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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

A robust incident response plan will include, but is not limited to: Procedures on how to identify and detect suspicious activity related to networks, hardware, and other equipment. For example, a public-private exercise in 2007 simulated a pandemic where approximately 40% of the workforce had to go remote.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Myth 35: We are well organised to face a pandemic or CBRN attack.