Bernstein Crisis Management

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Let’s look at the pivotal role planning plays within comprehensive crisis management frameworks, along with some best practices suggested by our firm’s expert consultants. This should include both internal and external threats, ranging from cyber-attacks to natural disasters to reputational risks.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How to Get Strong: Unlocking the Power of Vulnerability Management The Practice of Vulnerability Management Last week, MHA CEO Michael Herrera wrote a blog about vulnerability management , the practice of identifying and mitigating the weaknesses in an organization’s people, processes, and technology.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Agencies help businesses identify potential vulnerabilities and create crisis management plans. While specifics may need to be disguised, good consultants will be able to connect you with people they’ve worked with in the past. Preparation and Prevention: A well-prepared organization can often avoid a crisis altogether.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 27, 2022

In fact, service providers are also vulnerable to vendor … The post What Service Providers Need to Know About Supply Chain Risk Management appeared first on MHA Consulting. Many service providers tune out talk about supply chain risk management since they think the issue only affects manufacturers and retailers.

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Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

A data privacy consultant is a professional responsible for helping organizations develop and implement data privacy policies and procedures. Data Privacy Officer Job Description Key Responsibilities Conduct Data Privacy Audits: Data privacy consultants are responsible for conducting audits of an organization’s data privacy practices.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 18, 2024

Related on MHA Consulting: Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan Everyone reading this blog will know that the business continuity (BC) recovery plan is something organizations create to help them quickly restore their essential operations in the event of an outage, minimizing the impact on the company.

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NexusTek

AUGUST 15, 2023

This can create cyber vulnerabilities due to issues like lack of encryption, substandard authentication processes, or failure to provide timely security updates. Lack of Firmware Updates: As with any technology, IoT devices may have unidentified security vulnerabilities that are only discovered after they are released to the market.

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Security Industry Association

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In this blog from SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board member Pauline Norstrom – founder and CEO of Anekanta Consulting – learn about mitigating artificial intelligence-driven cybersecurity threats to physical security products. Introduction Pauline Norstrom, founder and CEO of Anekanta Consulting, serves on the SIA Cybersecurity Advisory Board.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2023

When BC consultants and risk management professionals discuss the need to assess and mitigate the risks to an organization, it’s these eight areas that we are talking about. For good examples of this type of operational vulnerability, see “ Single Points of Failure: Protecting Yourself from Hanging by a Thread.”)

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Most organizations today are justifiably obsessed with cybersecurity, but many overlook their greatest IT vulnerability: their employees. Related on MHA Consulting: Single Points of Failure: Protecting Yourself from Hanging by a Thread Your Biggest Weakness Everywhere MHA’s consultants go these days, it’s “cyber, cyber, cyber.”

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MHA Consulting

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Our reliance on other countries for supplies and markets—and on lengthy, highly vulnerable global shipping routes—is too high. Geopolitical risk is arguably at the highest level it’s been in 50 years. Here’s what organizations can do to protect themselves.

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 31, 2021

Involve the population through consultation and the development of organised voluntarism. It does not fully understand the vulnerability of the technology (consider, for instance, the effects of long-term loss of electricity) nor what methods should be used to control it. All vulnerability is contextual (see my writings on that).

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Automated Response: AI-powered systems can respond to threats instantaneously, patching vulnerabilities, blocking malicious traffic, and quarantining infected systems. This swiftness is critical in mitigating the impact of attacks, especially zero-day vulnerabilities where traditional patching approaches fall short.

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MHA Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Here are some examples of vulnerabilities that can exist at facilities even after risk mitigation controls have been implemented: The backup power source can provide only a fraction of the power needed to keep critical operations running in the event of an outage.

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NexusTek

JANUARY 17, 2024

Capitalizing on human error and a host of other vulnerabilities, threat actors increasingly exploit weak links in supply chains to gain access to bigger targets up the chain. Risk Assessment: Conducting risk assessments will be instrumental in identifying potential vulnerabilities within your supply chain. But how to accomplish this?

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Erwood Group

MAY 17, 2024

Additional Benefits of Hiring an External Consulting Team for IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Tailored Solutions: Customized Planning: External consultants can provide tailored disaster recovery and business continuity plans that are specifically designed to meet the unique needs of your business.

