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Trends in Security Information
The HSD Trendmonitor is designed to provide access to relevant content on various subjects in the safety and security domain, to identify relevant developments and to connect knowledge and organisations. The safety and security domain encompasses a vast number of subjects. Four relevant taxonomies (type of threat or opportunity, victim, source of threat and domain of application) have been constructed in order to visualize all of these subjects. The taxonomies and related category descriptions have been carefully composed according to other taxonomies, European and international standards and our own expertise.
In order to identify safety and security related trends, relevant reports and HSD news articles are continuously scanned, analysed and classified by hand according to the four taxonomies. This results in a wide array of observations, which we call ‘Trend Snippets’. Multiple Trend Snippets combined can provide insights into safety and security trends. The size of the circles shows the relative weight of the topic, the filters can be used to further select the most relevant content for you. If you have an addition, question or remark, drop us a line at info@securitydelta.nl.
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Sabotage
Sabotage is an action by which (physical) material, infrastructures or installations of an enemy are damaged or destroyed, hereby lower the opponent’s capabilities. Various forms of sabotage exist, such as digital sabotage, military sabotage and vandalism, which are all applicable to different domains. Someone who carries out actions of espionage is called a saboteur. Sabotage can also be a criminal activity to accompany extortion.
In international conflict, only particular groups (combatants, members of resistance movements and participants) can make use of (lawful) military sabotage to lower the capabilities of the enemy. Military sabotage is usually carried out by an individual or a small group of individuals operating on enemy territory and targets specific military material, infrastructures or installations. On the other hand, digital sabotage uses for example computer malware to disrupt (physical) industrial processes. The programs that run industrial machines or processes can be hacked or disrupted, causing physical failures. Intelligence gathering is one of the ways to detect and counteract sabotage.
Related keywords: critical infrastructures, unauthorized access, cyber-sabotage, intelligence
Sabotage is an action by which (physical) material, infrastructures or installations of an enemy are damaged or destroyed, hereby lower the opponent’s capabilities. Various forms of sabotage exist, such as digital sabotage, military sabotage and vandalism, which are all applicable to different domains. Someone who carries out actions of espionage is called a saboteur. Sabotage can also be a criminal activity to accompany extortion.
In international conflict, only particular groups (combatants, members of resistance movements and participants) can make use of (lawful) military sabotage to lower the capabilities of the enemy. Military sabotage is usually carried out by an individual or a small group of individuals operating on enemy territory and targets specific military material, infrastructures or installations. On the other hand, digital sabotage uses for example computer malware to disrupt (physical) industrial processes. The programs that run industrial machines or processes can be hacked or disrupted, causing physical failures. Intelligence gathering is one of the ways to detect and counteract sabotage.
Related keywords: critical infrastructures, unauthorized access, cyber-sabotage, intelligence
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