OK Computer

By |2019-03-07T13:05:09+00:00March 7th, 2019|

In the near future, real-time scheduling for disaster recovery could be done by super computers. The Institute of Mathematics for Industry at Kyushu University and Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. are developing new technology to take the [...]

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Race to the Finish

By |2019-03-07T13:03:38+00:00March 7th, 2019|

Disaster recovery can often feel like a race to the finish line, and Marc Goroff, chief technology officer of Quorum Technologies, takes that analogy one step further in an article sourced from Goroff on Information [...]

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An Exercise in College Disaster Response

By |2019-03-07T13:02:14+00:00March 7th, 2019|

With president Doug Baker participating, Northern Illinois University took part in a training exercise for emergency disaster response centered around the Convocation Center on the DeKalb campus, according to the Daily Chronicle. Simulating a bomb [...]

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Into the Breach

By |2019-03-07T13:01:20+00:00March 7th, 2019|

Although emergency personnel usually come to mind when thinking of first responders, cybersecurity experts often have to deal with stressed out and panicked victims when they first arrive. CSO Online talked to several cybersecurity experts [...]

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PanAm Games: Securing a City

By |2019-03-07T13:00:06+00:00March 7th, 2019|

Canada’s largest-ever security plan guarding the Pan Am Games is currently bringing a new set of challenges to Toronto, according to local media outlets.  Mike McDonell from an integrated security unit between Toronto Pan Am [...]

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Fighting forest fires with federal disaster legislation

By |2019-03-07T12:58:09+00:00March 7th, 2019|

With this season looking to be an active one, a recentproposal has put forth legislation that some forest fires betreated as federal disasters, which would allow federalagencies to tap into a disaster fund, according to [...]

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