A Helping Hand

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:39:45+00:00October 17th, 2018|

As lines for necessities grow longer post Hurricane Michael, it’s important to remember it’s not only government agencies that are preparing to step in to help residents. For those looking to donate time or money, [...]

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National Defense

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:38:06+00:00October 17th, 2018|

A new report has indicated many new weapons systems used by the military suffer from mission-critical cyber vulnerabilities, as reported in The Washington Post. The result of a review of security audits from 2012 to [...]

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Legislative Disclosure

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:36:45+00:00October 17th, 2018|

With data breaches occurring on a regular basis, companies and legislative bodies are struggling to find an appropriate balance between the need to notify those whose information may have been compromised, and determining the exact [...]

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A Change of Name

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:35:38+00:00October 17th, 2018|

Some scientists are recommending that the descriptor of “natural” be dropped when describing disasters like Hurricane Michael. Says Ksenia Chmutina, lecturer at Loughborough University to CNN, "By blaming nature on disasters, we're saying there is [...]

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A Flood of Misinformation

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:34:26+00:00October 17th, 2018|

When a natural disaster hits, people often turn to social media for information, as it supports a level of rapid response not necessarily achievable by more traditional methods of information distribution. It’s this immediacy, however, [...]

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A Sense of Community

By Editor|2019-03-21T10:33:03+00:00October 17th, 2018|

Purdue University recently released the results of a study examining the recovery of communities after natural disasters. Focusing on the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy over a four-year period, the report seeks to identify why some [...]

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