Introduction "Common natural disasters area a leading cause of data loss " says Bud Stoddard‚ AmeriVault President and CEO. Events such as the 8.3 earthquake that struck Hokkaido Japan September 25‚ 2003‚ and the firestorm in San Diego just weeks ago are just two examples of how natural disasters are devastating millions of unprepared businesses around the world. These are not the only events that must be considered‚ however. The terrorist attacks against the US on 9/11/01 and the biggest blackout
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Case Scenario of Natural Disaster The Privacy and security of patient’s health information is a important challenge and responsibility for every health care organization and a concern for every U.S. citizen. To receive healthcare patients must reveal information that is very personal and often sensitive. Most the patient-physician relationship depends on very high levels of trust at the same time they also trust health care organization‚ to protect their confidential healthcare information with
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Engineering Disaster Civil Engineers build significant structures that can last more than a century‚ some of these structures such as Burj Khalifa‚ pyramids and evil towers in France can be considered as landmarks‚ because of its history and its beauty of design. Civil Engineers study the four factors of building structures to determine which tools and materials they will use in order to build permanent structures. Although engineers studying the factors and take the determination‚ there is some
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natural disasters on account of its unique geo-climatic conditions. Floods‚ droughts‚ cyclones‚ earthquakes and landslides have been a recurrent phenomenon. About 60% of the landmass is prone to earthquakes of various intensities; over 40 million hectares is prone to floods; about 8% of the total area is prone to cyclones and 68% of the area is susceptible to drought. In the decade 1990-2000‚ an average of about 4344 people lost their lives and about 30 million people were affected by disasters every
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| | SEGI University In Collaboration with University of Sunderland‚ UK | B.ENG (HONS) ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC ENGINEERING | EAT 221 Industrial Studies ASSIGNMENT 1 | TITLE : Sayano-Shushenskaya Hydroelectric Power Station Disaster | DURATION: THREE WEEKS | Name: YOUSSOUF AHMED MOHAMED EUSMAN | UOS ID : 201301 | SCM ID: 021840 | Lecturer: Ms Anis Fariza Md Pazil | Word Count :2884 | Submission Form | Hardcopy: Yes/ No | Softcopy: Yes/No |
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losses due to the hurricane. With this being said‚ a formal disaster plan is recommended to protect the city as well as the people in it. Disaster management requires proper issue and concerns to be effective. Accurate Geography information from various sources as well as systems should be integrated together to get maximum protection for homeland and to ensure security. After doing research I have found many cities who suffer from disasters have become successful in surviving them using 3D city models
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT IN PAKISTAN Introduction 1. Due to diverse geo-climatic conditions prevalent in different parts of the globe‚ different types of natural disasters like floods‚ droughts‚ earthquakes‚ cyclones‚ landslides‚ and volcanoes etc may strike according to the vulnerability of the area. 2. Pakistan‚ due to its diverse range of terrain‚ is susceptible to wide ranging hazards from droughts to floods and earthquakes to cyclones. Pakistan suffered a major drought from 1995-2000. Pakistan almost
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A disaster recovery plan is an HIPPA security standard and its objectives are to establish policies and procedures for responding to an emergency (vandalism‚ system failure‚ and natural disaster) that may damage or interrupt systems that contain PHI. In brief‚ the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act‚ commonly known as HIPAA‚ was enacted on August 21‚ 1996‚ by the United States Congress and signed President Bill Clinton. HIPPA regulates national standards to protect individuals’ health
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release of radioactive substances into our atmosphere and our earth. This accident certainly did loads of damages to Japan and its people. There are lots of theories regarding this accident’s cause‚ but it comes down to either natural disaster or man-made disaster. The effects of this accident were tremendous in the aspect of social‚ ecology‚ sociology and health hazards. There were steps taken to assist in resolving the issue .In future‚ to prevent this kind of accident from taking place‚ proper
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Dimensions of Ethics Education in Science and Engineering Case Study Series Bhopal Plant Disaster Appendix A: Chronology by MJ Peterson Revised February 26‚ 2009 Appendix Contents: 1.) Bhopal Chronology 2.) Ensuing Litigation Chronology References used in this section: Paul Srivastava‚ Bhopal: Anatomy of a Crisis (Cambridge‚ MA: Ballinger‚ 1987). Sanjoy Hazarika‚ Bhopal: The Lessons of a Tragedy (New Delhi: Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd‚ 1987) This case was created by the International Dimensions of Ethics
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