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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

It is now more than ten years since there was a general push to induce countries to plan for pandemics (WHO 2005). US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. That was at a time when an influenza pandemic with devastating consequences was greatly feared. Mathews et al.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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SIA New Member Profile: Infusion Direct Marketing

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Infusion Direct Marketing, Inc. specializes in developing marketing programs for the security industry. SIA spoke with Monique Merhige, president of Infusion Direct Marketing, about the company’s history and offerings and the security industry. Lucie, Florida.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

Security practitioners are racing to meet these standards, which typically require financial firms to notify a government agency within 36 and 72 hours of incident detection. For example, a public-private exercise in 2007 simulated a pandemic where approximately 40% of the workforce had to go remote.