DISASTER MANAGEMENT

The coordination of emergency preparedness related to critical information and communications technology infrastructure will be assigned to the National Cyber Security Director. The Ministerial working group on developing the digital transformation, the data economy and public administration endorsed the matter on November 25. Critical ICT infrastructure means, for example, public communications networks and cables. Preparedness relating to this infrastructure is highly regulated and functions well. Responsibility for preparedness is divided between several authorities, and the ministerial working group’s decision will enhance the coordination of preparedness. “Our changed security environment emphasises...

By ITU News A powerful tropical hurricane ripped across Nicaragua earlier this month, with torrential rains triggering life-threatening flash floods and mudslides across the Central American country. The Category 1 storm forced 13,000 people to evacuate to shelters, according to some reports – many with only the clothes on their backs. “The river rose one metre in ten minutes,” according to eyewitness José Domingo Enríquez of the interior town El Rama, one of the worst-affected. “It was clear the flood was coming fast, and we had to find a way...