The Experience of a Young Leader in Resilience

By Emily Raisch|2019-03-28T08:12:12+00:00April 20th, 2016|

How did you become involved in resilience and its related industries (business continuity, disaster recovery, emergency management, information risk management, etc.)? While working at NYU, I worked on a few projects involving disaster preparedness in [...]

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Separation Anxieties

By Editor|2019-03-28T08:09:12+00:00April 20th, 2016|

In the event of emergency, it’s not uncommon for members of families to be temporarily separated from each other. In order to ensure that separation is as short as possible, Livingston County is working to [...]

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Texas Takes a Tax Holiday

By Editor|2019-03-28T16:12:39+00:00April 20th, 2016|

From April 23 to 25, Texas residents will be able to take advantage of a sales tax holiday to stock up on emergency preparedness supplies. Intended to encourage citizens to prepare in advance of the [...]

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An Ounce of Preparedness

By Editor|2019-03-28T08:07:05+00:00April 20th, 2016|

With National PrepareAthon Day occurring on April 30th, representatives of the DoD have released an interview discussing both the actions the DoD intends to take to ensure their readiness and to support the broader theme [...]

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Sleepless in Seattle

By Editor|2019-03-28T08:05:57+00:00April 20th, 2016|

In the news again, the Cascadian Subduction Zone has become a hot topic among those interested in disaster and emergency preparedness, including public officials, as research continues into the risks associated with a seismic event. [...]

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Legal Matters

By Editor|2019-03-28T08:04:51+00:00April 20th, 2016|

While focused around the needs of lawyers, Above the Law’s David Lat  has offered a set of seven recommendations for cybersecurity best practices, extracted from recent panels at the ABA TECHSHOW conference: Make Cybersecurity a [...]

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Death, taxes, and cyberattacks

By Editor|2019-03-28T08:03:45+00:00April 20th, 2016|

Tax Day may have come and gone, but one thing may still be causing taxpayers stress: hackers targeting personal information. An article in Fortune by Robert Hackett covered off government efforts to secure taxpayer data, [...]

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