March, 2022

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Will the Russia-Ukraine War Cause Global Food Shortages? It’s Complicated

DRI Drive

As the invasion of Ukraine continues, agricultural supply disruptions are impacting harvests and global fertilizer production are causing spikes in food prices, transportation and more. But can other countries provide relief? Russia and Ukraine account for roughly 30% of global wheat exports, and Russia is the top fertilizer exporter worldwide. Both countries have suspended exports […].

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

1. Preamble 1.1 The purpose of this charter is to specify the responsibilities of the state and citizens in the field of resilience against disasters, crises and major public emergencies and incidents. 1.2 The future of humanity will involve very significant challenges in order to create and maintain resilience. Climate change will increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme meteorological events.

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Shell’s Apology For Purchasing Russian Oil During Ukraine Crisis

Bernstein Crisis Management

When the people speak, corporations listen. Shell has joined a long list of companies being forced by public pressure into crisis management over not taking the hint to back out of business ventures with Russia as the invasion of Ukraine escalated. Thought it didn’t violate any official Western sanctions, Shell’s March 4 purchase of 100,000 metric tons of flagship Urals crude from Russia (at a reported record discount) did not go unnoticed by consumers, politicians, and influencers,

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Provide Input to FEMA

Recovery Diva

FEMA Seeks Feedback on Draft of Emergency Management Guide for Senior Officials. FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinar sessions to provide an overview of the draft Local Elected and Appointed Officials Guide and to gather feedback from whole community partners.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Bringing clarity to your Business Continuity exercise 

Crisis Response Journal

Andy Marshall says that in planning an exercise, people often tend to confuse what they are trying to achieve.

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Ukraine Invasion: An Emerging Risk Landscape to Manage

DRI Drive

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is increasingly impacting multiple aspects of business risk, creating new concerns that need to be managed – specifically in four key areas. These risks, identified by Gartner in its quarterly gathering of emerging risks, include: Talent: In addition to managing the health and safety of employees directly affected by the war, […].

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Security Industry Association Reveals the 2022 Women in Security Forum Power 100 List

Security Industry Association

This new annual program showcases 100 women who are role models, leaders, innovators and influencers in the global security industry. SILVER SPRING, Md. – The Security Industry Association (SIA) has revealed the inaugural honoree list for the SIA Women in Security Forum Power 100. New in 2022, this initiative presented by the SIA Women in Security Forum honors 100 women in the security industry each year who are role models for actively advancing diversity, inclusion, innovation and leadership i

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Why the BBC World Service's New Ukrainian Shortwave Service Matters

The Rand Blog

Despite its age, shortwave remains an enduring tool in the global fight against disinformation. It can travel vast transcontinental and transoceanic distances, cannot be hacked, and is notoriously difficult to jam. Perhaps it's time for the United States to consider whether it should follow the BBC's lead in restarting shortwave services to Ukraine and southeastern Russia.

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Another Version of Major WashPost Review of FEMA

Recovery Diva

Special report from WashPost: FEMA’s disasters. The Post spent a year chronicling how the Federal Emergency Management Agency is struggling in its increasingly urgent mission to help America’s disaster survivors in the age of climate change and stark inequality.

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Environmental consequences of war 

Crisis Response Journal

Serhii Ivianuta reports on the current destruction of the ecological balance and growing threats to environmental security caused by conflict in Ukraine

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Workplace Flexibility Trumps a Promotion

Disaster Zone

The new equation is “life/work balance” and not the other way around.

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Read the March 2022 Crisis Response Journal – Special Subscription Offer for DRI Professionals

DRI Drive

The March issue of Crisis Response Journal is available to download in our library! This month’s edition features an article from DRI President Chloe Demrovsky on lessons learned from the pandemic, and why the temptation to draw a line under it may be a mistake. DRI has partnered with CRJ to offer DRI Certified Professionals […]. The post Read the March 2022 Crisis Response Journal – Special Subscription Offer for DRI Professionals appeared first on DRI Drive.

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How Security Leaders Can Better Protect Remote and Field Service Workers

everbridge

The pandemic undeniably accelerated trends towards hybrid and remote work. While these methods of working offer flexibility to employees, they also mean additional security challenges for Chief Security Officers (CSOs) and their teams. Today’s security professionals must help their organizations fulfill their duty of care by safeguarding remote employees and field service workers (as well as those traveling on business) against emerging digital and physical threats ranging from ransomware to sev

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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What the Media Might Have Missed About South Korea's Elections

The Rand Blog

The toxicity of the anti-feminist discourse in South Korea does not accurately reflect the gender-related tensions and problems that most Koreans currently face. The obstacles to improving gender equity are more mundane and more ubiquitous than the hyperbole of anti-feminism suggests.

