Infiltrate, Exfiltrate, and… Inject?
By Ron LaPedis This is a blog about spying in the Internet era. While activists would have you believe that it’s all about online personas, there is still a lot of cloak-and-dagger up close and [...]
The Rise of Rescue Task Force Medics
A recent article in EMS1 by Jim Morrissey, a tactical paramedic for the San Francisco FBI SWAT team and founder of the Tactical Medical Association of California, lays out the changes that have occurred in [...]
The Cost of Calculating Amidst the Fog of War
When the CDC’s top modeler Martin Meltzer overestimated the reach of the Ebola outbreak in Africa last fall by over 65 times worse, some critics pointed to how such numbers can be overdramatized or misreported. [...]
Extreme Weather Alert
Between 40 to 60 per cent of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, according to a recent article in USA Today by Thomas M. Kostigen, founder of TheClimateSurvivalist.com. “Recovery plans are often nonexistent, which [...]
Recovering from a Cyberattack
In an article for CIO by Cheng Lim, partner at law firm King & Wood Mallesons, and head of its cyber-resilience initiative, discusses five crucial steps that companies must take in the aftermath of a [...]
Watching the Clock
Learning from the mistakes of others is a tried-and-true method of avoiding missteps in your own company communications. Twice a year, public relations firm Solomon McCown pores through recent headlines to see the best examples [...]
Inside InciWeb
With the Stouts Fire still active, the local Sheriff's office has expanded its evacuation order, as emergency response teams continue to work to get the 6,500 acre wildfire under control. First reported on July 30, [...]