Organizations operating in Africa and South East Asia are expected to bear the brunt of the impacts of rising temperatures over the next 30 years, according to research by Verisk Maplecroft.
Scientists at the United Technologies Research Center and UConn used advanced additive manufacturing technology to create smart machine components that alert users when they are damaged or worn.
Impact Forecasting reports that global economic losses from natural disasters for the first half of 2018 have been estimated at USD45 billion – 64 percent lower than the 10-year average of USD124 billion, and 48 percent lower than the 18-year average of USD87 billion.
New research shows that a big earthquake can not only cause other quakes, but large ones, and on the opposite side of the Earth. The findings, published in Scientific Reports, are an important step toward improved short-term earthquake forecasting and risk assessment.
In a new report, ‘Urgent Actions Are Needed to Address Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation’ the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that it has identified four major cybersecurity challenges and 10 critical actions that the federal government and other entities need to take to address them.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the US Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on September 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date).
While cyber security protection is still important, the focus is moving to a ‘When, Not If’ approach to cyber breaches. Coupled with changes in the targets and methods of cyber attacks, this means that organizations need to review their approach in this area. Mark Saville explores…
Sydney’s 33 metropolitan councils and 100 Resilient Cities have jointly unveiled ‘Resilient Sydney’, a city-wide resilience strategy for metropolitan Sydney which calls for business, government, academia, communities and individuals to cooperate and work together to improve both organizational and community resilience.
DRI International has announced the availability of the latest update to the International Glossary for Resilience, a language guide ‘designed to improve communications and increase clarity across the business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience community’.
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