Should calamity strike, you can use the device to send a distress signal to the GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center, a search-and-rescue service that will coordinate with local authorities to send help your way.

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Although the many warning and response organizations work together, the NSC memo lays out a standard process for coordination, said John Tritak, director of the CIAO.

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The organizations include the CERT Coordination Center, the Electricity Sector Information Sharing and Analysis Center, the European Cyber Crime Center, the Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team, the Australian Federal Police and the Irish Reporting and Information Security Service.

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