Transporting Hazardous Materials--Which is Safer, Trains or Trucks?
Disaster Zone
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
If you are transporting petroleum products—pipelines is safer.
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Disaster Zone
FEBRUARY 27, 2023
If you are transporting petroleum products—pipelines is safer.
The Rand Blog
JUNE 10, 2022
This weekly recap focuses on RAND's next president and CEO, Jason Matheny, insights into Americans' views on diplomacy and diplomats, solutions for transportation equity, and more.
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Security Industry Association
FEBRUARY 2, 2023
The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is a biometric-enabled smart card identity credential that is issued to maritime workers to enable unescorted access into secure areas of maritime facilities and vessels regulated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Coast Guard.
Disaster Zone
MARCH 24, 2022
Understanding maritime disaster recovery process.
DRI Drive
MARCH 30, 2023
Transportation companies – and the logistics and risk issues accompanying them – are in constant discussion in the business world. That’s why they’ve also become overwhelmingly common parts of phishing scams.
DRI Drive
APRIL 14, 2022
With cases continuing to climb, disruptions and rising costs are extending out to the transportation […]. The post Shanghai Lockdown Could Be the Start of More Supply Chain Challenges appeared first on DRI Drive.
Emergency Planning
MARCH 29, 2023
lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)
DRI Drive
MARCH 30, 2022
As the invasion of Ukraine continues, agricultural supply disruptions are impacting harvests and global fertilizer production are causing spikes in food prices, transportation and more. But can other countries provide relief? Both countries have suspended exports […].
The Failover Plan Podcast
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
We’re speaking with Michelle Marx, who is the Resilience and Business Continuity Manager at Transport for London. . She is currently the Resilience and Business Continuity Lead at Transport for London and has worked in the NHS, London Olympic Games Organization Committee (LOCOG) and in flood consultancy.
Disaster Zone
MAY 23, 2023
Another puzzle piece in maritime transportation.
Crisis Response Journal
SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
The growing importance of waste management is pushing society to consider it to be as vital as other CI sectors such as energy, and transportation, writes Lina Kolesnikova
Citrix
APRIL 25, 2023
It’s been a while since I posted anything related to transport performance enhancements. But it’s not because we haven’t been working on improving our protocol; quite the contrary, we’ve been a little too focused on that work.
National Fire Protection Association
MAY 1, 2023
E-bikes: The news story vs the full picture Electromobility, also known as e-mobility, uses specific technologies, such as lithium-ion batteries, to provide electric propulsion of electric vehicles, e-bikes, and various other means of mobile transportation.
The Rand Blog
APRIL 18, 2022
To slow climate change and adapt to the damage already underway, the world will have to shift how it generates and uses energy, transports people and goods, designs buildings, and grows food. That starts with embracing innovation and change.
Citrix
MARCH 13, 2023
Citrix Gateway service now supports Loss tolerant mode (preview), which uses EDT Lossy transport protocol to enhance the end-user audio experience for users connecting through networks with high latency and packet loss.
Security Industry Association
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
This includes funding far above baseline for many existing highway, transit, rail and other programs included in surface transportation reauthorizations that are operating under a short-term extension through Dec. Department of Transportation, providing $100 million annually to “smart cities” initiatives around the country.
Disaster Zone
JUNE 5, 2022
It is more transportable
Fusion Risk Management
MARCH 8, 2022
The impact of this will be directly felt on consumers in the form of higher gas prices, larger costs to heat their homes, and greater costs for other types of transportation. For example, aircrafts that would normally transport goods by flying over Russian airspace will have to re-route and fly longer distances.
Business Resilience Decoded
MAY 25, 2023
There have been significant increases in incidents relating to extreme weather, infrastructure failures, and transportation incidents. Many infrastructure and transportation incidents are related to organizations being stretched extremely thin. There are more risks than ever before, so organizations need more resources to keep up.
Pure Storage
FEBRUARY 16, 2023
NVMe/TCP delivers the same advantages as NVMe/FC and NVMe/RoCE: increased throughput and decreased latency, and benefiting from using Transport Control Protocol (TCP), which offers: Scalability: TCP supports widely available, easy-to-expand networks for growing needs.
BCM METRICS
MAY 12, 2022
The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.
Recovery Diva
MAY 12, 2022
The chapter reviews recovery needs of older adults, those with Limited English Proficiency (LEP), children, and pregnant women, opportunities in housing, health, transportation, employment, and access to services. have examined the long-term recovery phase for individuals with disabilities” (p.
Disaster Zone
OCTOBER 13, 2021
A focus on the transportation system.
BryghtPath
MARCH 14, 2022
A transportation authority. A food processing chain. A fuel pipeline system. A police department. These are some of the larger targets hit with ransomware attacks in the U.S. so far in 2021.
