The Crisis and Risk Network CRN (the former Comprehensive Risk Analysis and Management Network) is an initiative for international dialog on security risks and vulnerabilities, risk analysis and management, emergency preparedness, and crisis management. Through the interchange of views, the CRN helps to promote a better understanding of the complex challenges and opportunities confronting the risk community today and serves to establish a collaborative relationship and exchange among likeminded experts. The CRN is run by the Center for Security Studies (CSS) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH Zurich).

CRN has two interrelated pillars:

• The New Risks Research Unit, one of five major research teams at the Center for Security Studies (CSS);
• A Swiss-Swedish Internet and workshop initiative for international dialog and cooperation between governments, academics, and the private sector.
  

New Risks Research Unit

CRN’s research covers six major topics in the field of new risks: critical infrastructures, political violence/terrorism, ABC proliferation, crisis management, threat politics, and risk analysis methodology.

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Internet and Workshop Initiative

Together with international partners, the CRN has initiated an international workshop cycle on academic and applied risk and vulnerability analysis.

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5th Zurich Roundtable

Strategic Foresight and Scenario Planning

Risk experts from various countries will gather in Zurich to learn more about how to deal with uncertainty within their organization and its external environment and to discuss and exchange ideas and experiences. Please have a look at the preliminary program.

Featured Publication

International CIIP Handbook 2008/2009

An Inventory of 25 National and 7 International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Policies

Author(s): Elgin Brunner, Manuel Suter
Editor(s): Andreas Wenger, Victor Mauer, Myriam Dunn
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich

• Biological Risks
• International Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) Handbook
• Crisis Management
• Critical (Information) Infrastructure Protection
• Governance of Information Security
• Information Operations
• Political Violence and Terrorism
• Risiken Schweiz
• Risk Analysis and Management
• Security in the Information Age

The part-time 18-month Executive Masters degree program in Security Policy and Crisis Management (MAS ETH SPCM) at the ETH Zurich is open to highly qualified and experienced senior executives and managers from the private and public sectors, the policy community, and the armed forces.

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