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QuakeSmart is an initiative that was developed by FEMA NEHRP to help businesses in at-risk seismic communities start and maintain earthquake mitigation efforts. The QuakeSmart Toolkit (www.fema.gov/plan/prevent/earthquake/qstoolkit) provides actionable and scalable basic guidance and tools to the private sector about the importance of earthquake mitigation and the simple things that they can do to reduce the potential of earthquake damages, injuries, and financial losses. Information contained in this toolkit walks you through a three-step process: 1) identify your risk; 2) make a plan; and 3) take action. The toolkit is not intended to be all-inclusive of available FEMA guidance related to earthquake mitigation and businesses should address all hazards they are exposed to.


This toolkit was specifically developed to encourage businesses to incorporate earthquake mitigation in their decision making and planning process to enhance their all-hazards resilience, particularly from an earthquake event. MORE INFO

If your company is located in the Bay Area you are at risk.  The SF Bay InfraGard chapter is interested in working with your company to help you better understand your risk, Contact:  davies@sfbay-infragard.org

The FCC has launched a Small Biz Cyber Planner, an online resource to help small businesses create customized cybersecurity plans. This is the result of an unprecedented public-private partnership between government experts and private IT and security companies, including DHS, NCSA, NIST, The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, The Chertoff Group, Symantec, Sophos, Visa, Microsoft, HP, McAfee, The Identity Theft Council, ADP and others.

The online tool is available at FCC.gov/cyberplanner.

Win $50,000 and help DARPA understand how to better to recover info from shredded documents ...

The DARPA Shredder Challenge is comprised of five separate puzzles in which the number of documents, the document subject matter and the method of shredding will be varied to present challenges of increasing difficulty. To complete each problem, participants must provide the answer to a puzzle embedded in the content of the reconstructed document.

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The Department of Homeland Security National Cyber Security Division will present a webinar "Cybersecurity in the Emergency Services Sector" at 1 p.m. on 20 January.  To register, go to:
https://connect.hsin.gov/cybersecurity_ess/event/registration.html.

 

The webinar will provide Emergency Services Sector (ESS) managers, practitioners, and first responders with an overview of the cyber vulnerabilities and threats facing the sector, with the purpose of heightening appreciation for the importance of strengthening cybersecurity in the field and at the workplace. 

 

Additionally, it will review the types of cyber systems and infrastructure that emergency services organizations utilize, and address the threats and vulnerabilities to those cyber resources.  Special emphasis will be placed on ESS unique challenges, and specific steps ESS personnel can take to mitigate cyber risk.