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Digital, Cyber and AI
NRS-H53 Cyber-physical disruption; NRS-H108 Advanced and distributed manufacturing
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Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium · Infrastructure, Energy and Industry · Department of Industry and Supply Chains
Taught in the Nexus stream
Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials
The discipline covers production systems, industrial process safety, industrial cyber resilience, advanced materials and the resilience of manufacturing to shocks in inputs, energy, labour and technology.
- Manufacturing operations risk
- Operational technology security
- Industrial process safety
- Advanced materials and nanomaterials
- Materials and components supply
- Industrial energy and water
- Human-machine work
- Technology adoption
Courses in development extend the scope to one further subject: Advanced materials and nanomaterials risk.
02Maps
Maps and the globe for any place
Search any place or open the world; the layers and generators follow advanced industry, manufacturing and materials on the planet map, the globe and in 3D.
The boundaries, names and designations shown do not imply any judgement on the legal status of any territory, or any endorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. Countries: Natural Earth (public domain).
03Live map
Hazards and exposure in Indonesia
Flood water, active fires and surface heat beside population and night-time lights, over Indonesia.
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Layers 3
Hazards and exposure
Keyboard, with the map focused
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Latest available
NASA GIBS / EOSDIS · ASTER GDEM (METI, NASA) · Blue Marble (NASA) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) · Natural Earth
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Hazards and exposure, framed on Indonesia.Satellite and model products as NASA publishes them, each with its own date. They are indicators, not assessments of any place.
Data: NASA GIBS · ASTER GDEM · Blue Marble · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Natural Earth · NASA EONET · U.S. Geological SurveySources and licences
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- VIIRS near-real-time products (flood, land surface temperature, snow cover, corrected reflectance), NASA LANCE; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- NASA Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), VIIRS 375 m active fire product, NASA LANCE; vector tiles via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Columbia University. 2018. Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11. NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). doi:10.7927/H49C6VHW. CC BY 4.0
- VIIRS Black Marble night-time lights, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; distributed by the NASA Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (LAADS DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- MODIS and VIIRS atmosphere products, NASA LANCE and LAADS DAAC; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- ASTER GDEM is a product of METI and NASA (ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003, NASA LP DAAC); imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). Cite as: NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Spacesystems and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (2019). ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003. doi:10.5067/ASTER/ASTGTM.003. NASA open data
- Made with Natural Earth. Free vector and raster map data @ naturalearthdata.com. Public domain
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), via NASA GIBS (coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names). Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). ODbL
- Blue Marble, NASA Earth Observatory; imagery via NASA GIBS. Colours redrawn from the published colour map; values averaged into H3 cells where shown (modified). NASA open data
- Context on the globe and flat map: coastlines, boundaries, roads and place names from NASA GIBS reference layers (OpenStreetMap data, ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors); Blue Marble imagery as an optional base; 3D terrain and the elevation read-out from the ASTER GDEM elevation colour index (5 m to 200 m classes, exaggerated for legibility). Boundaries are drawn as published and imply no position on any territory.
- Globe: MapLibre GL JS 6.9.1, BSD-3-Clause, © MapLibre contributors.
- Live events: NASA Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET); events are indicative and keep their original source links.
- Live: NASA EONET Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- Live: U.S. Geological Survey Events are indicative, not authority warnings.
- NASA GIBS: We acknowledge the use of imagery provided by services from NASA's Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS), part of NASA's Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS).
- River discharge forecast, 30 days with range (GloFAS via Open-Meteo): Contains modified Copernicus Emergency Management Service information 2026; not a flood warning.
- Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (https://open-meteo.com/), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Optional layers (10 sources in the layer list: live, forecast, observed and context) print their provider credit on the map and here when switched on; forecasts are model output and derived indices are estimates.
Layers and dates
- Flood water, 3-day composite: VIIRS Global Flood Product, NASA LANCE · 14 Oct 2026
- Active fires and thermal anomalies: VIIRS NOAA-20 375 m (FIRMS), NASA LANCE FIRMS · 13 Oct 2026
- Population density, 2020: Population: CIESIN, Columbia University, Gridded Population of the World v4.11 (2018), NASA SEDAC, CC BY 4.0 · static
- Land surface temperature, day, 8-day composite: VIIRS NOAA-20 Level 3, 8-day, NASA LANCE · 14 Sep 2026
- Night-time lights, daily: VIIRS Black Marble (VNP46A2), NASA LAADS DAAC · 12 Oct 2026
- Aerosol optical depth, daily: VIIRS NOAA-20 Deep Blue AOD, NASA LANCE · 13 Oct 2026
04The subject
The subject, methods and measures and debates and bodies
The field and its scope
For operations, process safety and plant engineers, industrial security staff, materials specialists and managers who need to assess production risk, process hazards, operational technology exposure and the resilience of manufacturing to shocks in inputs, energy and labour.
Quantities and units
Methods and their limits
Each method is listed with what it assumes and where it fails.
What the field debates
Bodies that set practice, and the data they publish
Bodies and standards are named so learners can find and apply their published work; the Academy teaches their use and links to the publisher, and no affiliation is implied.
