In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, lack of shared information hampered disaster recovery efforts, writes Denice Ross, Presidential Innovation Fellow and former New Orleans director of enterprise information, on the White House blog in a [...]

Don’t reinvent the wheel when it comes to your computer incident response plan (CIRP), say experts in a recent article on CSO. Instead, take a look at your existing business continuity plan (BCP) that you [...]

Ransomware was a hot topic of discussion at a cybersecurity session in late August at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) 2015 conference. According to an article on IWCE’s Urgent Communications, panelists concluded that [...]

FirstNet, a national, interoperable broadband communications network accessible by first responders across the country has been mandated by Congress, according to an article on FCW.com. Spurred by the communications difficulties between agencies and jurisdictions during [...]

Working with the World Health Organization, Uganda’s Ministry of Health is turning to Twitter to fight disease, according to an article on NewsFultonCounty.com. For the nation, the ability to predict, track and respond rapidly is [...]

This week, Minnesota was the center of the Vigilant Guard 2015 exercises, designed to allow the State a chance to work with multiple levels of government to develop and refine their emergency coordination, response and [...]