SKI Factsheet 9: Trends in Resilience

Spotlight on Teaching & Learning Resilience

Author(s): Jennifer Giroux
Series: Risk and Resilience Reports
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2013

The concept of resilience in homeland security (HS) and critical infrastructure protection (CIP) continues to gain traction and relevance in a 21st century risk environment characterized by volatility, uncertainty, instability, vast acceleration and interactivity. Indeed, in todays world threats are unpredictable and crosscutting between various policy domains, interests, and sectors. While there have been, and continue to be numerous efforts to conceptualize, define, and measure resilience1 (for homeland security purposes), there is also an emerging trend in the growth of training and certificate programs that specifically focus on critical infrastructure resilience, as well as building societal resilience in general.

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