Impact

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The term is strongly related to the term "Consequence" and further work is needed in order to distinguish between the two terms. The term Severity is also used as a synonym.

Definitions

European Definitions

EU

Severity is the impact of the disruption or destruction of a particular infrastructure, with reference to (1) public effect (number of members of the population affected); (2) economic effect (significance of economic loss and/or degradation of products or services); (3) environmental effect; (4) political effects; (5) psychological effects; and (6) public health consequences. [1]


The strong and noticeable effect or influence on something or someone. In the context with CBRN often used to describe the effect of a CBRN release. [2]


ENISA

The result of an unwanted incident (refers to ISO/IEC PDTR 13335-1). [3]


Other International Definitions

CARICOM

Impact (Disaster Risk Context) is a sudden occurrence without prior warning. [4]


Impact (Results Based Context) is Positive and negative, primary and secondary longterm effects produced by a development intervention, directly or indirectly, intended or unintended. [5]


Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

(Climate Change Context) The term impact is used primarily to refer to the effects on natural and human systems of extreme weather events and of climate change. Impacts generally refer to effects on lives, livelihoods, health, ecosystems, economies, societies, cultures, services and infrastructure due to the interaction of climate changes of hazardous climate events occurring within a specific time period and the vulnerability of an exposed society or system. [6]


National Definitions

Australia

Impact is a sudden occurrence without prior warning. [7]


Brazil

Impacto: mudança adversa no nível obtido dos objetivos do negócio. [8]
Impact is the adverse change in the achieved level of business objectives.


Cape Verde

Impacto do desastre: Com base nos efeitos de desastre, é o impacto estimado sobre a economia (impacto macroeconómico e microeconómico na economia e na população afectada), e sobre o desenvolvimento humano. [9]



Czech Republic

(1) Nepříznivá změna dosaženého stupně cílů. (2) Následky určitého činu nebo události. [10]

(1) Adverse change in the attained degree of objectives. (2) Consequenses of a certain act or event. [11]


France

(Unofficial translation) Predictable effects of a successful attack on a target. They are estimated in terms of activities’ degradation for the country or of riskiness for the population.

The French original version is:

Impacts (ou conséquences dommageables): effets prévisibles d’une agression réussie sur une cible, estimés en termes d’atteinte aux activités du pays ou de danger pour la population. [12]


Ireland

Impact is defined as the consequences of a hazardous event being realised, expressed in terms of a negative impact on human welfare, damage to the environment or the physical infrastructure or other negative consequences. [13]


Netherlands

Impact is gedefinieerd als de gevolgen van een bedreiging die zich manifesteert.

Impact is defined as the consequences of a threat which occurs.[14]


As part of the Methodology for National Risk Assessment (Dutch: NRB-methodiek), the Netherlands has defined a set of impact assessment criteria:

1. Territorial Security:
1.1 - infringement of the integrity of the Dutch territory;
1.2 - infringement of the integrity of the international position of The Netherlands
2. Physical Security:
2.1 - casualties;
2.2 - seriously wounded and chronically ill people;
2.3 - suffering of people (lack of primary supplies such as drinking water, food, medicine)
3. Economic Security:
3.1 - costs
4. Ecological Safety:
4.1 - long duration infringement of the environment and nature (flora and fauna)
5. Social and Cultural stability:
5.1 - disrupted daily life;
5.2 - infringement of the democratic constitutional state;
5.3 - social-psychological impact

Switzerland

Durch ein Ereignis entstehende Wirkung auf ein Schutzgut. [15]

Répercussion d‘un événement sur un bien digne de protection.[16]

È l’azione esercitata da un evento su un degno di protezione. [17]


United Kingdom (UK)

Impact is the scale of the consequences of a hazard or threat expressed in terms of a reduction in human welfare, damage to the environment and loss of security. [18]

For the approach of the UK regarding impact assessment, refer to Criticality Scale.

