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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Recent heavy rainfall in Rhode Island, Georgia, and Indiana caused deadly flash floods and thousands of power outages. According to the National Hurricane Center, four systems are currently forming in the Atlantic: Hurricane Earl, expected to impact Bermuda in the coming days, Hurricane Danielle, and two tropical waves.

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5 Real-life business continuity planning cases you need to know

Online Computers

The attack also caused the COVID-19 vaccine portal to go offline and induced IT outages at five major hospitals, including Children’s Health Ireland. The 2017 hurricane that nearly drowned a Texas marketing agency. The scale of the attack was so great that not even the HSE’s cybersecurity protocols could fully prevent it.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

Again, the devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean in 2017 can be seen as part of this change. After BC came pandemic, followed slightly half-heartedly by supply chain and now cyber is in the focus. My Hive internet heating system was down last week due to an outage at a data centre.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

Again, the devastating hurricanes in the Caribbean in 2017 can be seen as part of this change. After BC came pandemic, followed slightly half-heartedly by supply chain and now cyber is in the focus. My Hive internet heating system was down last week due to an outage at a data centre.