01341nas a2200133   4500000000100000008004100001260001200042100001800054700002200072700002200094245004400116856005800160520098900218       2010                            d  c2010-111 aJessie Walker1 aByron J. Williams1 aGordon W. Skelton00aCyber security for emergency management  uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/56549653 aCyber security continues to be an increasingly important topic when considering Homeland Security issues. This area however is often overlooked during a disaster or emergency situation. Emergency management within the US as it currently stands lacks any real cyber situational awareness with respect to the core activities of emergency management such as mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery. As a result critical cyberinfrastructure resources that emergency management personnel rely on is left on the sideline when planning, handling, and recovering from emergencies or natural disasters. As emergency management evolves within the US to handle dynamic man-made, and natural disasters such as terrorist attacks, hurricanes, and floods, these issues must be addressed to mitigate risks. This paper takes the first step in examining the issue of cyber situational awareness within emergency management and identifies several concerns for the emergency management community.