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20/20 Vision: Comments on Exercise Cygnus (UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016)

Plan B Consulting

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. The post 20/20 Vision: Comments on Exercise Cygnus (UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016) appeared first on PlanB Consulting. UK the “most prepared country”?

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20/20 Vision: Comments on Exercise Cygnus (UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016)

Plan B Consulting

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Exercise Cygnus was a command post exercise carried out by NHS England in October 2016 in order to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza pandemic on the United Kingdom.

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Helping Achieve Sustainable IT in the Retail Industry

Pure Storage

McKinsey reports , “In 2016, there were only a small handful of major retailers with a science-based target to reduce carbon emissions. How can retailers increase data storage capacity while also reducing emissions? . One recent survey showed that 60% of consumers consider sustainability when making buying decisions.

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Non-Disruptive Storage Consolidation and Removal

Pure Storage

Non-Disruptive Storage Consolidation and Removal by Pure Storage Blog This blog first appeared in 2016. Yes, we support evacuation of the capacity inside the chassis too.) See where Pure Storage is now with non-disruptive storage consolidation and removal! How does storage evacuation work?

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Security Industry Association Names Lynn de Séve as 2021 George R. Lippert Memorial Award Winner

Security Industry Association

She served for over 10 years as the industry chairperson for the executive council of the GSA Alliance for Quality Business Solutions at the GSA Southwest Acquisition Center (Region 7) in Fort Worth, Texas; in this capacity, she served as a participant, organizer and presenter in GSA Industry Day training events for GSA contractors.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

They therefore had to severely reduce capacity due to lack of access to patient files and weren’t able to take this particular patient. Figure 1 The attacks on the Ukrainian power grid in 2015 and 2016 may have not directly led to death, but I suspect it would have indirectly led to death from cold, fires and traffic crashes.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

They therefore had to severely reduce capacity due to lack of access to patient files and weren’t able to take this particular patient. The attacks on the Ukrainian power grid in 2015 and 2016 may have not directly led to death, but I suspect it would have indirectly led to death from cold, fires and traffic crashes.