Are connected medical devices a disaster waiting to happen?
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Remember in late July when the Food and Drug Administration issued an advisory warning of security flaws in Hospira’s Symbiq smart infusion pumps? That warning, which was not a mandatory recall or an order to stop using Symbiq pumps, apparently was a long time in the making. This […]
NIST launches workshops to improve disaster resilience of communities
Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), of Gaithersburg, MD, will host the first of six workshops devoted to developing a comprehensive, community-based disaster resilience framework, a national initiative carried out under President’s Obama’s View full post on The Cyber Wars
New FEMA rule expedites disaster recovery funds
Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized a rule to increase thresholds for grant assistance available to disaster relief projects. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
DISASTER! 744,408 BTC stolen from MtGox—exchange closes.>…
DISASTER! 744,408 BTC stolen from MtGox—exchange closes.> Theft reportedly went on “unnoticed for several years.” > MtGox insolvency document published leaked! By Robert McMillianMt. Gox, once the world’s largest bitcoin exchange, has gone offline, apparently after losing hundreds of millions of dollars due to a years-long hacking effort that went unnoticed by the company. Read […]
AT&T vp explains network disaster recovery process
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President Obama declares disaster for Oklahoma winter storm
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response President Barack Obama officially declared the State of Oklahoma a disaster to provide federal funding and support for a severe winter storm that hit the state between December 5th-6th, 2013. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress helps disaster psychiatry become a new field of study
Ashley Bennett Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS) has pushed “Disaster Psychiatry” to the forefront of the field. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
Natural disaster losses relatively moderate in 2013
John Wagley Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response One of the biggest weather-related events in 2013 was Typhoon Haiyan, which devastated areas of the Philippines and other portions of Southeast Asia, causing more than 6,000 fatalities. Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars
‘Disaster Reporter’ feature on FEMA app allows for crowd-sourcing
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FEMA wants to plan for motor coaches to evacuate people from disaster areas
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: Read More…. View full post on The Cyber Wars