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B.C.’s New Bill 31 – Emergency and Disaster Management Act

CCEM Strategies

The road up to this point has been long anticipated across the emergency and disaster management community in B.C. A deliberate focus on modernization first emerged five years ago in 2018, when the Province adopted the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.

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What Does a Compliance Management System Look Like?

Reciprocity

For example, in 2018 the CFPB levied a $1 billion fine against Wells Fargo Bank for “unfair, deceptive, or abusive acts and practices” (UDAAP) associated with home and auto loans. The compliance program ties together several components of compliance activities. What Are the Elements of an Effective Compliance Program?

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How to write a business continuity plan: the easy way

IT Governance BC

It’s primarily concerned with critical activities that, if disrupted, could immediately jeopardise your productivity or the availability of your services. In that regard, it simply considers IT a critical resource for preserving those activities – in other words, a dependency. Change management. Cyber attacks.