Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

I have argued elsewhere (Alexander 2017) that the number of times the word 'should' is used in an official document is an inverse indicator of its utility. Disaster Planning and Emergency Management, 18 July 2017. The verdict on major risk is a resounding "sooner than expected", which, of course, reduces the time available to prepare.

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

National Fire Protection Association

JULY 18, 2022

Adding equipotential planes and bonding of equipotential planes that could help mitigate step and touch voltages for electrical equipment that supply power to the equipment. Coincidentally, this requirement matches main breaker settings in boats manufactured after July 31, 2017. It starts with educating ourselves.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Education Mitigation 52

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

chemical plant fire in Texas in 2017, during which a hurricane disabled the facility’s refrigeration system and water flooded the equipment and caused the stored chemicals to burn. There have been many fire and explosion incidents over the years due to lack of preparedness during hurricanes. One, for example, was the Arkema, Inc.

Disaster Preparedness 69

Disaster Preparedness Hazard Continuity Planning Crisis Management 69

Security Industry Association

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

6, a Chicago-area man received a record-breaking $91 million settlement from 7-Eleven after losing both his legs in an accidental crash outside one of the company’s stores in Bensenville, Illinois, in 2017. 7-Eleven storefronts over a 15-year period, an average of at least once a day.

Retail 98

Retail Security Manufacturing Government 98

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

All-Hazards 105

All-Hazards Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction 105

Erwood Group

JULY 8, 2020

Inside The Importance of Business Continuity, you’ll learn more about minimizing downtime, Protecting strategic elements and assets, maintaining your reputation, communicating efficiently, resuming operations, how preparedness measures mitigate costs, methods of calculating ROI, and more.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Crisis Management Continuity Professionals 52

Pure Storage

JULY 31, 2023

To mitigate the possibility of blackouts, Ireland’s state-owned electric utility has placed a moratorium on new data center construction, with other countries looking to follow suit. A 2017 IDC study found that the typical data center uses less than half of its provisioned size, and resources sit idle 55% of the time.

Cloud Computing 98

Cloud Computing Technology Healthcare Publishing 98

Online Computers

MAY 14, 2023

But because it had a plan for when breaches happen, it was able to mitigate the attack’s impact and resume operations quickly. Marketing firm keeps head above water during Hurricane Harvey Hurricane Harvey (2017) was one of the most devastating hurricanes in US history, and a lot of businesses weren’t prepared for its wrath.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCP Pandemic Marketing 52

Risk Management Monitor

MARCH 4, 2022

Spill-over to other businesses is more likely with cyber conflict, however, particularly given Russia is one of the most advanced and aggressive nation-state cyber threat actors —remember the crippling global attack known as NotPetya that upended supply chains in 2017 resulted from a Russian cyberattack on Ukraine. Check it out here: [link].

Management 56

Management Malware Cybersecurity Insurance 56

Security Industry Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Take, for example, the 2017 shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada , where the use of a tall building provided a clear line of sight to concertgoers. There is no authorized counter-UAS for private-sector venues that host routine public gatherings, which equates to a gap in the ability to mitigate risk from all potential threats.

Security 98

Security Logistics Technology Mitigation 98

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

Hazard 77

Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

Reciprocity

AUGUST 24, 2022

Research firm Gartner, which coined the term “integrated risk management” in 2017, claims that GRC focuses narrowly on regulatory compliance, while IRM has a more expansive, risk-oriented view. Exactly how do these approaches to risk management differ from one another? Nobody seems to know for sure. Others disagree.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Audit Insurance Insurance 52

Fusion Risk Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

percentage points from January 2017 to January 2022.” Many of our own customers have said that having a “tone at the top” from leadership is critical to get their business team’s buy-in, as no one really wants to take a time out to work on their continuity plans or risk mitigation strategy.

Resilience 52

Resilience Insurance Insurance Audit 52

Plan B Consulting

JULY 9, 2021

I was chatting with one of my clients in Renfrewshire and we talked through his crisis management plan, which he had taken from the book ‘prTS 17091, Crisis Management – Guidance for Developing a Strategic Capability’ published in 2017. This book states that crisis management should only be used for unprecedented or extraordinary events.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Strategic Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

JULY 9, 2021

I was chatting with one of my clients in Renfrewshire and we talked through his crisis management plan, which he had taken from the book ‘prTS 17091, Crisis Management – Guidance for Developing a Strategic Capability’ published in 2017. This book states that crisis management should only be used for unprecedented or extraordinary events.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Strategic Publishing 52

Pure Storage

JANUARY 5, 2023

To mitigate the possibility of blackouts, Ireland’s state-owned electric utility has placed a moratorium on new data center construction, with other countries looking to follow suit. A 2017 IDC study found that the typical data center uses less than half of its provisioned size, and resources sit idle 55% of the time.

Cloud Computing 52

Cloud Computing Technology Healthcare Insurance 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 11, 2020

In the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, 2017 edition (see figure 1), a pandemic is the highest risk, with a likelihood of 4 out of 5 of occurring within the next 5 years, and a severity impact of 5. Most organisations who have incident management in place, have a criterion for activating their plan.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Pandemic Civil Emergency 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 11, 2020

In the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies, 2017 edition (see figure 1), a pandemic is the highest risk, with a likelihood of 4 out of 5 of occurring within the next 5 years, and a severity impact of 5. Most organisations who have incident management in place, have a criterion for activating their plan.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Pandemic Civil Emergency 52

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

JUNE 27, 2017

With respect, I disagree: 2017 (and the next couple of years) have the potential to be severely risky to businesses, infrastructure and people. Attacks like Ohio State and London Bridge only require impulse and forethought, and are impossible to mitigate and counter. These risks have a direct impact on your organizations.

Risk Management 130

Risk Management Management Internet All-Hazards 130

On Solve

DECEMBER 21, 2021

For example, security leaders will be familiar with ASIS, whose 2017 ORM Standard states “Organizations typically operate in inherently dynamic risk environments [ 1 ].” As a result, our risk planning, mitigation and control activities followed suit, identifying the volcano as the greatest risk. 1-2017 standard can be found here.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Travel Scenario Planning 52

Security Industry Association

MARCH 18, 2022

In addition to the more obvious alarm and object recognition tasks, the security industry can apply this through a focus on what’s missing and augment the security response, mitigation and design process so we’re working alongside tech instead of fearing replacement.

Command Center 52

Command Center Retail Outage Marketing 52

SRM

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Whether it’s being happy to coast along and do the bare minimum to turn a profit, neglecting to provide genuine customer service or failing to take steps to mitigate the effects of an unforeseen threat, apathy is an organisation’s worst enemy. Complacency is one of the biggest threats to a business. You don’t think it applies to you.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP Cyber Resilience 52

Fusion Risk Management

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

A new product or service is introduced that directly mitigates the attack, and everyone breathes a sign of relief. In just the first half of 2018, the amount of new malware was equal to all the malware that came out in 2017.

Security 52

Security Malware Internet Cybersecurity 52

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

Expansion of pre-disaster mitigation funding such as through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, and new funding for infrastructure resilience embedded in the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are also steps in the right direction. And that is just the federal programs.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 17, 2022

In the course, we use the Equifax hack from 2017 as a case study. I have been looking through the BCT Certificate in Cyber Incident Management course materials, as I am going to have a discussion with Eamonn Keane who is delivering the next course.

Banking 40

Banking Publishing Cybersecurity Security 40