Recovery when disaster strikes

A similar number were partially damaged, and thousands more sustained minor damage (see Figure 4). Two hundred thousand housing units were either partially or completely destroyed, and 85 percent of the region’s schools, many hospitals, and other major public facilities sustained heavy damage. 

http://www.rms.com/Publications/KobeRetro.pdf

How did Japan’s industries develop such robustness and defence against natural and man-made disasters such as cyber attacks?  Well unfortunately I can’t tell you! 

But I am allowed to write about one keynote speaker for the FIRST 2009 Kyoto event which is the Vice President of Japan Rail.

He will be talking about Japan Rail's defences to cyber warefare and risk management strategies and how they managed to get back most of the rail infrastrucutre witin a few months after the Kobe earthquake disaster had wiped out most of the Japan Rail rail system.

Also if you would like to hear more about why you should attend this security event, then do listen to our podcast with the Director of technical operations of the Japanese Cert, Yurie Ito.