Two cybersecurity startups are going back to summer camp this month with a program backed by Highland Capital Partners, MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and mentors from industry. “So far, the response [...]
When participating in emergency management planning, some organizations begin and end with the all hazards approach. In an article on Student Pulse titled “Reassessing the Effectiveness of All-Hazards Planning in Emergency Management”, industry expert Peter [...]
Disaster response and coordination isn't only the concern of adults. According to a recent article in the Dallas News, three North Texas teenagers have stepped into the field with the development of an app intended [...]
Brooklyn-based nonprofit Rebuilding Together NYC has been selected by the Governor's Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR) to develop and run a program that will train local low-income workers for work in the fields of disaster [...]
If a cyberattack hits your city government, do your officials know what steps to take? In an article in Western City, Lea Deesing, chief innovation officer for the City of Riverside and executive director of [...]
Emergency room personnel may be getting a new tool for triage with ETHAN, which stands for Emergency Tele-Health and Navigation, and blends EMT traditions of emergency-room triage with modern technology. The project is funded by [...]
With companies becoming increasingly dependent on cloud computing for provision of both internal and external services, the risk of a provider going down either temporarily through a service disruption or permanently through bankruptcy represents a [...]
In the aftermath of the floods in March 2017 that devastated Queensland and New South Wales, Australia’s University of Rural Health sought to explore the social costs of the disaster. Coordinated by Dr. Victoria Matthews, [...]
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has announced the upcoming summer release of the first in a set of tools intended to assist residents against suspicious online activity. This free app, titled NYC Secure, [...]