Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

DECEMBER 10, 2019

​It’s that time of year again. Organizations are putting a bookmark to 2019 and preparing for 2020. Closing the books. Last-minute Compliance items and Audit remediations. Trying to get everything done in the wake of the team parties, business area parties, enterprise parties… and employee personal lives. ​Your Business Continuity, Risk Management and related programs can get side-tracked during the holiday rush.

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Disaster Preparedness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Melted Fiber-optic Cable. It is Mid-November. After a week of above-average temperatures and some heavy rain. A massive cold front has moved into your area causing an ice-storm and covering everything in layers of ice. The Mayor has declared a local State-of-Emergency and has asked everyone to stay home and off the roads for safety and clean-up. A fire has broken out downtown at an underground sub-station causing both a power outage and melting of fiber-optic cables impacting the internet and 91

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Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 9, 2019

A man walks into the room. He is extremely handsome and quite tall (at least for his time, about 520 years ago). He is neither fat nor thin. In fact he likes his food and drink, he is fond of convivial dinners with good food and wine. His circle of friends is small but select, much more so than his large circle of enemies and opponents. One of his friends is his neighbour, Lisa Gherardini.

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Crisis Response Journal

DECEMBER 18, 2019

Helen Braithwaite, Head of Standards, Training and Exercising at the UK’s National Cyber Security Programme, and Member of CRJ’s Advisory Panel, has been responsible for the design, development and delivery of the Cyber Pathfinder Training Programme; hig By Helen Braithwaite

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Personal crystal balls are notoriously bad at predicting the future. They run on small number statistics, have ill-defined parameters, and small data banks incorporating elastic memories. The crystal balls are plagued or programmed with a logic that is The post Prevent the Disaster, Forget the Recovery appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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IT Governance BC

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The recent fire at Ocado has been a devastating blow to the company and the local community. Hundreds of firefighters were involved in tackling the blaze; the smoke billowed for more than 48 hours, darkening the Hampshire sky; surrounding homes and businesses were evacuated due to the risk of explosion, and those further afield advised to keep windows and doors shut; and some firefighters needed treatment for smoke inhalation.

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Alert Media

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The post 6 Workplace Fire Prevention Tips appeared first on AlertMedia.

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NexusTek

DECEMBER 20, 2019

READ TIME: 2 MIN December 20, 2019 How Technology Can Provide Positive Impact During Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Most businesses have a hyper-focus on either (or both) organic growth or inorganic growth. Specifically regarding inorganic growth, the impact of a merger or acquisition on a company and its employees can have some challenges, but having the foresight to involve your IT Provider during due diligence (if possible) will place your business in the best position once the deal is s

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SRM

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Complacency is one of the biggest threats to a business. Whether it’s being happy to coast along and do the bare minimum to turn a profit, neglecting to provide genuine customer service or failing to take steps to mitigate the effects of an unforeseen threat, apathy is an organisation’s worst enemy. To have a realistic chance of withstanding any business threat, business leaders need to build a challenge-based culture into their business continuity planning (BCP).

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Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Behavior Group

DECEMBER 18, 2019

The Second Law of Thermodynamics tells us that the total entropy can only increase over time for an isolated system. In other words, contrary to what we may believe or may simply hope, things fall apart. It’s not an accident. It’s a law of physics, and its awful simplicity is clear and frightening. Resilient Answer… Continue reading. The post A Resilient Answer to Disasters appeared first on Behaviour Portugal.

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Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

“We’re not mature enough yet.” “Not in the budget.” “Priorities, we’re way too busy right now.” “People can work from home – we’re good.” Many companies have seemingly valid reasons to delay or defer setting up a Business Continuity Program. There are always more pressing issues.

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Disaster Preparedness

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Meeting Points. It's hard to believe I wrote a brief post about this over ten years ago - Have a Designated Meeting Place For Your Family. Today, I'd like to expand on this a bit more. Odds are when a disaster or other unexpected event occurs you are likely to be at work. Your spouse or significant other will also be at work and your kids, they'll probably be at school.

