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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

As severe weather continues to threaten more people and cause greater harm, building resilience against natural hazards and climate threats is paramount: the time for governments and enterprises to act is now. The failure of transportation services amid the extreme cold event pushed authorities to call on military and rescue services.

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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 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard.

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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation

Security Industry Association

Our professional services team provides consulting services to local government agencies, universities and colleges, hospitals and health care systems and private commercial industry clients on business continuity planning, emergency management and public safety technology, governance and operations.

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5 Steps To Developing A Corporate Compliance Program

Reciprocity

More broadly, a corporate compliance program reinforces a company’s commitment to mitigating fraud and misconduct at a sophisticated level, aligning those efforts with the company’s strategic, operational, and financial goals. You must assess the efficacy of your company’s compliance program and identify potential hazards.

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What is Business Continuity?

Erwood Group

It is usually best to have steering committee members made up of upper management teams that oversee the departments that will be involved in the business continuity program so that they add authority and convey the importance of getting the program off the ground and running smoothly. Risk management is important to all businesses.

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Risk Managers: Is Today’s Violence Worse than the 1960’s? Yes, and Why You Should Care (Sorry, Jim and Max)

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

Try wearing a Make America Great hat on today’s campus and you could get hospitalized. Attacks like Ohio State and London Bridge only require impulse and forethought, and are impossible to mitigate and counter. High-profile symbols of authority or opposing views? Why are tactics becoming more effective? Media presence?