BCP&IT Conference: “Cyber Command in the IDF”
The Israeli Army must be put in charge of operations during cyber-attack emergencies, and in order to do that the IDF must establish a...
EMP – the threat is real, very real
America’s military planners recognize the growing threat from an EMP attack by bad actors around the world, in particular North Korea and Iran.
An EMP...
Huge Intelligence Failure
Arie Egozi
The intelligence departments of Europe’s security services are suffering failure after failure when it comes to receiving alerts on preparations for large attacks.
Europe...
Solutions for continuous and reliable communication in large scale disasters
“A multi casualty disaster occurred in KiryatArie, Petah Tikva” - this is the message of the first reporter at the scene of the disaster...
Boston Marathon Bomber Ordered To Pay $101 Millions To Victims
Twenty two year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber, has been ordered to pay more than $101 million in reparations to his victims....
Advanced tech saves
US military taps advanced technology to save lives.
The U.S. Southern Command’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division showed off GeoSHAPE. This tool would have been...
Defense, Rescue and Security Robots – Growing Market
A new report projects that the world service robotics market would reach $34,672.8 million by 2022. Professional service robots segment, which includes robots used...
Magen David Adom on the Recent Storm: Past Lessons Were Learned
Following the recent storm the MDA (Magen David Adom, an Israeli medical emergency service) intends to acquire snow-plowing kits to be installed on the...
How drones are helping the Nepal earthquake relief effort
Drones are proving a crucial high-tech tool for aid workers in the aftermath of the devastating Nepal earthquake. With the death toll from Saturday’s...
New Platform Will Assist First Responders
Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...
How To Make First Responders More Efficient
Olga Grosman
Imagine a scenario where whoever came to save you is injured during the rescue effort. Perhaps they were burned from the raging fire, or inhaled...
New Tech to Enable Rapid DNA Identification During Disaster
A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...
Radio Amateurs Role Still Significant in Disaster Response
Disaster response under conditions of lack of conventional communication or internet networking, requires more traditional solutions.
A citywide communications exercise was recently held by...
Beware the risks of government data center consolidation
The United States government, like all of us, is trying to save a little cash and make its day-to-day operations a little more efficient.
In...
UAV to scan damaged nuclear power plant
Since the big tzunami disaster in Japan in 2011 that damaged the nuclear power plant if Fukushima, many have been trying to get inside...
The New Storm-Chasers: UAVs To Track Hurricanes
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are used for almost everything nowadays. These flying machines are used by the business and private sectors, as well as...
New water purifier for Marines and First Responders
A new, easy-to-carry water purifier that could give Marines and first-responders access to clean water wherever they go has successfully completed its first operational...
“Biobot” Insect Swarms to Map and Explore Unknown Areas
What may sound like the script from a Hollywood Blockbuster is in fact a new development by a research team from North Carolina State...
BCP&IT Conference: The New Crisis Management C4I Array Revealed
The Crisis management computing array, an emergency management facility, is one of Israel's largest building and C4I projects. The project took several years to...
Creative Solution to Secure Critical Transportation Infrastructure on Emergency
Protecting critical infrastructure isn’t just about preventing malicious attacks, but also mitigating the damage of natural disasters. Transportation infrastructure such as subway tunnels are...
Mobile technology saves lives
It’s a world problem even in very developed countries including Israel and the authorities are not doing enough to solve it. The United Nations...
An Assisting Technology that Can Save Life
The daily routine of the emergency service personnel, cops, fire fighters and emergency medicine doctors, is packed full with a wide variety of events,...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
