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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). The scenario for this pandemic (excluding the recovery) was fully formulated over the period 2003-2009.

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

But in our current period of an ever-expanding set of global threats, most organizations would benefit from developing a system for actively monitoring potential threats to their operations and assets. Threats related to natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, heat waves, and pandemics. Human tipsters.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

All you have to do is take the initiative and go get it. Top 10 BCM Resources All that being said, here are my top 10 resources to help you become a ninja-level BCM practitioner: 1. of Homeland Security website has great general information on preparing for disasters. Prepare My Business for an Emergency.

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Corporate Security Predictions and Trends 2021

Swan Island Network

Corporate Security Predictions and Trends 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic is a stubborn foe and has defied (so far) any kind of “silver bullet” such as the vaccine which finally brought polio under control in the 50s. It’s a challenging time for all of us. DOWNLOAD Corporate Security Predictions & Trends 2021 [PDF]. "It

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A higher standard of ‘duty of care’ for business travel

everbridge

A Q&A with Lee O’Sullivan , Everbridge Head of Global Security Operations Countless factors could impact your employees’ well-being while on the road—from severe weather and natural disasters to geopolitical conflicts. In most cases, we would recommend some form of security for a senior executive.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

Security practitioners are racing to meet these standards, which typically require financial firms to notify a government agency within 36 and 72 hours of incident detection. Roles and responsibilities of the incident response team and all other teams involved. T he Shortest Reporting Time frame Yet.