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Post Earthquake: Managing the Situation in Christchurch NZ

Disaster Zone Podcast

In this Disaster Zone Podcast we will be talking about the significant challenges New Zealand and Christchurch faced in the aftermath of their 2010-2011 Earthquakes. The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander. You can contact him at Brenden.Winder@ccc.govt.nz The podcast guest is Brent Winder is a native New Zealander.

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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

This way the reader is given a roadmap to pick and choose from, if they wish so, the case studies written by various authors whose chapters span a wide variety of hazards as well as geographical and sociological settings all of which delve into a chosen aspect of disaster recovery towards building resiliency.

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Community Resilience or Community Dystopia in Disaster Risk Reduction?

Emergency Planning

There is no such thing as societeigh", she said in that false plummy, slightly hectoring, distinctly overbearing voice (Tice 2010). Rioting and looting occurred in London in 2011 and in Concepcion, Chile, after the 2010 earthquake and tsunami. Socialist (25 November 2010), p. It may be therapeutic or it may be dysfunctional.

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SIA New Member Profile: ThreatModeler

Security Industry Association

1, 2010, in response to the industry need I saw in protecting IT infrastructures. The views and opinions expressed in guest posts and/or profiles are those of the authors or sources and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the Security Industry Association. Tell us the story of your company.

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Guest Opinion: Why It’s Time to Get Serious About the Risk of Commercial Drones

Security Industry Association

Since its 2010 inception, the commercial drone market is estimated to grow to an $11 billion enterprise by 2031. Venues that support large public gatherings tend to be unprepared for a drone event and have even less authority to do something proactive. Why is this important? Let’s keep the conversation going!

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A beginner’s guide to implementing zero-trust architecture

Online Computers

The term “zero trust” was popularized by John Kindervag of Forrester Research in 2010 when he described the concept of security as “Never trust, always verify.” You never assume that any user or device is trustworthy, and all access requests are subjected to verification and authorization. What is zero-trust architecture?

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Securing Mass Gathering Events: A Simple Design Framework That Considers the Air Domain

Security Industry Association

He is also the author and provider of a series of online training courses. There is no authorized counter-UAS for private-sector venues that host routine public gatherings, which equates to a gap in the ability to mitigate risk from all potential threats. and chair of the SIA Counter-UAS Working Group. He is a retired U.S.