Security Industry Association
MARCH 17, 2022
Transportation Security Administration. Procurement, construction and improvements (PCI) – $572,083,000 total. Within that amount: $276 million for the acquisition and deployment of “border security technologies” $93,425,000 for facility construction and improvements. Coast Guard. PCI: $2 billion available until FY 2026 R&D: $7.46
Disaster Zone
SEPTEMBER 14, 2022
Be quick—September 16th is the deadline.
CCEM Strategies
MAY 11, 2023
Once flood waters arrive, normal routes of transportation and emergency responders may not be available. Strengthen Defenses and Prepare Resources Floods can cause enormous damage to infrastructure, homes, and businesses, as well as putting people’s lives and safety at risk.
DRI Drive
AUGUST 17, 2022
Major food manufacturers are running into major production snags, as key ingredients for big snack items are tied up in scheduling and transportation headaches. The supply chain strikes again!
Security Industry Association
JANUARY 10, 2023
billion more than the Biden Administration requested Transportation Security Administration – $9.3 Transportation and Housing and Urban Development Departments – $164.9 Of the 12 appropriations bills in the omnibus, the Transportation-HUD measure was the top destination for earmarks, with 2,389 projects totaling nearly $5.6
Pure Storage
AUGUST 9, 2021
Public Transport. Unstructured data can be utilized to run public transportation systems more efficiently. Historical ridership data and live data can be analyzed in real time to schedule public transport systems more dynamically. . The transportation agency can use this data to design different schedules for different days.
Security Industry Association
FEBRUARY 18, 2022
The law includes a wide range of funding for transportation and critical infrastructure projects and initiatives, and SIA has written extensively about this bill in the past, including Jake Parker’s November 2021 article What the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Means for Security and Life Safety Companies. .–Not
Security Industry Association
FEBRUARY 10, 2023
In a recent letter to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), several U.S. senators have called for ending the successful and popular use of facial recognition technology for traveler verification at TSA screening checkpoints.
Solutions Review
JANUARY 24, 2023
Data is transported to an off-site facility that does not have the necessary hardware installed. Data is transported to an off-site facility that has the necessary hardware installed to support key systems of the primary site. Recovery is only possible using on-site systems. Tier 1 – Physical backup with a cold site.
Security Industry Association
OCTOBER 15, 2021
It will specifically focus on applicable grant programs in education, transportation and critical infrastructure sectors as identified by the U.S. Vertical Market Grant Programs : This module provides an overview of where to find agency logic models and how to tie to them. Department of Homeland Security.
Bernstein Crisis Management
JUNE 29, 2021
Now, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has the unenviable task of explaining the agency’s latest plan; in short, to get ahead of a projected $160 billion deficit over the next decade by using less air transport and relying on its significant ground network instead.
National Fire Protection Association
FEBRUARY 13, 2023
In-transit While a mobile energy storage system is in transit from its normal charging and storage location to its deployment location, it typically travels on roads that are governed by the governmental transportation authority (in the US, that would the Department of Transportation).
Pure Storage
OCTOBER 20, 2021
Supply chain analytics is the analysis of aggregated data from a variety of different sources, including application systems for procurement; inventory, order, and warehouse management; fulfillment; and transportation management (including shipping). Real-Time Transportation Tracking.
everbridge
AUGUST 31, 2022
For example, this may include individuals who are seniors, have disabilities, have limited English proficiency, lack access to transportation, or lack financial resources. You’re able to also use the information from that to actually map out transportation routes, if they need transportation assistance.”
BMC
OCTOBER 4, 2021
We’re living in a time when data is generated in enormous numbers—by us, our devices, and the networks that transport it. Think of everyday interactions. Checked your e-mail? Entered your PIN somewhere? Drove your networked car somewhere? Every revolution of a wind turbine? Every phone call through a cell tower? Data. […].
BMC
OCTOBER 4, 2021
We’re living in a time when data is generated in enormous numbers—by us, our devices, and the networks that transport it. Think of everyday interactions. Checked your e-mail? Entered your PIN somewhere? Drove your networked car somewhere? Every revolution of a wind turbine? Every phone call through a cell tower? Data. […].
Security Industry Association
MAY 10, 2023
In his role as principal at The Chertoff Group, Kair advises global clients on a broad range of issues, including homeland and transportation security, business strategic planning, and capture strategy for federal contracts. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the U.S.
Security Industry Association
OCTOBER 3, 2022
4687 ) that included some of the policy recommendations from the White House’s “ Domestic Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems National Action Plan ,” which would extend counter-drone authorities to the Transportation Security Administration and some state and local governments. James Lankford (R-Okla.)
CCEM Strategies
MARCH 17, 2023
Ensuring Canada’s Critical Infrastructure system is ready and resilient Can you imagine what would happen if an incident such as a natural disaster compromised our transportation, food or even energy Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems? In November 2021, British Columbians didn’t have to.
Security Industry Association
JUNE 3, 2022
Following 9/11, she became a lead software developer of enrollment systems that collected biometric and biographic data, performed identity proofing and issued a credential (RFID or smart card), including solutions for US-VISIT, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and TSA Registered Traveler. “I
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