Could New York City Subways Survive Another Hurricane? - NYTimes.com A good place to see how and why the Metropolitan Transportation Authority just barely survived Sandy last fall is the entrance to a tunnel at 148th Street and Lenox Avenue, in East Harlem, where, just before the storm hit, a crew of carpenters built a plywood dam 8½ feet tall by about 55 feet wide. That ad hoc, low-tech, last-minute construction held the New York Harbor at bay and not only saved the city hundreds of millions of dollars, but also made it possible for the subway to come back to life as quickly as it did.
NIST releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework NIST releases Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework The US Department of Commerce's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework to help critical infrastructure owners and operators reduce cybersecurity risks in industries such as power generation, transportation and telecommunications.
Cyberattack Drill On U.S. Stock Markets Prompts Call For Action A simulated cyberattack on the U.S. financial sector in July that exposed weaknesses that enabled hackers to force a shutdown in the equity markets has prompted a call from industry leaders for a thorough review of incident response procedures.
Post Sandy, Firms Focus on Business ContinuityPost Sandy, Firms Focus on Business Continuity October 22, 2013 - CME Group One year ago, 'Superstorm' Sandy wreaked havoc on Wall Street, flooding subways, streets and buildings and forcing a historic two-day closure of the New York Stock Exchange.Market participants and market operators can't prevent the next storm, but they can reassess and bolster their own plans for how to manage through it. One positive externality of Sandy is that it moved the need for a viable business continuity and disaster recovery plan from largely notional to real.
Konnichiwa aus Tokio: Neue Ideen für die atomare Zukunft Japans - Finanzen - FAZ Konnichiwa aus Tokio: Neue Ideen für die atomare Zukunft Japans - Finanzen - FAZ Japan will die Atomindustrie neu ordnen. Denn Tepco droht in den Kosten der Fukushima-Katastrophe zu versinken und das könnte die Stromversorgung von Olympia 2020 gefährden.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Massenimpfung bei Cholera-Ausbruch in Guinea Deutsches Ärzteblatt: Massenimpfung bei Cholera-Ausbruch in Guinea Die breite Anwendung eines oralen Cholera-Impfstoffs ist erstmals als zusätzliche Maßnahme zur Kontrolle einer Cholera-Epidemie in Guinea zum Einsatz gekommen. Erreicht wurde eine Durchimpfungsrate von rund 75 Prozent.
Nuclear Plant Starts Up On India's Tsunami-Vulnerable Coast : The Two-Way : NPR Nuclear Plant Starts Up On India's Tsunami-Vulnerable Coast : The Two-Way : NPR A controversial nuclear power plant situated on a stretch of India's southeastern coast that was hit hard by the 2004 Asian tsunami has begun supplying the grid with electricity, officials say.
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