Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

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Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Emergency Planning

MARCH 16, 2021

The story of Okawa is movingly described in Richard Lloyd Parry's remarkable book Ghosts of the Tsunami: Death and Life in Japan. As I stood beside the shell of the building, local people driving to work would stop and say a prayer at the shrine in memory of the emergency managers who sacrificed their lives for the community.

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Authorization Education Government Activation 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 40

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 40

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book. As business continuity incidents don’t happen that often, most business continuity managers have a limited experience of managing real incidents, so you have to build that learning from the experience of others. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

Business continuity is not a profession you can learn out of a book. As business continuity incidents don’t happen that often, most business continuity managers have a limited experience of managing real incidents, so you have to build that learning from the experience of others. appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Education Emergency Planning Publishing 40

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

Water industry 1995 The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. During the interview, they talked about telemetry. They could log on to the telemetry system and see its status on a laptop, from their van or home.

Vulnerability 40

Vulnerability Internet Malware Emergency Planning 40

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. Remote access to its network by managers and employees. Water industry 1995. During the interview, they talked about telemetry. Hacking not considered an issue.

Vulnerability 40

Vulnerability Internet Business Continuity Malware 40

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week Charlie looks at what lessons we can learn from British Airways’ recent emergency landing at Valencia Airport. One of the problems of being a consultant is that you rarely get the opportunity to actually manage or participate in the response to an incident. The only proactive information seems to be a generic email.

Airlines 52

Airlines Communications Emergency Planning Consulting 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 30, 2019

This week Charlie looks at what lessons we can learn from British Airways’ recent emergency landing at Valencia Airport. One of the problems of being a consultant is that you rarely get the opportunity to actually manage or participate in the response to an incident. The only proactive information seems to be a generic email.

Airlines 52

Airlines Communications Emergency Planning Consulting 52