This paper proposes an amendment of the classification of safety events based on their controllability and contemplates the potential of an event to escalate into higher severity classes. It considers (1) whether the end-user had the opportunity to intervene into the course of an event, (2) the level …

Risk management is considered as the core process of an effective safety management system for identifying hazards and assessing risks. However, recent fatal hull loss accidents appear to have resulted from a combination of factors, none of which can alone cause an accident or even a serious incident. …

Introduction The research group of the Hogeschool Zeeland has set up a consortium to develop new knowledge about cascading effects in critical infrastructure in the event of a flooding; as well as measures in pro- action, response and recovery phases to help the involved professionals increase the resilience …

This dissertation handles the discursive production of security. In particular, it looks at the securitisation of terrorism, placing terrorism as a topic in a space of extreme action. The treatment of terrorism by key members of the discursive process contributes to a gap between the objective reality …

The remarkable and continuous growth of the unmanned aircraft market has brought new safety related challenges, as those are recorded in various accident and incident reports. Although drones with an operating weight higher than 20-25Kgs are technologically advanced and often subject to standards (e.g., …

From the article: Within the HU University of Applied Sciences (HU) the department HU Services (HUS) has not got enough insight in their IT Service Management processes to align them to the new Information System that is implemented to support the service management function. The problem that rises …

Objectives: To systematically review interventions that aim to improve the governance of patient safety within emergency care on effectiveness, reliability, validity and feasibility. Design: A systematic review of the literature. Methods: PubMed, EMBASE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health …

Bij deze opdracht moest een uniform incident management proces ingericht worden voor 6 scholen en een servicebureau. Om dit proces te ondersteunen moest er een tool gekozen en ingericht worden.

De opdracht betreft het beschrijven van de huidige ITIL processen (incident management, problem management e.d.) en verbetering inventariseren en implementeren. Het doel van de afstudeeropdracht is inzicht krijgen in de huidige processen en werkprocedures die ten grondslag liggen aan de ICT servicedienst, …

Research has been done at SURFnet to find out what the conditions were for starting to use a new technology and to see if this technology complies with these conditions. Also part of the research was to find out if the equipment that SURFnet uses is suitable for using the technology. The results of this …