Eight categories of threat, and what sits between them
The international register of the UNDRR and the International Science Council lists 281 threat types in eight categories. We look at all eight, and above all at the dependencies between them. That is where the outages that really hit organisations begin.
Why an integral perspective makes the difference
Almost everyone in this market works in a silo. The cyber adviser does not see the aggregation stations. The fire safety adviser does not see the supplier of the supplier. The weather service does not see the payment system. And it is precisely between those silos that the problem arises.
A storm that ends up in healthcare
A storm hits the grid. The grid hits the pump. The pump hits the drinking water. The drinking water hits the care institution at the end of that chain, which never had a contract with any of it. Anyone who looks only at their own category sees that chain only once it is already breaking.
The eight categories
For each category you can see what falls under it and what we look at.
Technological
Outage of power, telecoms, emergency communications and critical infrastructure, fire, explosion and the outage of a nuclear installation. Our largest layer: the disruption chain runs live and for power outages the recovery time is measured.
Chemical
Hazardous substances, leaks and spills in your surroundings. We show the areas of concern from the national external safety register, together with the companies and installations that belong to them.
Societal
Cyber attacks, data breaches, phishing and attacks through the supply chain. Unrest, sabotage and conflict belong in this category too.
Meteorological and hydrological
Storm, heat, cold, rainfall, flooding and drought. The weather is on the map in every paid tier.
Environmental
Wildfire, air quality and degradation of soil and water. We are working on early detection of wildfires using open sources and our own observations, and we already do this as research for land managers.
Geological
Earthquake, land subsidence and ground settlement. Not yet a layer in the product, but a subject we do look at in scans and programmes, certainly for infrastructure and buildings.
Biological
Infectious diseases, animal diseases and plant diseases. Think of staff absence, of continuity of care and of what an outbreak does to a supply chain. We take that into account in plans and exercises.
Extraterrestrial
Space weather and solar storms. It sounds far away, but it affects the electricity grid, satellite navigation and communications. We keep track of it and bring it into scenarios for critical infrastructure.
Which threat is on your mind
Tell us where your concerns lie, and we will show you what we see of them and what you can do about them.
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