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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Helpful anecdotes are inserted throughout, balancing critical assessments where organizations and countries have not used available methods of risk assessment, and as a result, “…acting individually and through collective bodies, succeed neither in effective policy nor practice in reducing vulnerability of the built environment.” [p.

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Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices

NexusTek

If you’re finding the prospect of staying ahead of cybercriminals overwhelming, you’re in good company: 88% of SMB leaders view their businesses as vulnerable to cybercrime 3. Patches and updates are routinely required to address known vulnerabilities that cybercriminals can target. Vulnerability Scanning. Why Is This Important?

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Are BYOD Practices Putting Your Business at Risk?

NexusTek

every endpoint) creates a new point of vulnerability for hackers to exploit. It only takes one point of vulnerability for a data breach to occur, making this a considerable threat. Patch management: When vulnerabilities are identified in operating systems, software, or applications, patches that resolve them are issued.

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Why Crisis Management Preparedness Matters

everbridge

Almost 70 percent of leaders have dealt with a corporate crisis in the last five years, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) found in its 2019 Global Crisis Survey. Preparedness is key because it helps you identify vulnerabilities and coordinate how you might best protect your colleagues, customers, partners, and organization in a crisis.

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Duty of Care for Business Travelers

everbridge

While we are seeing an increase in air travel once more, domestic air travel is still down 19% from January 2019, and international travel remains down 13% from pre-COVID levels. Since 2020, airline travel has declined with thousands of canceled flights and hundreds of grounded planes. ” WATCH WEBINAR.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Thus, in addition to having a clear strategy and response plan, it is essential to identify the most vulnerable populations and hazard areas, and to have a strong framework for coordination among emergency management and public health agencies.

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6 Ways Data Has Sparked Innovation and Growth

Pure Storage

A customer may post online about her experience, and sentiment analysis can help to pinpoint that post and alert someone at the company to address the issue immediately. The Suez canal blockage, for example, proved how critical—and vulnerable—the global supply chain can be. . Say a meal is ordered but never arrives.