Key Lessons from Mega Disasters

Mega Key Authentication Mechanism

For secure communication it is not just sufficient to use strong cryptography with good and strong keys, but to actually have the assurance, that the keys in use for it are authentic and from the contact one is expecting to communicate with. Without that, it is possible to be subject to impersonation or man-in-the-middle (MitM) attacks. Mega meets this problem by providing a hierarchical authen...

India’s Key Hazards/ Disasters

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) came to the conclusion that, worldwide the frequency and magnitude of all types of natural disasters are on the rise. Discernible changes in weather with a general increase in temperature (or a decrease in the number of cold days) have been observed in nearly all the land masses. There is also an increase in the frequency of heavy precipitati...

Lessons Learned from Remote Sensing Activities in Recent Natural Disasters

Lessons from Sandy--preparing health systems for future disasters.

network.” Since the Wi-Fi was still working, residents downloaded a telephony app onto their phones and used it to send urgent text messages. At one point, the system brought several residents together for a code in a dark room. By the glow of headlamps and bobbing flashlights, a resident began resuscitation while others prepared to place a central catheter. While Samad tried to sustain morale,...

Airway management disasters--lessons from the United Kingdom.

The Fourth National Audit Project (NAP4) was set up by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and Difficult Airway Society to provide an insight into major complications of airway management in the United Kingdom. The NAP4 found that one serious airway complication such as death, brain damage, the need for surgical airway or unexpected intensive care admission, was reported for every 5500 general a...