USSD Bylaws Update

The USSD Board of Directors adopted a revised set of Bylaws on May 25, 2023. Notable revisions include:

• Section 3.03 – Positions and Terms
  • Split Secretary-Treasurer position into two positions (Secretary and Treasurer)
  • Adjustment of term limits
  • Added eligibility requirements for Executive Committee positions
• Section 3.04 – Election of Directors & Officers
  • Creation of Election and Nomination Policy to provide more detail on nomination and election process.
    
    

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• Dams in Design Stages
• Dams Under Construction
• Completed Projects
• Unique Investigations
• Construction Activities
• Environmental Issues
• Instrumentation
• Performance Evaluations
• Operations and Maintenance
• Materials
• New Practices
• Dam Safety and Dam Security
• Levees
• Dam Decommissioning
• Technology

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WSP USA’s ClimateVue Platform Earns SEAL Sustainable Product Award

Suite of proprietary digital tools provides clients with engineering solutions for some of the world’s most challenging climate-related questions and risks.

A digital toolkit purpose-built to equip decision makers with key climate insights was recognized with a Sustainable Product Award from the Sustainability, Environmental Achievement and Leadership (SEAL) 2023 Business Sustainability Awards.

WSP USA, a leading engineering, environment and professional services consultancy, built the ClimateVue suite of tools to help clients improve their resilience practices by monitoring future rainfall trends, help communities visualize potential impacts and create mitigation plans while providing local leaders with real-time management tools.

“WSP was honored to receive the SEAL Sustainable Product Award for our ClimateVue platform,” said Shawn Allan, vice president of digital and technology at WSP. “The tools within the ClimateVue suite help our clients understand their exposure to extreme weather and climate risk, take actions to become resilient, and transition to clean energies. Our goal is to make it faster and easier for them to get to actionable decisions.”

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The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) and National Security Agency (NSA) published a joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA) titled “Preventing Web Application Access Control Abuse." The joint CSA warns vendors, designers, developers, and end-user organizations of web applications about insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities that are frequently exploited by malicious actors. The CSA provides important guidance to reduce prevalence of IDOR flaws and vulnerabilities.  

Depending on the type of IDOR vulnerability, malicious actors can access sensitive data, modify or delete objects, or access functions. These vulnerabilities exist because an object identifier is exposed, passed externally, or easily guessed, allowing any user to use or modify the identifier. And these flaws and vulnerabilities are common, hard to prevent outside of the development process, and can be abused at scale in data breach incidents. 

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