Disaster Recovery

Subway systems are complex with many moving parts and miles of tunnels. A new project focuses on cleaning up a subway system after the...

A new network will allow pilots of drones to fly farther distances, even outside their line of sight, which is currently against FAA rules....

לעברית לחץ כאן . Can a country be ready for threats from space? this issue has been brought up following the "close" passage of an asteroid...

The U.S Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), in partnership with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Jet Propulsion...

by Lior Mazor Introduction Cyber war is an act of war, adopted by states as well as by Terrorist Organizations,  with the goal to penetrate and damage the opponents computerized systems or other vital systems that...

Is an extensive cyber attack expected again? The Ukrainian cyber security firm, ISSP, recently announced that it may have detected a new computer virus...

On the heels of a delivery to the Royal Netherlands Air Force, Environmental Tectonics Corp. has signed a contract for an additional disaster-management simulation...

Big Data and Open data and analytics have become fundamental tools in disaster preparedness, experts say. But public officials aren't using them enough. Lucy Jones,...

The fire and rescue department’s fire fighting fleet has grown and now has 14 planes, after completing the purchase of six new airplanes, which...

Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...

An official report by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that the U.S. government is not fully prepared to handle nuclear terrorist attacks...

Preparing ahead of emergency situations and mass disasters on a national scales is not ’recommended’ or subject to considerations of cost or likelihood. Rather,...

Flying cameras help teams assess damage, search for survivors and clear roads following earthquake in Ludian, Yunnan, China. Disaster response team incorporates aerial technology into...

Earthquakes, natural disasters, floods or snow storms, fires, cyber attacks, damaged databases. All these could happen to any organization, and it's no secret that...

American goverment officials for the Department of Homeland Security chose Illinois University and its researchers to head a research program for developing and upgrading...

The issue of continuity during disasterous events is keeping authorities everywhere constantly busy, as it is unthinkable that a municipal body would stop from...

Natural disasters may cause loss of information existing in the computer systems, leading to businesses and infrastructure collapsing. Proper planning for recovery after natural...

More than 40 robots and 150 scientists and engineers have gathered to compete in the euRathlon 2015 Grand Challenge. Inspired by the 2011 Fukushima...

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...

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...

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...

  In last three years the world experienced three huge disasters. The first, in January 2010, was a strong earthquake in Haiti which caused the...