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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. There is also a link between pandemics and the 'intentional disaster' of bioterrorism (Trufanov et al.

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SIA New Member Profile: ThreatModeler

Security Industry Association

1, 2010, in response to the industry need I saw in protecting IT infrastructures. In response to the pandemic, the ThreatModeler team took time to reassess and advance research and development, utilizing the widespread business disruption as a time to further develop its solutions. Tell us the story of your company.

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2021 Technology To Be Thankful For

NexusTek

IoT did not begin to gain popularity until 2010 when the number of objects or devices connected to the internet (such as smartphones, tablets, fitness trackers, etc.) With the widespread shift to distributed business models due to the COVID-19 pandemic, investments into digital solutions to support remote workforces increased.

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Why Crisis Management Preparedness Matters

everbridge

And, according to management consultancy McKinsey , between 2010 and 2017, the name of a Forbes-recognized top 100 company appeared in headlines together with the word “crisis” 80 percent more often than in the previous decade — and those are just the organizations that made the news. “It

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Emergency Communication

BCP Builder

Prominent examples include the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in 2010, the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011 or the sinking of the “Costa Concordia” cruise ship in 2012. Even events that are known and somewhat predictable like the SARS Cov2 Pandemic are ineffectively handled and preparation was poor.

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Emergency Communication

BCP Builder

Prominent examples include the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill in 2010, the Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster in 2011 or the sinking of the “Costa Concordia” cruise ship in 2012. Even events that are known and somewhat predictable like the SARS Cov2 Pandemic are ineffectively handled and preparation was poor.