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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

trillion in global economic losses,” according to a report conducted by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR). Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. million lives, affecting 4.2

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

Emergency Planning

Increasing dependency on critical infrastructure makes the country ever more vulnerable to proliferating technological failure, whether it is caused by cyber attack, sabotage or natural forces. A regional tier to coordinate local civil protection activities, with strategically placed regional emergency operations centres. Ohara and H.

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Five Top Sessions for Security & Public Safety Practitioners at ISC East

Security Industry Association

14-16 in New York City, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) and ISC East recently revealed full conference details for the SIA Education@ISC East program , including keynote presentations from top luminaries and over 40 sessions from top industry expert speakers on the most current business trends, technologies and industry developments.

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Disasters: Knowledge and Information in the New Age of Anomie

Emergency Planning

In the last decade there has been a massive and utterly profound change in the way that modern, technological channels of information dissemination are used. Any attempt to relate the current anomie to disaster risk reduction (DRR) must take account of the 'egg hypothesis'. The result, negative as it is, can be seen in Figure 1.

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SIA New Member Profile: Paratus Consultants Group

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Paratus Consultants Group is a full-service safety and security, risk reduction, mitigation and emergency preparedness consulting firm. This helps to reduce the overall risk for the client. They get not only a security assessment, but a safety and operations assessment as well.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Try a Dose of Risk Management As a business continuity professional, I tip my hat to any organization that makes a serious effort to reduce its risks. Unfortunately, many companies do not get their money’s worth when it comes to implementing risk mitigation controls.

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

It encompasses a holistic approach, safeguarding an organization’s people, processes, facilities, technology, vendors, and communications. These programs include regular reviews, updates, and exercises which are critical for improvement and performance when plans are activated.