The Growing Issue of Cybersecurity and Resilience of the Power Grid

By |2019-03-07T14:26:48+00:00March 7th, 2019|

By Chloe Demrovsky No one can deny that the tech revolution has impacted the nation and created the type of market innovation that stimulates economic growth. By allowing start-ups with small amounts of seed capital [...]

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A Study In Federal Funding

By |2019-03-07T13:34:12+00:00March 7th, 2019|

On September 8, the Fire Department of the City of New York testified before the House Homeland Security Committee for federal funding. The presentation, made by FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro, was reprinted in Firefighter Nation [...]

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Not a Story about a Hurricane

By |2019-03-07T13:33:18+00:00March 7th, 2019|

The National Hurricane Center has been the target of criticism over a perceived hurricane fake-out, as Tropical Storm Erika defied models, according to The Palm Beach Post. Predicted to become a Category 1 hurricane, Erika [...]

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Papal Protection and Emergency Management

By |2019-03-07T13:32:22+00:00March 7th, 2019|

With Pope Francis visiting Philadelphia on September 26 and 27, Montgomery County is working to ensure the visit will be a safe one for everyone involved, according to the Delco Times. To ensure this is [...]

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Fashion and Function

By |2019-03-07T13:31:21+00:00March 7th, 2019|

Calling all home-grown inventors and entrepreneurs: your ideas on wearable tech for first responders could be the Apple watch of our industry. According to the Augusta Free Press, the first of its kind Emerge Accelerator [...]

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Managing the Unmanned Aerial System

By |2019-03-07T13:30:28+00:00March 7th, 2019|

As more unmanned aerial systems (UAS) become available to first responders, the question remains of how they will be incorporated into the frameworks of the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and Incident Command System (ICS), [...]

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The Chief Marketing Officer and Cybersecurity

By |2019-03-07T13:28:51+00:00March 7th, 2019|

When it comes to cybersecurity, your chief marketing officer should be involved in your company’s strategy, writes Steve Durbin, managing director of the Information Security Forum, in an article in Target Marketing. “CMOs are tasked [...]

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