05The method
From an initiating event to a tolerable frequency: layers of protection and the integrity a safety function must reach
A process upset happens at a frequency; each independent protection layer fails on demand with a probability; the product of the two is how often the hazard is reached; comparing that frequency with the tolerable one tells the designer how much risk reduction the safety-instrumented function must supply.
Sources: Center for Chemical Process Safety, Layer of Protection Analysis: Simplified Process Risk Assessment (2001); Center for Chemical Process Safety, Guidelines for Risk Based Process Safety (2007); Khan, Rathnayaka and Ahmed, Methods and models in process safety and risk management: past, present and future (2015); IEC 61511-1:2016, Functional safety: safety instrumented systems for the process industry sector (2016).
06Instrument
Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials
- Open, 0
- In preparation, 2
- Also taught here, 3
- Subtopics, 8
Advanced industry, manufacturing and materialsRegister
- DepartmentDepartment of Industry and Supply Chains
- CoursesIn preparation
- LevelsL2 Intermediate
- LabsNetwork lab, Map lab
Risk Academy · Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
07Standards and evidence
Standards and evidence, research and evidence, profile, what is changing and learning
Nexus Standards it teaches and relies on
The Nexus Standards the discipline teaches toward, grouped by master standard, with the disciplines that teach each.
nexustandards.com/energy-infrastructure · 2 taught
Energy and Critical Infrastructure
NRS-H50 Industrial and process accidents; NRS-M18 Critical infrastructure and industrial risk
2standards1disciplinenexustandards.com/systemic-risk · 1 taught
Systemic Risks
NRS-D5 Economic development, industry and innovation risk
1standard1discipline
Nexus Standards at the AcademyThe Academy proposes how each discipline teaches toward the Nexus Standards; the mapping is open for public review.
Research and tools
Research and preprints as they are published, by discipline, with the faculty's other tools.
The hub lists the newest research and preprints for Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials, each with its source and date. Open the research hub
Hazard families it covers
From the Academy's risk taxonomy: the discipline's own entries and those of its primary courses, with how many courses teach each.
Hazard families
- Attacks on operational technology1 course
- Industrial and chemical accident1 course
What is changing now
Recent developments in advanced industry, manufacturing and materials, each with its source; sources checked on 16 October 2026.
Courses in this discipline
Courses for this discipline are in development; until they open, study it through the connected courses and open lessons below.
Courses with this primary disciplineIn preparation
- RAN-314Manufacturing and Industrial RiskIn preparationNexus, L2 Intermediate, 10 hours (estimate)
Courses from connected disciplines that also teach this field
Each course has its primary discipline elsewhere and teaches this field as part of its scope.
How the subject is practised in labs
| Lab | What you do in it | Courses using it |
|---|---|---|
| Network lab | Build dependency graphs, find critical nodes, trace cascades | 1 |
| Map lab | Read hazard, exposure and boundaries on real maps | 1 |
08Console
How Advanced industry, manufacturing and materials is taught, as a process you can run
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09Practice
Practice, learning and connections
How technology helps and what risk it brings
Achievements in this discipline
Pathways that teach it
Where the subject is practised
- The Global Centre for Risk and Innovation (GCRI Canada)Advanced Industry and RoboticsCircular economy and pollution, Human machine work, Industrial automation, Industrial cyber resilience, Industrial energy and water, Industrial process safety, Industrial robotics, Materials and manufacturing, Technology adoption
- Industry and robotics
Field platforms of the ecosystem where the subject is studied and applied.
The two Foundry systems where it is practised
- FoundryNXS-LAB systemMaterials and process testingExperiments room
- NXS-GRX systemIndustrial dependencies in supply chainsCascades room
Foundry system pages describe what each system and its rooms are designed to do; the courses teach the methods these systems apply.
Across the ecosystem
10Take part
Take part in Infrastructure, Energy and Industry
Start from who you are.
11References
Core references and where to begin
Start with Center for Chemical Process Safety, then Khan, then Baker.
12Questions
Questions, answers and key terms
Is study here free?
Yes. Every course and learning material of Risk Academy, led by the Nexus Consortium, is free to study, self-paced or with a cohort. Ordinary participation has no fee; paid work, internships and fellowships are separate arrangements.
What does completing a course give me?
A completion record: the course, its version, the date and what was assessed, private by default and shared by you. It stacks into discipline, department and programme achievements. A record states what was studied and assessed and does not certify competence; it is not a licence, a professional title or an employment status.
Where do the data and the places come from?
Every faculty teaches on a twin of a real place built from open data; each layer carries its provider, licence and date, and every result on the Academy states its source. Maps and figures are indicators for teaching, never an assessment of a place.
How do I take part beyond the courses in advanced industry, manufacturing and materials?
Form a competence cell of three to seven people, study a shared pathway, take a supervised assignment in the National Working Groups, or bring a cohort from your institution. For organisations.
Key terms
Term
Operational technology
Hardware and software that monitor and control physical equipment and processes.
Term
Functional safety
Safety that depends on control systems working correctly in response to their inputs.
Term
Just-in-time production
Production that keeps minimal inventory and relies on timely deliveries.
Term
Advanced material
A material engineered for new or much improved properties, such as composites or nanomaterials.
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