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Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology

Recovery Diva

Book Review: Disaster Management and Information Technology: Professional Response and Recovery Management in the Age of Disasters. Funding and Contributions: Includes insights into various sources and players promoting innovative IT solutions like the European-funded project FASTER, or the wisdom from authorities like Peter T.

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Public Information Strategies in the Pandemic

Disaster Zone Podcast

Public Information Officers (PIO) had their work cut out for them in responding to the COVID pandemic. Meredith is also active in the field of graphic medicine, as a cartoonist and author of Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Roadmap. King County Washington was the first place in the USA that a death from COVID occurred.

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U.S. House Passes Bill to Requiring FCC to Limit New Authorizations for Chinese Equipment, Prohibit Revocation

Security Industry Association

would require the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to adopt rules prohibiting “equipment authorization” for certain Chinese telecommunications and video surveillance equipment. 19, the FCC had published a proposed rule that would prohibit new authorizations for equipment considered part of the FCC’s “Covered List.”

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How Mass Gun Violence Trends Should Inform Physical Security Planning

Security Industry Association

These insights can be used to inform your physical security planning. Conclusions Something I stress as much as I can is hardening the most vulnerable points of entry in order to delay a shooter until the authorities arrive. UL levels four and up offer protection against a variety of rifles, including semi-automatic and hunting rifles.

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Book Review: Disaster and Emergency Management Methods

Recovery Diva

As the emergency management profession has gained academic rigor in the past 20 or so years, this text informs several critical research methodologies that are valuable for both undergraduate and graduate students as well as practitioners.

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How to Comply with FedRAMP: A Practical Guide to Authorization 

Reciprocity

Achieving FedRAMP authorization requires careful planning, comprehensive security implementation, and ongoing commitment to compliance. Security Information Event Management (SIEM), vulnerability scanning/remediation, Intrusion Detection Systems/Controls, Security Operations personnel etc.)

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Supply Chain Insights

Disaster Zone Podcast

Philip Palin is the author of Out of the Whirlwind: Supply and Demand after Hurricane Maria , published by Rowman & Littlefield (2019). Also author of Considering Catastrophe. Principal author of Catastrophe Preparation and Prevention series from McGraw-Hill. Also author of Considering Catastrophe.