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Cascading Effects – Mike Willis, Director of Emergency Management, State of Colorado

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  • Session
  • Tuesday, 07 March 2023
  • 16:15
  • Duration: 16 mins
  • Publication date: 10 Mar 2023
  • Location: Conference, L'Auberge Hotel & Casino, Baton rouge, United States
  • Part of event CIPRNA 2023

About the session

CI Interdependencies and Cascading Effects in Community Situational Awareness

It is the interoperability between independent critical national infrastructures that is the catalyst for multiple failures in the so called cascade effect. As more infrastructure becomes increasingly interdependent, how do we identify the weaknesses to enhance resilience across industries to prevent and/or mitigate the effects of a natural disaster or man-made attack? How should the CI community build situational awareness to mitigate the cascading effect across infrastructures.
Chair: John Donlon QPM, FSI

Keywords:
  • AI challenges
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience North America
  • climate change
  • emerging threat against CI
  • latest challenges with cyber attacks
  • terrorism activities

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  • Michael Willis

    Michael Willis

    Michael Willis is the Director of Emergency Management for the Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management. He is responsible for the State of Colorado’s comprehensive emergency management program which supports local and State agencies. Prior to joining the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Michael served in the Colorado National Guard and the United States Army. As a Colorado Guardsman, Michael worked multiple State emergencies including fires, floods, tornados and winter storms. His military experience also includes several overseas combat tours.He most recently served as the Assistant Adjutant General for Cyber, Space and Missile Defense and is a retired brigadier general. Michael is a Colorado native and currently lives with his wife in Castle Rock. Education: MS, Strategic Studies, U.S. Army War College, 2012 MS, Space Systems Operations, Webster University, 2007 BS, Psychology, University of Colorado, Boulder, 1989
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