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Testing your Response Plans: What Would Confucius Say?

On Solve

Steve Goldman discusses the importance of testing your business resiliency and related response plans. An exercise of the elements of a Business Resiliency, Crisis Management, Crisis Communications or IT Disaster Recovery (BR/CM/CC/DR) plan is an important aspect of an organization’s emergency preparedness. Dr. Steven B.

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Do Cyber Risks Lurk in Your Business Ecosystem?

NexusTek

Managing Cyber Risk in Your Business Ecosystem To effectively manage cyber risk in our digital world, you need to evaluate not only your own cybersecurity posture but third parties’ as well. Unfortunately, 51% of businesses report that they do not evaluate third-party cyber risk 2.

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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane

everbridge

Hurricanes pose immense risk to the safety of an organization’s people, the continuity of operations, and the connectivity of communications systems. During a hurricane, critical event managers must be able to communicate crucial safety information to the people for which they are responsible. GET IN TOUCH.

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Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectors 

everbridge

Use multi-modal communication strategies Develop a plan to stay in touch with affected individuals before, during, and after a winter storm. This includes utilizing various communication channels such as email, SMS, phone calls, and social media updates to keep everyone informed and safe.

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Ransomware Attacks Leave Businesses Around the World Reeling

LAN Infotech

Since every business is at risk of ransomware attacks, your initial step should be to draft a written response plan in case of a successful ransomware attack. A written plan helps an organization avoid rash decisions and have an organized, calm response. How Can A Company Tackle Ransomware Attack.

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Don’t be left in the dark: Here’s how to create a business continuity plan that works

Online Computers

This entails creating a detailed response plan for each potential risk identified, including the procedures and strategies that need to be put in place to mitigate the impacts of a particular risk. Evaluate your plan after each test to identify areas that need improvement.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

In particular, COVID-19 has had disproportionate effects on low-income communities of color and front-line workers. Within CDPH, the Center for Infectious Diseases Division of Communicable Disease Control develops a Pandemic Influenza Operational Plan, and is the leader on disease surveillance and vaccine management.

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