An annual assessment of health security and preparedness shows the nation is relatively well-prepared for managing an emergency, although performance on some measures in specific states can be improved.
The University of South Carolina announced the creation of "SC Cyber,” a consortium of business, academic, and government partners that will train businesses how to beef up cybersecurity and fight cyber crime.
With data production expected to be 44 times greater in 2020 than in 2009, city and public safety officials must be able to pull relevant information from multiple systems and apply big data analysis to make sense of it all.