Like the current deadly virus, HIV, no nation or creature is immune to the impact disasters. The world over the years has become highly unstable and unpredictable with increasing issues of earthquakes, floods, terrorism, climate changes,... more
Like the current deadly virus, HIV, no nation or creature is immune to the impact disasters. The world over the years has become highly unstable and unpredictable with increasing issues of earthquakes, floods, terrorism, climate changes, economic instability etc. The need therefore arises for proper and efficient management and/or mitigation of risks associated disasters and emergencies that could arise from such unfortunate incidents.
The discovery of oil in 2007 and its subsequent production in 2010 is expected to have a positive impact on the economy of Ghana. The living conditions of the ordinary Ghanaian is expected to relatively improve with the massive... more
The discovery of oil in 2007 and its subsequent production in 2010 is expected to have a positive impact on the economy of Ghana. The living conditions of the ordinary Ghanaian is expected to relatively improve with the massive development expected to take place over the years. Although the discovery of oil is a blessing, it comes with its own set of emergencies and disasters to the environment. Studies have shown over the years that where there is oil, there is bound to be a spill sometime. Recent examples of such include the Gulf of Mexico/ BP Oil Spill which saw about 205 million gallons of oil into the ocean and the Exxon-Valdez oil spill in 1989 which spilled around 10.8 million gallons and impacted 1,100 miles of coast in the united states (about, 2010).
Environmental Law, since its inception in the 1800s, has gone through several stages and reforms to ensure completeness and command maximum member corporation of partners. Proposals are submitted by relevant stakeholders for discussion at... more
Environmental Law, since its inception in the 1800s, has gone through several stages and reforms to ensure completeness and command maximum member corporation of partners. Proposals are submitted by relevant stakeholders for discussion at particular milestones, after which changes or amendments are made accordingly. The major focus of reforms relating to International Environmental Law is to ensure the proper management of human activities and processes, preventing or reducing their otherwise negative effects on the environment as a whole.
This research work aims to review "cyber attack" being a significant global risk in terms of likelihood of occurrence stipulations; it will further evaluate the mechanism for attacks, and develop control measures for future attacks. Using... more
This research work aims to review "cyber attack" being a significant global risk in terms of likelihood of occurrence stipulations; it will further evaluate the mechanism for attacks, and develop control measures for future attacks. Using the Russia and Georgia cyber conflict in 2008 as a case study, this paper will elucidate the effect of cyber attack on a nation, designs a contextual diagram of the relationship between cyber attack and other World Economic Forum (WEF) identified global risks. This work identifies the possibility of cyber attack triggering terrorism, organised crime, global governance failure, massive incident of data fraud or theft and critical fragile state if left uncontrolled. This paper implements the ISO 27001 ISMS Model of PLAN, DO, CHECK ACT to management of cyber attack risk; using reports, computer journals, peer reviewed articles and internet sources, will design a cyber attack risk control hierarchy strategy in organizational context to combat this emerging challenge.
