Assuring homeland security: Continuous monitoring, control and assurance of Emergency Preparedness

Proceedings of ISCRAM 2004 - 1st International Workshop on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-7

  Alles, Michael ^a   Kogan, Alexander ^a   Vasarhelyi, Miklos ^a   Hiltz, Roxanne ^b   Turoff, Murray ^b  

^a Rutgers University   (United States)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assurance; Continuous auditing; Crisis management; Emergency management; Emergency response; Information systems

Indexed keywords

CIVIL DEFENSE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ASSURANCE; CONTINUOUS AUDITING; CRISIS MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY RESPONSE;

EMERGENCY SERVICES;

EID: 84905438297     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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