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Verizon Business deploys satellite network for U.S. Postal Service
The $25 million contract calls for Verizon to deploy system to provide communications for about 5,000 Postal Service sites; prepositioned assets will help during disasters
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India-Pakistan nuclear war would cause global mass starvation
An India-Pakistan nuclear war involving 100 Hisroshima-size bombs would lead to a reduction of 1.25°C in the average temperature at the earth’s surface for several years, cutting annual grain growing season in the world by 10-20 days; hundreds of millions would starve
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Climate change burdens insurance industry
Climate changes cause ever-more-severe fires, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters; these disasters accounted for 88 percent of all property losses paid by insurers from 1980 through 2005; it is only going to get worse, and insurance companies had better prepare
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Largest, most comprehensive counterterrorism exercise to date
DHS will conduct its TOPOFF 4 exercise on 15-19 October; emphasis to be placed on prevention, mass decontamination, long-term recovery and remediation, and partnerships and communications with international allies
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Mexico City commemorates 1985 disaster with earthquake drill
Nearly 25,000 died in Mexico City’s earthquake 22 years ago; city commemorates with a large drill in which 3 million residents participate
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New York City to pilot comprehensive emergency notification system
NYC signs up a Houston, Texas company to deploy an emeregency notification system based on messages being sent via cell broadcast
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Mechanical mole seeks out disaster survivors under collapsed buildings
Robots already roll, walk, slither, and even “swarm” to locate or help survivors, so why not dig and burrow? University of Manchester rsearchers build a digging robot which imitates the common European mole
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IT is too important to leave to IT specialists
How and why the IT function needs to change its relationship with the business
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Verizon extends DOS service to Asia
Denial of Serivce (DOS) is a popular form of cyberattacks directed at companies; Ceirzon already offered U.S. and European companies an enhanced DoS protection service, and it now extends the service to Asia
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Attacks on Mexico's oil, natural gas infrastructure increase
Mexico has a 30,000-mile network of energy pipelines; the network is exceedingly vulnerable to attacks; a shadowy terrorist group takes advantage, injuring the country’s economy
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VMware shows new disaster recovery solution
Traditional disaster recovery programs tend to be complex and their implementation demanding; new solution aims to simplify and automate many disaster recovery-related functions
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PC users face increasingly complex and dangerous cyber threats
Authrotative cyber threat report says that targeted identity theft, emerging risks associated with online gaming, a doubling of malware exploits, and new software vulnerabilities are but some of the many problems PC users will face in the coming months
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CrimeCog Technologies aquires E*Justice
E*Justice helps different law enforcement departments share information; in addition, one department’s information storage may keep information intact for all other subscribers in the event of a disaster
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IBM acquires DataMirror
DataMirror has a technology to identify and capture data that has been added, updated, or deleted — and make that data available to decisionmakers in real time
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The long view
Trump Aims to Shut Down State Climate Policies
President Donald Trump has launched an all-out legal attack on states’ authority to set climate change policy. Climate-focused state leaders say his administration has no legal basis to unravel their efforts.