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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. I wish it were true.

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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

A deliberate focus on modernization first emerged five years ago in 2018, when the Province adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. The new Act signals an increased focus on climate change, harmonization, self-government of Indigenous Peoples, and investment in risk reduction. In 2019, B.C. In 2019, B.C.

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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina, and works across the United States and internationally.

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Is it Possible to Keep Up with the Literature?

Emergency Planning

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Fortunately, there are some mitigating factors, for example, the lack of innovation in most published research.

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ISO 27001 Certification Requirements & Standards

Reciprocity

They include: ISO 27005: Information security risk management these standard guides companies that are maturing their ISMS and controls programs. Rather than implementing controls as a checkbox activity, risk-driven organizations proactively choose controls that best mitigate their risks. Analyzing risks.

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Audit Checklist for SOC 2

Reciprocity

Processing integrity: System processing is complete, valid, accurate, timely, and authorized to meet your service organization’s objectives. Risk assessment. Risk mitigation. Availability: Information and systems are available for operation and use to meet your service organization’s objectives.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Myth 58: For every dollar [pound, euro, shekel] spent on disaster risk reduction, between four and 11 dollars are saved in damage and losses avoided.