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Recovery Diva

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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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Bernstein Crisis Management

OCTOBER 1, 2022

In this post we’ll share some tips from our expert crisis management consultants meant to help you lay a strong foundation for your own online reputation management needs. To speak with a Bernstein Crisis Management Consultant today, click here. Automating monitoring efforts saves time and energy.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 6, 2024

As PlanB Consulting are a National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) assured Cyber Incident Exercising provider, we run a lot of exercises and are running a lot of introductions for cyber incident management exercises. The post Cyber Incident Management Exercises – Exercising Beyond the Basics appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: America’s Red Zones: Where Natural Disasters Cluster and What It Means for You The Rise in Extreme Weather There was a time not long ago when weather patterns were stable and each region had a fairly settled risk profile when it came to extreme weather events.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Digitization also makes it much easier to highlight areas of vulnerability or non-compliance with internal and external policies and standards. Do you need consulting support as well as software? Not all software providers offer business continuity consulting, and the quality can be variable. Contact a Castellan advisor today.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2023

To kick start BCI’s Business Continuity Awareness Week, Jamie Lees, Consultant here at PlanB Consulting, writes about todays topic, Cyber Resilience. In a scenario where the attacker can afford to operate quantum computers, but the victim cannot, this presents a significant vulnerability to an organisation’s cyber-security.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 18, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Single Points of Failure: Protecting Yourself from Hanging by a Thread Risk and the Entrepreneur In writing today’s blog, I’m going to switch between my consultant’s hat and my entrepreneur’s hat. Business owners should identify their technology gaps and vulnerabilities.

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everbridge

APRIL 8, 2024

Risk assessment and mitigation: Everbridge provides tools for assessing threats and vulnerabilities, which can be integral to developing and updating an effective workplace violence prevention plan. Request a demo with us today to learn more about how we can help your organization.

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Security Industry Association

MARCH 19, 2024

Predictive Analysis Not only can AI detect unusual activities and potential threats in real time, but analytics can predict security issues by examining historical data and identifying patterns that indicate vulnerabilities. Vulnerability Management AI is used to identify weak points in systems and applications.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

BCM consultancy websites. Many BCM consulting firm sites publish blogs, white papers, and webinars on BC topics that are available free to all comers or in some cases free with registration. However, there is one aspect of doing BCM that is much better and easier than it was when I was getting started 25 years ago.

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Bernstein Crisis Management

MAY 24, 2021

Whether it’s an incident affecting a single location, or a pandemic sweeping the globe, business continuity is increasingly vulnerable to a wide variety of natural and man-made interruptions for which organizations must plan as carefully as they plan for launching any product or service.

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Security Industry Association

MARCH 6, 2023

While there is no one-size-fits-all solution for prioritizing security investments, this session offers a flexible framework that can be tailored to any organization’s industry, size, geographic location, threat environment, vulnerabilities, operational priorities and available financial resources. ” Mark J. Speaker: Mark J.

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Security Industry Association

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

This session will delve into real-world scenarios, harnessing actionable insights to fortify your cloud infrastructure, anticipate vulnerabilities and orchestrate swift, decisive responses to security challenges. And if that happens, it won’t be long until they are walked out the door.”

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: All About BIAs: A Guide to MHA Consulting’s Best BIA Resources The past twenty-five years have seen a lot of changes in the world especially as pertains to business. The past couple of decades have seen huge changes in the world and our field.

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CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

s recent allocation of $18 million for Indigenous engagement is a critical opportunity for communities to increase preparedness through consultation and collaboration and meet new emergency management legislative requirements. In the face of escalating climate-related emergencies, the Province of B.C.’s In alignment with UNDRIP and B.C.’s

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MHA Consulting

JULY 20, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: How GRC Can Help You Gain Real Control Risk Governance Is for Everyone Every organization, regardless of size or industry, should implement a risk governance program to reduce the chances of its being impacted by a crisis. Another issue that might be addressed is whether and when employees must use a VPN.

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Risk Management Monitor

JANUARY 27, 2022

As a result, it is more important than ever for companies to understand their cyber vulnerabilities and exposures so they can ensure they are properly covered. As ransomware continues to spread and payment costs increase, cyber insurance rates have gone up exponentially. One way to do this is through analytics.

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NexusTek

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Penetration testing: This is an authorized, simulated attack on a company’s IT systems, which helps it to identify existing vulnerabilities. Patch management: This practice ensures that any identified vulnerabilities in software are addressed in a timely manner. CONTACT US References: Coble, S. 2021, May 4).

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Online Computers

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

By looking for patterns and clues in historical data, AI can predict potential vulnerabilities and security risks. Contact Online Computers today for a free consultation, and learn how our dedicated team of IT specialists can help you leverage AI to build a stronger, more resilient cybersecurity posture.

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LAN Infotech

JUNE 6, 2023

Dark web scanning involves monitoring the web for any mention of a company’s name, employees, email addresses, or other vulnerable data. Consulting Company: Expert Advice for Cyber Security. Maybe the most valuable IT tool for enhancing cyber security is consulting companies. Call us for a consultation at (954) 717-1990.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 21, 2024

Healthcare organizations are uniquely vulnerable to hackers and are subject to more than their share of cyberattacks. Related on MHA Consulting: Be Ransomware Resilient: Know How to Operate Manually A Healthcare System Under Attack Last month, the U.S. health care system in American history.”

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