NATURAL HAZARDS AND DISASTERS IN THE CARIBBEAN Definitions A hazard can be defined as‚ “A potentially damaging physical event‚ phenomenon or human activity that may cause the loss of life or injury‚ property damage‚ social and economic disruption or environmental degradation”. Hazards can include latent conditions that may represent future threats and can have different origins: natural (geological‚ hydrometeorological and biological); or induced by human processes (environmental degradation
Premium Flood Natural disaster Storm surge
|Disaster Recovery Plan | |Academic Paper | | | Introduction Banks are one of the earliest adopters of Information Technology in the current world of business. As the nature of bank ’s business is highly critical‚ the federal government had mandated that the banks must develop‚ maintain and carry out disaster recovery plans. This paper explores banking industry ’s disaster
Premium Disaster recovery Business continuity planning Management
OneShield lacks a proper disaster recovery (DR) plan. These plans involve a set of policies and procedures that enable the recovery of data‚ should it ever be destroyed or lost by natural‚ technical‚ or human-error-based disasters. As IT systems have become increasingly critical to companies‚ the importance of ensuring the continued operation of those systems‚ and their rapid recovery‚ has increased. This is especially true for OneShield‚ who provides technology services for insurance companies
Premium Management Computer security Security
NATURAL DISASTER: A natural disaster is a major adverse event resulting from natural processes of the Earth. A natural disaster can cause loss of life or property damage‚ and typically leaves some economic damage in its wake‚ the severity of which depends on the affected population’s resilience‚ or ability to recover. TYPES OF NATURAL DISASTERS: 1-EARTHQUAKES: An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. At the Earth’s surface
Premium Natural disaster 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake Tornado
When a crisis like a natural disaster occurs‚ light is shone on the imperfections of society’s ability to come together and act. In recent years there have been plenty of disasters to prove that the systems in place to deal with these crises are not effective and are in dire need of a new approach. The victims of these disasters are often made to suffer more than is necessary because of the ineffective plans in place to deal with what ensues after. The lack of coordination and planning that the agencies
Premium Hurricane Katrina Socialism Federal government of the United States
The purpose of this report is to find out of three environmental disasters‚ which one was the most devastating to humans and the environment. This report is intended to be read by the United Nations to help make an important decision regarding what pollution event should be classified as the world’s most devastating. Key terms essential to an understanding of this report have been defined as follows: * TORCH – The Other Chernobyl Report * Methyl Isocyanate – A toxic chemical used in the
Premium Exxon Valdez oil spill Chernobyl disaster Bhopal disaster
Essay 8-1 Understand the aspects of disaster recovery Disaster recovery is concerned with the recovery of critical systems in the event of a loss. Be able to discuss the process of recovering a system in the event of a failure A system recovery usually involves restoring the base operating systems‚ applications‚ and data files. Be able to discuss the types of alternative sites available for disaster recovery. The three types of sites available for disaster recovery are hot sites‚ warm sites‚
Premium Management Disaster recovery Project management
homes went down‚ and of the less than 100 houses‚ none of them are even able to be inhabited. So we’ve heard about about dark times arising‚ and the history of one of the bloodiest natural disasters of the century‚ but what we haven’t heard about is everyone else. How did others respond in the wake of this disaster? Some of the others tried to help with donations‚ and the people trying to lead a normal life‚ while others are not helping‚ or you’re in the case where you can’t decide if they’re helping
Premium Government Natural disaster Thing
Man-made disasters Man-made disasters are disasters resulting from man-made hazards (threats having an element of human intent‚ negligence‚ or error; or involving a failure of a man-made system)‚ as opposed to natural disasters resulting from natural hazards. Man-made hazards or disasters are sometimes referred to as anthropogenic. Contents * 1 Sociological hazards * 1.1 Crime * 1.1.1 Arson * 1.2 Civil disorder *
Premium Space Shuttle Challenger Nuclear weapon Space Shuttle
Associate Level Material Appendix D Disaster Recovery Plan Student Name: Christopher Waller University of Phoenix IT/244 Intro to IT Security Instructor’s Name: Romel Llarena Date: April 15‚ 2012 Disaster Recovery Plan Due in Week Three: For your selected scenario‚ describe the key elements of the Disaster Recovery Plan to be used in case of a disaster and the plan for testing the DRP. 1 Risk Assessment 1 Critical business processes
Premium Disaster recovery Business continuity planning Backup