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Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing

Plan B Consulting

I thought I would discuss some ideas to ensure the integration of emergency response and business continuity, preventing incidents where two different plans are invoked simultaneously, with separate incident management teams trying to handle the same situation, leading to confusion and a poorly implemented response.

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A Schools Cyber Incident Response Checklist

Plan B Consulting

In last week’s bulletin, I wrote about ‘Business Continuity Planning in Schools’. Have you got the skills to produce communications and deal with the media and social media in-house or do you need to identify a PR company who can assist you? Have your plans been exercised?

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What are the benefits of tabletop exercises for organisations looking to improve their risk posture?

SRM

That’s where business continuity planning comes in. Tabletop exercises are an important part of developing and testing any business continuity plan. Employers and employees alike can walk through a multitude of example scenarios in order to get business continuity plans off the written page and make them more tangible.

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The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources    

MHA Consulting

The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. Companies need to be capable of communicating during crises they might face with the media and their internal and external stakeholders. This is more true than ever in the age of internet news and social media.

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7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events

everbridge

Much of the discussion on and organization’s state of readiness for critical events focuses on the capabilities and planning of the enterprise. Emergency response planning is crucial, but even the most robust plan can’t cover all situations. This is where the leadership skills of emergency managers come into play.

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PR: how a well-managed data breach can help limit the impact on your reputation

SRM

We can have meticulous Incident Response plans in place but if we can’t communicate effectively with the press we leave the interpretation of facts in the hands of journalists and editors whose motivation is not to reassure but to create attention-grabbing headlines. The same applies to bloggers and social media reporters.

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Cyberrisk Management Tips for Businesses Amid the Russia-Ukraine War

Risk Management Monitor

For example, given the tragic events and breaking developments around the conflict, many may be glued to news or social media. Unfortunately malicious actors are known to take advantage of such situations by posting phishing links on social media with alleged news updates or email scams that purport to collect charity donations.