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SIA New Member Profile: The Homeland Security Consulting Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member The Homeland Security Consulting Group (HSCG) works to help public safety and security companies do more business protecting critical infrastructure through homeland security consulting and business development. 11, 2001, I was working as a U.S. Tell us the story of your company.

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BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience 

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Navigating Resilience: How to Create a BCM Roadmap A Distinction With a Difference Most people are familiar with the phrase, “That’s a distinction without a difference,” used to assert that a supposed difference between two things is so trivial as not to be worth mentioning.

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Fire and Rain: Adapting to an Era of Global Instability 

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? September 11, 2001, was a terrible day—but for the most part we’ve had the luxury of treating foreign affairs as optional, at least compared to most other countries. Geopolitical risk is arguably at the highest level it’s been in 50 years. counterparts. America has been lucky.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Much of this change was propelled by the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.) BCM consultancy websites. Many BCM consulting firm sites publish blogs, white papers, and webinars on BC topics that are available free to all comers or in some cases free with registration. Collectively these are an exceptional resource.

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SIA New Member Profile: ProTecht Solutions Partners

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member ProTecht Solutions Partners, LLC , is a boutique firm that provides security consulting and project management solutions through partnerships. ProTecht is a security technology consulting firm. ProTecht is a small, one-person consulting firm.

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Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore

Plan B Consulting

The location and timing were very important in causing this incident and it reminded me of the factors which caused the Selby rail crash in the UK in 2001, in which 10 people died. The post Black Swans and Swiss Cheese – A Boat Crash in Baltimore appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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