Plan B Consulting

JULY 9, 2021

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the debate around the definition of crisis management and what he thinks crisis management should cover. This book states that crisis management should only be used for unprecedented or extraordinary events. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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FEI

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

In early 2019, FEI’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) involved a room that had been identified specifically for emergency or incident response teams to report to if a crisis occurred. When activated, the room was filled with people addressing an incident with urgency and purpose. The COVID-19 pandemic did not ascribe to this.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2020

Following the spread of Coronavirus throughout China and surrounding countries, Charlie introduces the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime and why you should develop one. I want to introduce the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime (POR), explain what it is and why I suggest that you develop one.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2020

Following the spread of Coronavirus throughout China and surrounding countries, Charlie introduces the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime and why you should develop one. I want to introduce the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime (POR), explain what it is and why I suggest that you develop one.

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The Failover Plan Podcast

AUGUST 10, 2020

His responsibilities encompass Emergency Management, Business Continuity and Enterprise Risk. . The last few months he has been heavily involved with a historic pandemic response at Texas Children’s which involved a 140+ day activation of their incident command system. Key Points: 0:28min- James’ background. Links: LinkedIn .

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

While the warmer months of the year signal a time when we can indulge in vacations, beach days, and outdoor activities, the summer and fall are also when hurricanes, thunderstorms, wildfires, and other potential natural disasters make their impressive mark across many areas of the United States, often disrupting the rhythm of our daily lives.

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everbridge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

An integrated critical event management (CEM) platform can help crisis management teams successfully communicate with their people during a severe weather event. A unified critical event management platform can automate emergency notifications and communications, while centralizing all event activity.

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National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

While the warmer months of the year signal a time when we can indulge in vacations, beach days, and outdoor activities, the summer and fall are also when hurricanes, thunderstorms, wildfires, and other potential natural disasters make their impressive mark across many areas of the United States, often disrupting the rhythm of our daily lives.

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Castellan

JUNE 2, 2021

Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, the U.S. While other industries around the globe struggled to adapt—and many experienced unprecedented job losses—business continuity managed to thrive and grow. We even saw two weeks in the height of the pandemic reach 75 new job postings. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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Risk Management Monitor

APRIL 8, 2022

Bush recently sat down for an interview on the RIMScast podcast , discussing how the pandemic has redefined satisfaction in the workplace and the critical steps that risk professionals can take to increase equity and happiness in their organization. COVD has changed that. How do you view resilience? MB: We all have tough days.

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Castellan

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

While in part due to successful data breaches that expose vast numbers of records, the Gartner report indicates some of this has been driven by the pandemic where many organizations realized their traditional business continuity management programs couldn’t support managing a large-scale disruption. Why is This Important?

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 24, 2022

Pandemics, droughts, floods, school shootings, political turmoil, war. Yet now is not the time to … The post Using Crisis Microsimulations to Counter Crisis Fatigue and Boost Resilience appeared first on Bryghtpath. Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of us are stuck in a riptide of never-ending crises?

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FEI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As one of many emergency response teams providing support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have just passed the six-month marker since we first activated to support our company and our stakeholders. On February 25, 2020, the CDC indicated that COVID-19 was moving toward pandemic status. The first 30 days—a 5K.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

I learned so much from mine when I was starting out, especially in terms of doing mock disaster exercises and crisis management. I urge every BC office to reach out to its local emergency management offices before something goes wrong. Most states, counties, and large cities have these offices.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In line with last week’s bulletin, ‘Is the response to COVID-19 a business continuity issue’ I have stopped thinking about our response to the existing pandemic and have moved my thoughts to the impact of COVID-19 on the future of business continuity. Darn…WFM The pandemic has completely blown a hole in planning for loss of building.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

In line with last week’s bulletin, ‘Is the response to COVID-19 a business continuity issue’ I have stopped thinking about our response to the existing pandemic and have moved my thoughts to the impact of COVID-19 on the future of business continuity. The pandemic has completely blown a hole in planning for loss of building.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 12, 2023

Creating an Emergency Response Plan Every organization needs to develop, implement, communicate, and test an emergency response plan to protect its employees in the event of an emergency such as a fire, flood, tornado, structural collapse, or active shooter incident. OSHA will expect no less.

