Thales, and General Dynamics. These companies are focusing on innovation and developing advanced security solutions to address the growing complexity of threats.

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