Content Tagged with: Office of Emergency Management

Campus will participate in the Great ShakeOut on Oct. 19

UC Riverside will join the Great California ShakeOut in testing earthquake preparedness on Thursday, Oct. 19. Students, staff, and faculty members will be asked to “drop, cover, and hold on” for one minute during the earthquake drill that will start at 10:19 a.m. The campus will test its emergency communication systems during the self-led drill...

By Imran Ghori |

UCR practices for cyber threats against special archives

It began with angry social media messages before ballooning into full threats and a takeover of UC Riverside computer systems controlling fire sprinklers at Tomas Rivera Library. That was the scenario of a cultural heritage preservation and cybersecurity drill held Wednesday, July 13 that included 25 participants from campus departments and off...

By Imran Ghori |