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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. US Homeland Security Council 2005. In some quarters, it had an immediate effect (e.g., Jonathan Cape, London, 352 pp.

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National Weather Disasters Are Becoming More Prevalent And Severe… And Help Is Not Necessarily On The Way

everbridge

For instance, part of any plan for continuity is insurance. If a Chinese supplier doesn’t have insurance and is wiped out by a weather disaster such as the flooding in the Henan province in 2021 that killed 302 and cost $16.5 One key item for disaster recovery is insurance that will cover losses due to weather or even downtime.

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

After hurricane Katrina in 2005, the USA set up the National Centre for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) and in the wake of the two recent hurricanes, the organisation has set up working groups with all agencies to deter and prevent fraud. The NCDF prosecuted more than 1,300 cases of Katrina-related fraud in 49 states.’

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

After hurricane Katrina in 2005, the USA set up the National Centre for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) and in the wake of the two recent hurricanes, the organisation has set up working groups with all agencies to deter and prevent fraud. The NCDF prosecuted more than 1,300 cases of Katrina-related fraud in 49 states.’

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SIA New Member Profile: PureTech Systems

Security Industry Association

In early 2005, Pure and I formed a new subsidiary of Pure Technologies and named it PureTech Systems Inc. This may sound like science fiction, but neural nets are already being used for a vast number of purposes, such as to predict the stock market, to assess insurance risks and for airplane equipment preventative maintenance.