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

Emergency Planning

At a lesser scale, sabotage, targeted assassination, cyber attacks and political interference through social media are increasingly capable of causing runaway chains of adverse consequences. Wales has developed three regional emergency response coordination centres, but the rest of the UK is not following suit. The local level.

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Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?

Bernstein Crisis Management

As someone who’s seen it first-hand many times, I’ll guarantee those with prior planning and preparedness spend less money, lose less customers, generate less negative media coverage, and generally get back to ‘business as usual’ much more quickly than those without. What’s putting reputations at risk.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

In 2020, some confusion arises from the fact that much of the planning refers to influenza, whereas the SARS category of diseases is not strictly a 'flu virus, but most of the planning principles are exactly the same, so this is mainly a labelling issue.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

from a range of sources including threat intelligence feeds, IT system intelligence, public safety information, weather status and forecast, social media information, and in the case of a physical threat, data from the location of the threat. As you audit your emergency plans, you are likely to have identified areas for improvement.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Myth 16: The mass media create an accurate picture of the disasters on which they report. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises.

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The SEPA Cyber Attack a Case Study

Plan B Consulting

Attacks on English local authorities, such as Hackney, I believe have not been paid, but the consequence of this is that three months later they still do not have all their systems back online. Social media has been used to promote the good work SEPA does and to try a portray it is business as usual.

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The SEPA Cyber Attack a Case Study

Plan B Consulting

Attacks on English local authorities, such as Hackney, I believe have not been paid, but the consequence of this is that three months later they still do not have all their systems back online. Social media has been used to promote the good work SEPA does and to try a portray it is business as usual.