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

Emergency Planning

Although the virological, medical and epidemiological problems are obviously very complex, medical scientists - and politicians - should not be making risk management and logistical decisions if they do not have the expertise. Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. I have taught it every year since then.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

But in 2008 floods stretched from Alnwick in Northumberland to Tewksbury in Somerset, nearly 500 km away. Interestingly, since the first edition in 2008, pandemics have been regarded as the leading risk in terms of their probability of occurrence and seriousness of consequences. Was this not a disaster?

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Economic Impact of Russia Sanctions

Fusion Risk Management

The price per barrel of oil has increased to levels not seen since the financial crisis of 2008. Work with your shipping, transportation, and logistic suppliers to determine the most effective routes to send your goods to ports that avoid the region. Price of Commodities (Raw Materials).

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How ISC East Keynote Speaker Ted Metellus Secures the New York City Marathon

Security Industry Association

He lives in Manhattan and has run 33 half marathons, as well as the New York City Marathon in 2008 and 2013. He graduated from the State University of New York College at Oswego with a B.A. in public relations and communications. What are some of the biggest challenges involved in securing the iconic TCS New York City Marathon?

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BCM Basics: Business Continuity vs. Business Resilience 

MHA Consulting

Those attacks, coupled with the 2008 financial meltdown, exposed the limits of an approach that was limited to protecting a handful of essential business processes. The end of the 20 th century saw the increasing importance of IT, the rise of globalization, and preparations for the potential disruptions of the Y2K bug.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

By 2008, the scenario was more or less complete, with the exception of the recovery phase, which has remained difficult to predict ever since (recovery from the 1918-1920 pandemic took about five years, but it included recovery from the First World War and it led into the Great Depression of 1929).