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Herrera Unplugged: How to Hamstring Your BC Consultant

MHA Consulting

Herrera Unplugged is an occasional series in which MHA Consulting CEO Michael Herrera shares his candid views on current hot-button business continuity topics. You might think that a company spending a substantial sum for the advice of a business continuity consultant would do everything it could to make the collaboration a success.

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Article by the Diva in South Korean Newspaper

Recovery Diva

” Claire Rubin, a researcher who works as a disaster prevention consultant in the U.S., “The current state of disaster management is reasonably responsive to common threats, but recent emerging hazards pose significant challenges to current U.S. 26 (local time). preparedness and response efforts,” she said. .

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Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times

MHA Consulting

Related on MHA Consulting: Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment The Need for Threat Intelligence Traditional business continuity methodology leans heavily on the threat and risk assessment or TRA, in which the organization identifies potential threats and ranks them in terms of likelihood and potential impact.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves. Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. BCM consultancy websites. Another excellent DHS website.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S. 223] “Now populations around the globe again face a risk of catastrophic loss generated by human action—put simply, development-induced vulnerability to natural hazard events, including climate change and sea level rise. Hardback 978-`-80073-162-2 $60.00; Ebook 978-1-80073-163-9 $29.95

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S. Cordova gives a fully annotated review of Federal Trust roles and responsibilities to increase capability, continuing self-governance and sovereignty to Indian Country citizens and residents. The chapter is based on the writing of the late Rev.

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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans

Plan B Consulting

Ranging from emergency response plans for a particular hazard onsite, to plans of how an office-based department will move to a work area recovery location or to another office. Release of toxic gas, or a spill that presents an environmental hazard, affecting the public or the environment.