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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist

Online Computers

The first step in preparing for a disaster is to assess all the potential risks and hazards to your business, and then prioritize them based on their likelihood of occurring. A recovery manager, who will oversee the process of getting your business back up and running. Secure your backups. Assess the risks.

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10 Disaster Recovery Plan Mistakes to Avoid for Your Business

Erwood Group

Testing is a critical component of any crisis management plan. That’s why it’s essential to have a backup disaster recovery plan in place to ensure that data can be recovered in the event of a disaster. These include cloud disaster recovery solutions and on-premise backup solutions.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

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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September is National Preparedness Month: Is Your Community Ready to Respond to a Severe Weather Event or Emergency?

National Fire Protection Association

Ready, a national public service campaign, has earmarked September as National Preparedness Month and urges those of us tasked with protecting people and property from fire, electrical, and related hazards, to work together, help educate, and empower the public to prepare for, respond to, and mitigate emergencies before they become tragedies.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity is not a data backup. The Managed Services Providers (MSPs) industry has managed to h ij ack the Business Continuit y term , and it became all about data backup. A data backup is only one component of I T D i s a s t e r R e c o v e r y P l a nn i n g , which we address in Section 7.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity is not a data backup. The Managed Services Providers (MSPs) industry has managed to h ij ack the Business Continuit y term , and it became all about data backup. A data backup is only one component of I T D i s a s t e r R e c o v e r y P l a nn i n g , which we address in Section 7.