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Warming Oceans Increase Major Hurricane Risk

Recovery Diva

New research shows vulnerable communities need to prepare for more years like 2017-2020, with devastating storms like Harvey, Irma, Maria and Laura. From Inside Climate News: Ocean Warming Doubles Odds for Extreme Atlantic Hurricane Seasons.

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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

Real-World Examples of Effective Crisis Management Cybersecurity Breaches: Equifax and Capital One Equifax faced a massive data breach in 2017. They were criticized for their delayed and confusing response, which aggravated public distrust.

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Why Hostile Vehicle Incidents Can’t Be Ignored

Security Industry Association

Ask officials in New Orleans, where 28 people were injured by a drunk driver during Mardi Gras in 2017, or New York City, where one was killed and 20 injured in a Times Square vehicle attack in 2017 and where eight were killed and 11 injured in a terrorist attack on the West Side bikeway a few months later.

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

Most of them are highly vulnerable to seismic forces. It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes. It is these that collapse. Natural Hazards 109: 161-200.

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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

I have argued elsewhere (Alexander 2017) that the number of times the word 'should' is used in an official document is an inverse indicator of its utility. Disaster Planning and Emergency Management, 18 July 2017. At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability and Disasters (2nd edition). The 'should ratio'. GAR Distilled.

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

Online Computers

Sadly, city administrators knew about their computer systems’ vulnerabilities but had failed to take action in time. Just two months prior to the attack, an audit found almost 2,000 vulnerabilities in the City of Atlanta’s IT system, the majority of which stemmed from obsolete software and an IT culture of ad hoc processes.

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SIA New Member Profile: Infinite Electronics

Security Industry Association

In May 2017, Infinite Electronics, a supplier of engineering-grade wired and wireless connectivity products, acquired Transtector, adding the company’s strong engineering capabilities, world-class manufacturing operations and diversified set of products to its family of brands. And what makes your offerings/company unique?