ERNCIP training for professionals in Critical Infrastructure Protection: from risk management to resilience

This report, about the ERNCIP Pilot “Training for professionals in Critical Infrastructure Protection: from risk management to resilience”, contains an analysis of the roadmap followed by the JRC in establishing, in cooperation with DG Home, a first-of-its-kind training event strongly based on the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP). This deliverable contains references to all the steps that this project implied; from its embryonic conceptualisation, passing through the validation of its functional requirements and modules, to its final execution in Brussels from the 21st to the 23rd of June 2016. The aim of this document is to disseminate the methodologies and material collected during the execution of the project and provide useful references, topics and suggestions to educators and trainers - and their organisations - that are willing to organise or fine-tune courses on Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience with a focus on European policies and strategies. The ERNCIP Office's goal, following the publication of this report, is to receive feedback from institutions and experts that have made use of the Course’s material in view to integrate them in the execution of new iterations of training events. The Course’s material could also be used by DG HOME as one of the actions put in place to foster the improvement of the “external domain” of the European programme for Critical Infrastructure Protection (EPCIP). The fact that the EPCIP also aims at reaching out to neighbouring countries of the Union, in view to establish CIP-related form of cooperation, puts the “training” among the most useful and direct tools to be exploited to achieve such objective.JRC.E.2-Technology Innovation in Securit

The IACS Cybersecurity Certification Framework (ICCF). Lessons from the 2017 study of the state of the art.

The principal goal of this report is to present the experiments of the IACS component Cybersecurity Certification Framework (ICCF) performed in 2017 by the NETs (National Exercise Teams) of several Member States, namely France, Poland and Spain. Based on real life use cases and simulations of ICCF activities, this report documents the current practices of these countries and NET members’ views in relation to IACS products cybersecurity certification. These studies have led to a series of findings that will be useful for the future of the ICCF in the context of the European Cybersecurity Certification Framework. In conclusion, a plan of action is proposed for the 2018-2019 period.JRC.E.2-Technology Innovation in Securit

European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection: ERNCIP Handbook 2017 edition Version 1.0

The ERNCIP network has been established to improve the protection of critical infrastructures in the EU. The European Reference Network for Critical Infrastructure Protection (ERNCIP) therefore works in close cooperation with all types of CIP stakeholders, focusing particularly on the technical protective security solutions. This handbook aims to assist the dissemination of the activities and results of ERNCIP. It is intended that the document will be updated and issued by the ERNCIP Office in spring each year. The information provided will be up to date as of the end of the previous calendar year, i.e. in this case as at 31 December 2016. The report summarises the achievements of all the ERNCIP Thematic Groups, providing a convenient way to access information on any specific theme of interest covered by ERNCIP. The report also describes current thematic group activities, to allow subject-matter experts and critical infrastructure operators to identify ongoing areas of research they might be interested in assisting. This report is publicly available via the ERNCIP web site, and is distributed to all ERNCIP Group of EU CIP Experts for onward dissemination within their Member State.JRC.E.2-Technology Innovation in Securit

European Cybersecurity Centre of Expertise - Cybersecurity Competence Survey

In its September 2017 Joint Communication "Resilience, Deterrence and Defence: Building strong cybersecurity for the EU" the European Commission announced the intention to support the creation of a network of cybersecurity competence centres to stimulate the development and deployment of technology in cybersecurity. In the scope of this initiative, the main goal of this document is to present the design and results of the survey conducted in order to identify the cybersecurity competence centres (e.g. research organisations, laboratories, associations, academic groups, institutions, operational centres) in Europe. The survey was open for participation from middle January until middle March of 2018 and 665 centres participated. This report also presents a scientific and technological development analysis comparing the survey results presented here with a desktop research mapping exercise performed by JRC.JRC.E.3-Cyber and Digital Citizens' Securit

European Cybersecurity Centres of Expertise Map - Definitions and Taxonomy

The Commission made a commitment in the Communication adopted in September to launch a pilot phase under Horizon 2020 to help bring national cybersecurity centres together into a network. In this context, the goal of this document is that of aligning the cybersecurity terminologies, definitions and domains into a coherent and comprehensive taxonomy to facilitate the categorisation of EU cybersecurity competencies.JRC.E.3-Cyber and Digital Citizens' Securit

Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency (NATO COE-DAT Handbook 1)

