“DISASTERS CREATES OPPURTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT” DISASTER: Disaster can be defined as “The occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society‚ or community.” “An event or series of events which gives rise to casualties and/or damage or loss of property‚ infrastructure‚ essential services or means of livelihood on a scale which is beyond the normal capacity of the affected community’s ability to cope with out aid.” According to UNISDR
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saster management Delhi Public School‚ Dwarka A Project on Disaster Management Acknowledgement This report has only been successful because of the help of some people. First and foremost‚ I would like to thank our Social Science teachers - Mrs. Ruchika Gupta (Geography) Mrs. Shalini Chaturvedi (History/Civics) Mrs. Soni Saxena (Economics) For giving me this task from which I could learn many things and also for
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Disaster Recovery Plan Disaster Recovery Plan Provide an overview of the organization that will be delivered to senior management‚ defining the business goals and objectives and the size‚ layout‚ and structure of the organization. TechWidgets Inc.‚ is an e-commerce company that provides merchandise to its customers through a web store. The core infrastructure is made up of 10 web servers in a single cluster to handle browsing requests‚ 5 servers in the web store clusters to hand transactions
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Applying Information Security and SDLC to Business Anthony Goss‚ James Leehan‚ Nicole Rossano‚ Roxie Carter BIS 320 September 1‚ 2014 Cynthia Pryke Applying Information Security and SDLC to Business There are several things a manager has to consider when running a business. He or she must ensure that the company does what it needs to meet the needs of the customer‚ the employees‚ and protect all personal information. One way is to ensure that there are proper security measures to protect all
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I completed my internship at Just Believe Recovery Center in Jensen Beach. JBRC has been open for approximately two years. They offer men’s‚ women’s‚ and outpatient programs. The men’s and women’s PHP(in patient) program is an average of 30-45 days. The Intensive outpatient program is an average of three to six months. It is a Florida model program‚ with separate residences for the men‚ women‚ and a coed outpatient residence. JBRC also offer halfway houses for clients once they complete outpatient
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Actual Event Summary of the Disaster: An Earthquake that registered 7.8 on the Richter Scale which lasted approximately 1 minute caused catastrophic damage to the City of Berkeley and LPHG. As a result of the Earthquake 31 employees perished including 1 as a result of the H1Z1 virus which had an outbreak in the wake of the catastrophe. The damage and loss of life has caused significant delays to the release of LPHG’s release of EFHG. DRP Documents: (e.g.‚ disaster recovery plan‚ backup plans etc.)
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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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RISK MANAGEMENT & STRATEGIC PLANNING CMGT/585 Mr. Sardoni June 12‚ 2006 Abstract Many organizations perform risk assessments to measure the amount of risks that could impact their organization‚ and identify ways in treating them before a major disaster occurs. Risks involve theoretical effectiveness of security measures‚ loss of impact‚ threats and vulnerabilities that are common in today’s society. FedEx Corporation follows guidelines and policies that are governed by processes by which the
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breakdown and they got into this panic situation. Primary reasons for this crisis could be: • Not allocating sufficient time and cost to the application testing • Lack of step by step activation of new IT system • No business continuity and disaster recovery plan As written above‚ they failed do to the proper testing of the application. In the rush of moving to the new system‚ they could not do full justice to the testing process. Here‚ second point means‚ any organization should start using any
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Introduction Various disasters like earthquake‚ landslides‚ volcanic eruptions‚ fires‚ flood and cyclones are natural hazards that kill thousands of people and destroy billions of dollars of habitat and property each year. The rapid growth of the world’s population and its increased concentration often in hazardous environment has escalated both the frequency and severity of natural disasters. Asia tops the list of casualties due to natural disaster. Among various natural hazards‚ earthquakes
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