Impact in the context of climate change is an effect of climate change (eg flooding, rails buckling, etc.). [19]



United States

NIST
The effect on organizational operations, organizational assets, individuals, other organizations, or the Nation (including the national security interests of the United States) of a loss of confidentiality, integrity, or availability of information or an information system. [20]


Uruguay

Impacto significativo (significant impact): Serán impactos significativos para la comunidad: (1) Aquellos que puedan provocar riesgo de vida a personas, (2) Aquellos que afecten levemente a más de 500 ciudadanos, (3) Aquellos que provoquen al Estado Uruguayo una pérdida económica significativa, (4) Aquellos que deterioren la imagen de un organismo estatal. [21]



Standard Definitions

ISO/IEC 27000:2014

Adverse change to the level of business objectives achieved. [22]

ISO/PAS 22399:2007

evaluated consequence of a particular outcome. [23]


Other definitions

Ontario (Canada)

Impact is the negative effect of a hazardous incident on people, property, the environment, the economy and/or services.

Impact: répercussion négative d’un incident dangereux sur les personnes, les biens, l’environnement, l'économie ou les services. [24]



See also

Notes

  1. EC COM(2006) 787 final, Directive of the Council on the identification and designation of European Critical Infrastructure and the assessment of the need to improve their protection, EC, Brussels 12.12.2006
  2. European Commission's CBRN Glossary, 2012
  3. ENISA Risk Glossary
  4. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Results Framework 2014-2024
  5. Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Regional Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy and Results Framework 2014-2024
  6. Mach, K.J., S. Planton and C. von Stechow (eds.). Climate Change 2014: Synthesis Report. Contribution of Working Groups I, II and III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Annex II: Glossary. [Core Writing Team, R.K. Pachauri and L.A. Meyer (eds.)]. IPCC, Geneva, Switzerland, pp. 117-130.
  7. Australian Emergency Management Glossary, Emergency Management Australia (1998)
  8. GUIA DE REFERÊNCIA PARA A SEGURANÇA DAS INFRAESTRUTURAS CRÍTICAS DA INFORMAÇÃO Versão 01 (Nov. 2010)/ ABNT NBR ISO/IEC 27005:2008: Tecnologia da Informação: Técnicas de Segurança: Gestão de Riscos de Segurança da Informação..
  9. Avaliação das Necessidades Pós- Desastre (PDNA) ERUPÇÃO VULCÂNICA NO FOGO 2014-2015, Cape Verde
  10. Výkladový slovník kybernetické bezpečnosti (2013)
  11. Výkladový slovník kybernetické bezpečnosti (2013)
  12. INSTRUCTION GENERALE INTERMINISTERIELLE RELATIVE A LA SECURITE DES ACTIVITES D’IMPORTANCE VITALE N°6600/SGDSN/PSE/PSN du 7 janvier 2014, PREMIER MINISTRE, SECRETARIAT GENERAL DE LA DEFENSE ET DE LA SECURITE NATIONALE, Direction Protection et Sécurité de l’Etat N° NOR: PRMD1400503J
  13. A FRAMEWORK FOR MAJOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT (APPENDICES)
  14. Zakboekje Preventie Cybercrime (2008
  15. Glossar der Risikobegriffe, Bundesamt für Bevölkerungsschutz BABS, 29.4.2013
  16. Glossaire des risques, Office fédéral de la protection de la population, 29.4.2013
  17. Glossario sui rischi, Ufficio federale della protezione della popolazione UFPP, 29.4.2013
  18. Glossary - Revision to Emergency Preparedness, Cabinet Office (2012)
  19. The National Adaptation Programme: Making the country resilient to a changing climate, UK Government (2013)
  20. NIST Special Publication 800-53 Rev 4: Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations (April 2013)
  21. Glossary CERTuy
  22. ISO/IEC 27000:2014, Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security management systems -- Overview and vocabulary
  23. ISO PAS 22399:2007: Societal security – Guideline for incident preparedness and operational continuity management, ISO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2007/2011
  24. Ontario English-French Emergency Management Glossary of Terms (2011)