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Key Bridge Collapse – Transportation Infrastructure and Global Supply Chain

  A cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 26, 2024. The structure collapsed immediately, taking down a major metropolitan roadway and cutting off automobile traffic above and vessel traffic along the Patapsco River, a critical East Coast shipping hub and transportation highway. The region and nation will feel the cascading effects. The Transportation Systems Sector is one of the nation’s 16 Critical Infrastructure…

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April 2024 Eclipse – Moving From Planning Into Operations

On April 8, 2024, the path of the total solar eclipse will cross much of the middle section of the United States – from Mexico to Canada. As solar eclipse groups move from planning to operations, find out how emergency preparedness and response professionals can provide guidance to their community
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Nation-State Activity in the Age of Artificial Intelligence and Quantum Computing

The development of artificial intelligence and quantum computing has exploded in recent years. However, as many countries find new ways to leverage these technologies for the public good, some are leveraging them for geopolitical influence, cyberattacks, and other nefarious reasons. Find out what measures could protect against threats as these
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Protecting Infrastructure – Cyber, Physical, and EMP Attacks

Imagine 3,500 spiders, each with their own style, getting together to create a giant web. That’s how this author describes the U.S. power grid and the complexities related to protecting the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber, physical, and electromagnetic pulse attacks.

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Healthcare and Public Health Sector Perspectives

According to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, National Health Expenditures (NHE) accounted for $4.3 trillion, or 18.3% of the U.S. gross domestic

Water and Wastewater Sector Perspectives

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency defines the Water and Wastewater Systems Sector as one of “16 critical infrastructure sectors.” Read about this sector’s numerous

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TRANSPORTATION

Key Bridge Collapse – Transportation Infrastructure and Global Supply Chain

  A cargo ship crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, at approximately 1:30 a.m. on March 26, 2024. The structure collapsed immediately, taking down a major metropolitan roadway and cutting off automobile traffic above and vessel traffic along the Patapsco River, a critical East Coast shipping hub and transportation highway. The region and nation will feel the cascading effects. The Transportation Systems Sector is one of the nation’s 16 Critical Infrastructure…

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Commercial Facilities Sector Perspectives

Commercial facilities dominate the U.S. economy, contributing trillions of dollars to the U.S. gross domestic product while employing and supporting

Multimodal Transportation Perspectives

Without transportation and communications, emergency response can move at an uncomfortably slow pace, enough so that life, property, and the
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Energy Sector Perspectives

From the alarm clock that wakes people in the morning, to the natural gas used to cook breakfast, to the

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Incident Management – The Whataburger Way

The Whataburger Command Center team uses a hybrid form of the Incident Command System when an unexpected event threatens the company’s stability, reputation, or operations.

Food and Agriculture Sector Perspectives

  The U.S. Food and Agriculture (FA) Sector is composed of complex production, processing, and delivery systems that can feed people and animals both within

Hazmat on the Rail

Since February 3, 2023, following the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, the public has closely followed reports and commentary by media outlets and elected

The Pony Express Rides Again

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, health care providers and facilities, local jurisdictions, and state agencies struggled to acquire personal protective equipment (PPE),

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