Instructions:
Provide one example of a software application that can help the management of a disaster. Discuss how this software can help with disaster management and provide examples. Please provide URLs for the references that go directly to the body of work.
Module 4 - Background
Disaster Recovery and Cloud Computing
FCC (2012), FCC Wireless 911 Services.
McIntosh, C., (2009) Virtual USA (vUSA); Geospatial Interoperability for Emergency Response. Emergency Management Forum Presentation. http://www.emforum.org/.
Lucus-McEwen, V. (2011) If you haven’t heard about crisis commons yet….http://www.emergencymgmt.com/emergency-blogs/campus/Crisis-Commons-Monitors-Turkey-Earthquake-102311.html
Heaton, B. (2013). How emergency managers can benefit from big data. http://www.emergencymgmt.com/disaster/Emergency-Managers-Big-Data.html?page=2
Video (2015). Digital Preservation and Nuclear Disaster: An Animation
Discovery (2009), Perfect Disaster -- Solar Storm, Part 1-5.
Cloud Security Alliance (2011), Domain 7: Traditional Security, Business Continuity, and Disaster Recovery, in Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing V3.0, p74-88.
Cloud Security Alliance (2011), Domain 14: Security as a Service, in Security Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing V3.0, p162-176.
NIST (2011), Guidelines on Secuity and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing, National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Report 800-144.
Wood T., Cecchet E., Ramakrishnan K.K., Shenoy P., Van Der Merwe J. and Venkataramani A., (2010) Disaster Recovery as a Cloud Service: Economic Benefits & Development Challenges, HotCloud`10 Proceeding of the 2nd USENIX conference on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing. USENIX Association Berkeley, CA.
Chow R., Golle P., Jakobsson M., Masuoka R., Molina J., Shi E., Staddon J. (2009), Controlling Data in the Cloud: Outsourcing Computation without Outsourcing Control.
Murukutla M. (2010), Virtualization: disaster recovery for the hospitality industry?
Optional Reading
Continuity_Compliance (2011), Disaster Preparedness Apps List for Smartphone.
Need C. (2011), Disaster Preparedness 2011: Smart Phones Enhanced with Nanotube Hazmat Detectors Bring a New Dimension to Preparedness.
Chan, W. K. (2012). Operational Effectiveness of Smartphones and Apps for Humanitarian Aid and Disaster Relief , Naval Post Graduate School Thesis. https://calhoun.nps.edu/handle/10945/17338
British Library (2012), British Library Digital Preservation Strategy.
AABC (2012), The Archives Association of British Columbia Archivist`s Toolkit: Preservation and Emergency Planning.
FEMA, http://www.fema.gov/
Disaster Assistance Program, http://www.disasterassistance.gov/
Foxnews (2009), Nasa Warns of Super Solar Storm 2012.
Content:
Sahana Eden Software Application Name: Institutional Affiliation: Sahana Eden Software Application Over the past few years, ICT in most countries has shown their limitations in disaster recovery and rescue in time of emergencies. Careem and Chamindra (2006, p. 1) suggest that the shortcoming of ICT solutions, has been seen in some disasters such as the SARS outbreak in 2003, the Asian Tsunami in th
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