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 22, 2019

I am the founding editor of the International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction (IJDRR), which began publishing in August 2012 with just four papers. Seven years later, the submission rate is equivalent to about 1,500 manuscripts per year (although the rejection rate is over 80 per cent). Two years ago, the journal published its first issue to contain 100 papers.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Crisis management professionals are invited to attend a unique international emergency management conference to be held at the Bluepoint Conference Centre in Brussels, Belgium on February 19-20, 2020. And it's free to attend!

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

It could be as innocent as a construction crew accidentally cutting through an underground stone wall that holds back a river. Or as sinister as a terrorist bombing of a skyscraper. Or as sudden as an earthquake. Or as devastating as a hurricane. The reality is that any business that relies on information technology, which includes most businesses, needs a disaster-recovery plan.

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Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 14, 2019

BCM Trends for 2020! Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic. Reading Time: 4 minutes. Readers Note: This article was originally published in December of 2019 and before unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020. The Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) recently released its 4th Annual BCM Trends and Predictions Report , which provides predictions for resilience trends in 2019/2020.

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IT Governance BC

OCTOBER 17, 2019

When organisations are seeking ISO 27001 compliance, they rely on auditors to give them good advice. Most of the time they’ll do just that – it’s what they’re paid to do. But as with any profession, some auditors are better than others. How can you tell if your auditor isn’t to be trusted? Keep an eye out for these seven mistakes: 1. They impose their opinions without facts.

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Alert Media

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The post Keep Traveling Employees Safe with Emergency Weather Alerts appeared first on AlertMedia.

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NexusTek

DECEMBER 18, 2019

READ TIME: 3 MIN December 18, 2019 Holiday Office Party Mishap Prevention in Memes Office holiday parties and the celebratory time of year brings joy, laughter, and of course- office party mishaps. From spilling refreshments on keyboards to the hundreds of emails that flood inboxes, we are here to make the best of the holiday season. And lets be honest, sometimes a meme can say more than a paragraph.

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Beyond Resilience

DECEMBER 10, 2019

A wonderful serenity has taken possession of my entire soul, like these sweet mornings of spring which I enjoy with my whole heart. I am alone, and feel the charm of existence in this spot, which was created for the bliss of souls like mine. I am so happy, my dear friend, so absorbed in the exquisite sense of mere tranquil existence, that I neglect my talents.

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Behavior Group

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Threat actors continue to up their game, even as consumers get less forgiving about breaches. Small businesses need a plan of action. Small Business Needs a Cybersecurity Strategy Even as cybercriminals continue to get better at what they do, people are becoming less forgiving toward businesses that fail to protect their data. About 30 percent… Continue reading.

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Oz's Business Continuity Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2019

The last few weeks have been quite busy – and, at times, a teeny bit stressful. I’ve prepared and facilitated four crisis management and business recovery exercises (two of which included actors and journalists and mock TV and radio news […].

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Beaumont Resilience Training

NOVEMBER 28, 2019

We’re currently working on this blog post and it will be live very soon. The post How Can Resilience Training Help You? appeared first on Resilience Training.

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Emergency Planning

JULY 5, 2019

In 1973, when I was a young undergraduate, I was taught the rudiments of the philosophy, theory and methodology of science. In the library of the London School of Economics there was an entire shelf that contained 29 well-thumbed copies of Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Kuhn 1970). This was standard reading on many courses in the social sciences.

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Crisis Response Journal

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

It’s time to add eLearning to your crisis preparedness programme writes Caroline Sapriel of CS and A International, a global risk, crisis and business continuity management consultancy.

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Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

You attend a seminar on contingency planning and hear presentations such as “developing and maintaining your plan”, “testing your plan”, “business impact assessments”, and “lessons learned” from other people’ The post Contingency Planning Cycle appeared first on Disaster Recovery Journal.

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Cloudian

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The need for a lasting storage infrastructure By Neil Stobart, Cloudian Vice President of Global Sales Engineering This post was originally written for HPE TECHnative. The ongoing data deluge is affecting virtually all industries, but perhaps nowhere is this issue having more impact than in healthcare. Due to a combination of factors, the use of. Read More.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Charlie proposes an inventory of information which your organisation should consider to conduct a cyber data risk assessment. This week, I was conducting an exercise for a government organisation. As we have worked with the company for a number of years we decided to go for a slightly different set-up, so this time we used loss-of-data as the scenario.

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