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On Solve

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

An exercise of the elements of a Business Resiliency, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications or IT Disaster Recovery (BR/CM/CC/DR) plan is an important aspect of an organization’s emergency preparedness. Drills and exercises are one of the few activities where falling down is actually a good thing. True, of course.

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Fusion Risk Management

MAY 12, 2022

Pandemics were on national risk registers and scenario exercised with national agencies in the UK and US just a couple of years prior; Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, setting itself up to be able to effectively target a resource rich Ukraine; and in borrowing so much during lockdown, we couldn’t avoid a state of rising inflation this year.

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Castellan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

According to the 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report , there are the top five events that led to business continuity response and recovery plan initiation in 2020: Pandemic/disease: 79% Power outages: 49% Hurricanes: 38% Fire/wildfires: 35% Cyber-attacks: 29%. What is This Year’s National Preparedness Month Theme?

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

What will the new normal look like following the Coronavirus Pandemic? I have included two videos below: A webinar on how to return to business following this pandemic. Our generational changes, however, are the ones we pay attention to, and this pandemic will be one of those generational moments.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

What will the new normal look like following the Coronavirus Pandemic? I have included two videos below: A webinar on how to return to business following this pandemic. Our generational changes, however, are the ones we pay attention to, and this pandemic will be one of those generational moments. A pandemic was expected.

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Risk Management Monitor

MARCH 4, 2022

Cyberrisk has also drawn considerable concern and the threat landscape continues to evolve rapidly, though the details of increased cyberattack activity are not yet fully known and may be largely unfolding below the surface right now.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 18, 2021

26:16 – Rescue 911 and crisis management. And it’s my opinion that this pandemic that we’re in the United States, at least we’re coming out of is a rehearsal for the things that are, that are coming our way. You’ve talked about again, you’re so active doing so many things.

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Castellan

JUNE 15, 2021

BC Management recently released its 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report in partnership with Witt O’Brien’s. While business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience teams tackled the pandemic and other business disruptors throughout the year, many did so with small teams.

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everbridge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

And overlaying each severe weather event was the pandemic, which forced start-and-stop closures and compulsory work-from-home orders. Yet first responders, cybersecurity experts, emergency managers, and others in crisis management must remain vigilant. The Pandemic Continues to Play a Role.

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Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Instructions about how to use the plan end-to-end, from activation to de-activation phases. References to Crisis Management and Emergency Response plans.

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Castellan

MARCH 7, 2022

As we’ve seen a range of disruptions—types, length, and complexity—since the pandemic began in 2020, we must shift focus to planning for the “when.”. Resilient organization’s also need a keen understanding of which plans should be activated and when, overcoming common obstacle that prevent many organizations from being crisis ready.

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Castellan

APRIL 6, 2022

From a business continuity perspective, this forces organizations, many of whom were already struggling with pandemic-related shortages and other supply issues, to think about temporarily or permanently replacing those suppliers.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Business leaders today are being pushed toward the rapid adoption of technology, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic – so much so that the term ‘digital transformation’ became a major trend. Implementing systemic resilience for streamlined incident response and crisis management.

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Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

While these issues may have been the fuel, it is certainly the COVID-19 pandemic that was the spark for the current challenges facing the supply chain, as the pandemic affected the global supply chain in many ways.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 5, 2020

Before the Pandemic of 2020, we all knew that remote work is a viable option for many organizations. Due to the Pandemic impacts of business shutdowns in early March (here in Canada), many organizations were forced to flip the virtual switch. The sad fact is that it took a global pandemic to change many C-suite perceptions. .

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans. We have recovery plans for specific incident scenarios, such as loss of premises, loss of IT and a pandemic. These recovery plans are tied to the particular risk to the organisation.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans. We have recovery plans for specific incident scenarios, such as loss of premises, loss of IT and a pandemic. These recovery plans are tied to the particular risk to the organisation.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. This is why Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a program and not a project.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. This is why Business Continuity Management (BCM) is a program and not a project.

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