The exercise, developed with research by the RAND Corporation, goes through three sections, to simulate decision-makers’ experiences as events unfold, including the outbreak of a new influenza type at ...

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Carol Ortiz, 355th Medical Support Squadron medical lab technician, prepares a COVID-19 sample kit at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, March 27, 2020. Medical staff ...

Developing an emergency operations plan (EOP) is no easy feat but it was a task Michael Reidenbach gladly took on. The EOP for Charleston County School District, which consists of 82 schools, hadn’t ...

Jared Nishimoto (left) and Justin Mammen (right) present on emergency planning and tabletop exercises during the 2023 Court Technology Conference. It’s hard to settle cases when a court can’t meet, ...

Whether working at K-12 schools, colleges or hospitals, scenario-based training exercises, often referred to as tabletop exercises, are an effective way to improve campus safety and security. They ...

When your IT systems go down, every second counts — and the costs can be staggering. Research shows that more than half of IT and data centre outages cost over $100,000, and 16% exceed $1 million. In ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. Every 39 seconds some company is being hit by a cyberattack. Security incidents are a ...

Organizations that are regularly defending against cyberattacks can find it useful to occasionally take a step back and test their defense and response capabilities. One way to do this is through ...

An active shooter scenario at Dutton Hall is the subject of a table-top emergency exercise on Thursday (Sept. 29). (Karin Higgins/UC Davis photo) About 50 members of the campus community will ...