In 2014 NATO’s Center of Excellence-Defence Against Terrorism (COE-DAT) launched the inaugural course on “Critical Infrastructure Protection Against Terrorist Attacks.” As this course garnered increased attendance and interest, the core lecturer team felt the need to update the course in critical infrastructure (CI) taking into account the shift from an emphasis on “protection” of CI assets to “security and resiliency.” What was lacking in the fields of academe, emergency management, and the industry practitioner community was a handbook that leveraged the collective subject matter expertise of the core lecturer team, a handbook that could serve to educate government leaders, state and private-sector owners and operators of critical infrastructure, academicians, and policymakers in NATO and partner countries. Enabling NATO’s Collective Defense: Critical Infrastructure Security and Resiliency is the culmination of such an effort, the first major collaborative research project under a Memorandum of Understanding between the US Army War College Strategic Studies Institute (SSI), and NATO COE-DAT. The research project began in October 2020 with a series of four workshops hosted by SSI. The draft chapters for the book were completed in late January 2022. Little did the research team envision the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February this year. The Russian occupation of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, successive missile attacks against Ukraine’s electric generation and distribution facilities, rail transport, and cyberattacks against almost every sector of the country’s critical infrastructure have been on world display. Russian use of its gas supplies as a means of economic warfare against Europe—designed to undermine NATO unity and support for Ukraine—is another timely example of why adversaries, nation-states, and terrorists alike target critical infrastructure. Hence, the need for public-private sector partnerships to secure that infrastructure and build the resiliency to sustain it when attacked. Ukraine also highlights the need for NATO allies to understand where vulnerabilities exist in host nation infrastructure that will undermine collective defense and give more urgency to redressing and mitigating those fissures.https://press.armywarcollege.edu/monographs/1951/thumbnail.jp

A Proposal for a European Cybersecurity Taxonomy

The Commission made a commitment in the Communication adopted in September 2018 (COM(2018) 630 final) to launch a pilot phase under Horizon 2020 to help bring national cybersecurity centres together into a network. In this context, the goal of this document is that of aligning the cybersecurity terminologies, definitions and domains into a coherent and comprehensive taxonomy to facilitate the categorisation of EU cybersecurity competencies.JRC.E.3-Cyber and Digital Citizens' Securit

Hérnia paracolostômica perfurada pós-preparo de colonoscopia associada a tumor de ângulo hepático: um relato de caso/ Perforated paracolostomal hernia post colonoscopy associated with hepatic angle tumor: a case report

A hérnia paracolostomica (HPC) é uma complicação comum que pode ocorrer em decorrência da abertura de um estoma e seu aparecimento tem um mecanismo multifatorial. O diagnóstico é clinico através de exame físico, mas pode ser complementado com exames de imagem (tomografia computadorizada e ultrassonografia. As principais complicações se referem a problemas no ajuste do estoma que causam prejuízos e risco pros pacientes. O tratamento é cirúrgico, existindo, atualmente, diversas técnicas para reparo e a escolha dessas é feita com o objetivo de apresentar menor risco de complicações e recidiva. Nesse trabalho relatamos um caso de hérnia paracolostomica de paciente feminino, idosa, que apresentou perfuração após preparação de cólon para realização de reconstrução do trânsito intestinal

Hérnia inguinal encarcerada com cisto ovariano roto: um relato de caso/ Incarcerated inguinal hernia with ruptured ovarian cyst: a case report

Dentre as hérnias que acometem a população feminina, as de ocorrência mais rara descritas são aquelas que possuem como conteúdo partes de órgãos reprodutivos. Estas são mais comuns em crianças devido a particularidades anatômicas e anomalias congênitas. A suspeita de hérnia ovariana deve ser levantada no diagnóstico diferencial em pacientes adultas com queixa de abaulamento ou massa em região inguinal durante exame físico. Não raro, o conteúdo herniário torna-se um desafio para o cirurgião, pois na maioria das vezes este é descoberto intra-operatório, durante o tratamento de urgência de uma hérnia encarcerada ou estrangulada. O tratamento das hernias é cirúrgico, com reparo seguro e eficiente, evitando tais complicações. Nesse estudo, relatamos um caso de hérnia inguinal encarcerada em paciente feminino, adulta, com conteúdo ovariano com cisto hemorrágico roto

Tratamento conservador de abdome agudo perfurativo pós polipectomia colonoscópica: relato de caso / Conservative treatment of acute abdomen perfurative after colonoscopic polypectomy: case report

A Perfuração Iatrogênica do Cólon (PIC), é considerada uma das complicações mais graves relacionadas à colonoscopia. As PICs podem ser manejadas de maneira conservadora, cirúrgica e endoscópica. Trazemos o relato de um paciente do sexo masculino que realizou com sucesso o tratamento conservador e endosco em regime de internação hospitalar após o dignóstico de perfuração de colon pós-colonoscopia. A mesma ocorreu durante uma polipectomia e foi diagnosticada durante o procedimento.