On Friday, January 12, 2018, the Connecticut State Police released their after-action report for the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Intended as a review of officers’ actions in an emergency situation, the report concluded [...]

With new regulations taking effect, and significant cases before the courts, the laws surrounding cybersecurity seem likely to undergo notable changes in 2018. Writing for CSO Online, Tara Swaminatha, a data privacy and cybersecurity partner [...]

Who needs the Men In Black when NASA has its own Planetary Defense Officer standing guard? An article in Motherboard by Daniel Oberhaus profiles Lindley Johnson, formerly of the Air Force and  NASA’s Near Earth [...]

Looking to update the guidelines for handling for active shooter events, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is fast tracking a new standard, as reported in Fire Chief Magazine. Only the second time in over [...]

An article in StateTech examines different ways that local city governments are approaching their disaster preparedness and IT systems. In Beverly Hills, officials built two backup data centers with redundant networks ensuring communications in time [...]

In the Atlantic, writer Ian Bogost takes a thoughtful look at the development of emergency notification systems in light of the recent false alarm in Hawaii, and the widespread panic it caused. As communication itself [...]