EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS Articles
Security at the scene of the crime
Do homeowners feel the need for extra security if their property was once the scene of a terrible crime? We went to some of L.A.'s most notorious crime scenes in search of answers.
Government engineers actively plan for cyberwar
Governments are arming themselves to their cyber-teeth with offensive and counter-defense cyber weapons, and there's little enterprises can do to avoid the fray.
Experts advise caution, information sharing in wake of alleged utility attacks
A number of alleged security incidents at utilities, in separate states within about a two-week period, has once again brought SCADA security to the front-burner.
Will 2012 REALLY be the year of the cyberwar?
Much has been made of prospects for a cyberwar. Many believe we're already in one. So what are security practitioners to do as they plan for 2012?
Smartphones, social media tied into ELERTS emergency system
Chris Russo, deputy fire chief in the Massachusetts coastal town of Hull, launches ELERTS, an emergency communication system that uses smartphones and social media to communicate with first responders and other emergency personnel.
BC/DR spending not a top budget priority
Forrester Research finds organizations understand the importance of spending on business continuity and disaster recovery, but put it off in favor of other priorities
Storm brewing
What Hurricane Irene showed about risk and human nature
BC/DR and cloud-services lessons learned from a recent Amazon outage
An Amazon cloud-services outage that occured earlier this month shines the light on some weaknesses with the company's disaster recovery plans. Gregory Machler opines on what companies should consider to protect themselves
Cloud services as part of a BC/DR plan after a terror attack
While terrorists usually go for big targets, even small-and-medium sized business need to think about the reprecussions of a terror attack. Gregory Machler outlines how the cloud can keep business running
Smart grid (in)securities
As the power grid becomes more intelligent, it also becomes more dangerous.
