The insurance industry needs “a better understanding” of the probable impact of a coronal mass ejection or other extreme space event, but studies estimating losses in the hundreds of billions are pessimistic, a speaker from Swiss Re suggested Thursday at…
The role of urban centres as economic powerhouses has never been more apparent. A 2011 report from McKinsey & Company notes 600 cities are projected to generate more than 60% of global growth to 2025. Not only are populations more…
A significant cyberattack across the United Kingdom’s critical national infrastructure could have “far-reaching and significant economic impacts” for Britain, according to a study carried out by the Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies. The report, titled Integrated Infrastructure: Cyber Resiliency in…