Risk Management Monitor

JUNE 9, 2023

Outdoor work like construction, sporting events, primary schools, park services and zoos are continuing to pay close attention to the air quality and have suspended outdoor operations accordingly while air quality is at such dangerous levels. Many professional sporting events have been cancelled.

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Business Resilience Decoded

AUGUST 24, 2023

Some key takeaways from this episode include: One of the biggest parts of wildfire preparedness is educating residents and the community about evacuation preparedness, which includes telling people to have their important documents and belongings ready to go as soon as they’re told to evacuate.

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Business Resilience Decoded

JULY 27, 2023

Book Mathews as a speaker Jon Seals, producer Jon Seals is the editor in chief at Disaster Recovery Journal , the leading magazine/event in business continuity. Book Mathews as a speaker Jon Seals, producer Jon Seals is the editor in chief at Disaster Recovery Journal , the leading magazine/event in business continuity.

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Disaster Preparedness Disaster Recovery Crisis Management Sports 36

Online Computers

JUNE 5, 2023

Data backup and disaster recovery By implementing secure backup systems, MSPs make sure you have redundant copies of your critical data in off-site or cloud-based locations that can be quickly restored when needed. Related reading : Is your business ready for any disaster?

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Zerto

JUNE 7, 2022

What are the common events that trigger and lead to a ransomware attack? These types of events happen when an MSP is compromised, and the bad actors use their infrastructure to disseminate and distribute the ransomware to the MSP’s clients. For more best practices and a checklist to follow, check out the Ransomware Readiness 101 Guide.

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Malware Disaster Preparedness Internet Disaster Recovery 85

everbridge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

During a hurricane, critical event managers must be able to communicate crucial safety information to the people for which they are responsible. In addition to hurricane preparedness, critical event managers should ready their business in the case of any severe weather event. GET IN TOUCH.

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Online Computers

AUGUST 19, 2022

Data backup is the process of making copies of data so that they can be used to restore the original files in case of a data loss event. It helps in disaster preparedness. In the event of a disaster, your business must see to it that your people and processes are secured. What is data backup?

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Backup Disaster Preparedness Disaster Recovery Business Continuity 52

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

While Preparedness Month focuses on natural disasters that most likely occur in the months ahead, any event that can cause catastrophe within a community year-round should be included in these plans as well. And while disasters impact all of us when they do occur, underserved regions tend to bear the brunt more than others.

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MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 12, 2023

The current ongoing disruption in long-standing weather patterns means that organizations everywhere are at risk of being struck by punishing natural disasters. Today’s post looks at how companies can ensure they will be resilient in the face of any type of extreme weather event, including fires, floods, and everything in between.

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Disaster Preparedness

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Odds are when a disaster or other unexpected event occurs you are likely to be at work. A major earthquake, wildfire, tornado or other significant event occurs in your area. Your spouse or significant other will also be at work and your kids, they'll probably be at school. Then all of a sudden it happens.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 12, 2021

8 states/territories mention pandemic planning but do not discuss further how the state or agency will be able to mitigate the hazard from the event. The post Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics appeared first on National Center for Disaster Preparedness | NCDP.

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Disaster Preparedness

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Now, here is an extensive list of medications to obtain for your own Disaster Preparedness Supply. NOTE: These and all medications listed are intended for your preparedness stockpile. In the event of a major outbreak, epidemic, or even pandemic supplies may be short and allocated to certain individuals.

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Security Industry Association

JUNE 14, 2021

I’ve had the honor of being the chief security officer for Boeing since 2008, so my list of challenging events is fairly long. The next longest, sustained challenge I have led was our internal response to the Japan earthquake and subsequent nuclear event at Fukushima Daiichi in 2011, where we were engaged for roughly eight weeks.

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Disaster Preparedness Education Security Pandemic 52

Castellan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

While it’s a great time to celebrate all of the hard work business continuity, disaster response, and incident management teams do year round, it’s also a wonderful opportunity to raise awareness throughout your organization about the valuable role these programs play in ensuring operational resilience, which is a big win for everyone.

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Business Continuity Disaster Preparedness Response Plan Resilience 52

MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

IT/DR testing is crucial for enabling organizations to verify that they can recover systems in the event of a disruption. The COVID-19 pandemic led many organizations to suspend their IT/disaster recovery (DR) testing programs, but it is important to keep up with such testing. How to Plan a Mock Disaster Exercise.”

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Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Consulting BCM 87

Disaster Preparedness

MAY 26, 2020

My intention was to hike the roughly 200 miles to my grandparent’s house in the event I had to get out of dodge. Yes, there are events that could happen in which bugging-out would have to happen. In it I put extra cloths, food, fishing line, fishing hooks already tied off with line, a trusty knife and a few other items.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 19, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Risk Assessment: The Best Way to Identify Your Biggest Threats Weird Weather and BCM The past twenty years have seen a dramatic increase in the number of extreme weather events worldwide. This might seem odd but it’s nothing other than the truth.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

In my role leading the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University’s Climate School, as well as through other positions, I have dedicated my career to fostering the impact of disaster research in the fields of policy and practice. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

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Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

IT/DR testing is crucial for enabling organizations to verify that they can recover systems in the event of a disruption. The COVID-19 pandemic led many organizations to suspend their IT/disaster recovery (DR) testing programs, but it is important to keep up with such testing. How to Plan a Mock Disaster Exercise.”

