The Central African Republic, Somalia and South Sudan are atop the list in the 2019 Index for Risk Management (INFORM), a tool for evaluating the potential for humanitarian crises and disasters to help governments and NGOS better respond. The assessment covers 191 countries and is used by agencies including the…
The United Nations has released a new report on managing disaster risk ahead of the International Day for Disaster Reduction to be marked on Friday. Robert Glasser, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, presented the report this week while noting that in the last two…
The Petya-based ransomware attack Tuesday swept across much of Asia and Europe with unprecedented fury, shutting down government agencies, banks, utilities, and global companies including Merck pharmaceutical company and DLA Piper, a law firm based in the United States. Ukraine was especially hard-hit, with virtually all entities one might characterize…