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Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Consulting BCM 78

Risk Management Monitor

DECEMBER 17, 2021

OSHA is reportedly investigating the Amazon warehouse, and Kentucky state regulators are investigating the Mayfield Consumer Products event. Businesses and risk professionals should prepare now for more frequent and intense weather events.

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Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 30, 2021

First, establish a plan that includes clearly defined roles and responsibilities for preventative measures to protect your building, employees or tenants in the event of a hurricane. Another best practice is addressing any damage in a timely manner to avoid any issues that could worsen with time or additional weather events.

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Risk Management Monitor

DECEMBER 3, 2021

An increasingly key theme year over year, resilience is at the root of the latest Excellence in Risk Management India report from Marsh and RIMS—and the RIMS Risk Forum India 2021 virtual event , where the report was officially released today. Registration can be found here: [link].

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Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 9, 2022

In 2020, Aon’s Global Catastrophe Recap identified hail damage in a severe thunderstorm as the driver of one of Canada’s costliest severe weather events on record. Taken together, these decisions can blindside businesses that believe their insurance policies will automatically respond in the event of hail damage.

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Insurance Insurance Disaster Preparedness Management 78

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

Over time, enterprises, institutions, and organizations will face disasters that could temporarily or permanently disrupt their operations. These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. The same goes for the DRP.

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BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 79

Zerto

JANUARY 17, 2023

Check out the IDC whitepaper The State of Ransomware and Disaster Preparedness. Disaster Recovery & Data Protection All-In-One. In the event of an outage due to a ransomware attack completely taking your primary site down, Zerto for Kubernetes helps users fight back by performing a failover live operation.

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Disaster Recovery Failover Application Vulnerability 98

Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Backup and Recovery Robust backup and recovery mechanisms are vital for data integrity and disaster preparedness. DBaaS providers typically offer automated backup solutions, ensuring data can be recovered quickly in case of an unexpected event.

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Erwood Group

JULY 7, 2022

It is disaster preparedness for business. Now that we know that business continuity in its simplest form, is disaster preparedness for business; we need to discuss more how as a business we properly prepare for disasters and disruptions. In major, rapidly changing events it is normal to provide an hourly update.

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Business Continuity Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Communications 52

Risk Management Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

It is essential that organizations have a process in place to assess weaknesses and strengths in their hurricane readiness plan before the next event. What can be improved or implemented to address any unexpected challenges from this event? What went well before, during and after the storm?

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All-Hazards Hazard Insurance Insurance 40

everbridge

DECEMBER 19, 2023

By Eric Boger, VP Risk Intelligence As we approach the end of 2023, it’s vital to reflect on the transformative year in the field of critical event management. Climate Change Impact: Climate change was a significant risk factor, with severe weather events disrupting supply chains and exacerbating geopolitical tensions.

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Management Travel Vulnerability Cybersecurity 59

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

To better prepare an organization for the future, it is important to reflect on events in the past. Such a program must focus on the detailed assessment of key risks to the supply chain and the creation of mitigation strategies that limit their impact on a company’s ability to satisfy its customers. How Did We Get Here?

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Logistics Transportation Capacity Pandemic 45

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

It is also a time for us, particularly in the disaster preparedness community, to reflect on what has changed since 9/11 and what has not. The state of preparedness in the United States is evolving. But we can do more.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

APRIL 9, 2020

In Philadelphia, the city’s response mirrored much of the Trump Administration’s early leisurely tone: authorities downplayed the significance of the threat after the first case was reported on September 17, 1918, and large events weren’t canceled.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

AUGUST 8, 2019

The extreme weather events this week in the Midwest are both alarming and tragic. This is also another, in what seems to be an unending series of outbreaks of extreme weather events. These kinds of weather events are also expected to be exacerbated due to global warming. And extreme events are even harder to predict.

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Disaster Preparedness Vulnerability Insurance Insurance 52

Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

Despite the overall decrease in venture capital and private equity funding events, edge computing players will continue to see investment money pouring in over the course of 2023. There will be edge M&A activity as the technology matures and presents a credible alternative to hyperscale clouds.

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Disaster Preparedness

JULY 1, 2020

The next event that scares me is the use of a HEMP device, Super-EMP, or even a large-scale solar flare causing a geomagnetic storm that impacts our atmosphere. Any of these three events would essentially have the same impact on the United States, which could result in the complete collapse of the electrical grid. How likely is it?

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Disaster Preparedness

JANUARY 4, 2021

In the event of the former happening, I suspect that protests and riots will break out in the usual places and spread further than the riots of the last few years. Only two possible outcomes will occur. First, Trump will be declared the winner and remain in office. This time around they will be far more disruptive and widespread.

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