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FEMA Announces New Cost Share Adjustment

Recovery Diva

FEMA Announces 90/10 cost Share Adjustment. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell announced on March 18 that additional disaster funding is available to all states, tribal nations and territories with Presidential major disaster and emergency declarations occurring in 2020 and 2021. On March 15, President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. signed “H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022” into law, which granted a minimum 90% federal cost share for any emergency or major disaster declaration declared

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Learning from stories

arunpraka shray

Last weekend I was studying an article about the power of “Bragging about your teams” rather than “bragging about yourself” based on a conversation on a recent animation movie on Disney Hotstar: Raya and the Last Dragon. The movie has been a personal favourite since its launch because of the effortless storytelling & a solid proof of Remote work can create amazing results.

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L.A. Pandemic After Action Report Reveals Challenges in Managing the Response

Disaster Zone

It sounds like a “cleaned-up” version will be forthcoming.

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Supply Chain Tops the List of Risks Keeping CFOs Up at Night

DRI Drive

A recent survey of CFOs found that while data breaches and COVID-19 are business concerns to worry about, supply chain disruptions have them beat. The survey, first published in CFO Dive, asked 600 finance leaders to rank the business risks they prioritize the most. The top responses: Supply chain disruption – 84% Talent shortage – […]. The post Supply Chain Tops the List of Risks Keeping CFOs Up at Night appeared first on DRI Drive.

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A Look Back at the First Season of Business, Interrupted

Castellan

Business resilience professionals have learned a lot during the pandemic, especially that when it comes to day-to-day operations, we’re no longer defined by the old ways of “business as usual.” In fact, the concept of business as usual is challenged daily, and will likely continue for the foreseeable future. In the season one finale of Castellan’s podcast, “ Business, Interrupted ,” Castellan’s CSO Brian Zawada and Cheyene Marling , managing director of BC Management , share some of their favori

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Complex—but Promising—Prospects as Finland and Sweden Mull NATO Membership

The Rand Blog

After decades of military neutrality between NATO and Russia, recent events saw a potential sea-change in how Finland and Sweden consider their role with the NATO alliance. NATO leadership could start planning now so that if Sweden and Finland make the jump to joining the alliance, they can be welcomed in quickly.

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Two Reports on Building a More Resilient Health Care System

Recovery Diva

From HSToday: Preparing for the Next Pandemic: Building a More Resilient U.S. Healthcare System. The COVID-19 crisis taught us that we rely too heavily on foreign countries for medical supplies and pharmaceutical components. From HSDL: Ready or Not: Public Health and Emergency Preparedness. The Trust for America’s Health has released its latest report in an annual series on public health emergency preparedness in America: Ready or Not 2022: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disaster

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How to Put CISA’s “Shields Up” Recommendations Into Action 

Pure Storage

The events unfolding overseas are unsettling on a number of fronts—including the first salvos, which took place in the data center, not on the battlefield. While there are currently no specific or credible cyber threats to organizations in the U.S., attacks on data centers hit close to home for all of us no matter where we are in the world. The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has just released guidance for all organizations to adopt heightened postures to cybersecurity

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Realtime Situational Awareness’

Disaster Zone

Measuring earthquake impacts to buildings in real time.

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DRI International Welcomes Roberto Zegarra as Director of Product Development

DRI Drive

DRI is pleased to announce Roberto (Rob) Zegarra, MBCP, CCRP, is joining our leadership as Director of Product Development! “I am honored to become part of an organization that strives for a more resilient world,” said Zegarra. “Such a noble cause is necessary to build stronger organizations, industries and communities. It’s a dream job for […].

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Cyber resilience is hard: Soft skills to making it a success

Acronis

Cyber resilience is hard: Soft skills to making it a success Businesses around the world face a growing threat of cyberattacks. Between 2020 and 2021, there was a 125% increase in cyberattacks, and more than 200 million records were breached in 2021. Small businesses are particularly vulnerable to cybercrime. A breach costs businesses $200,000 on average, with 60% of those going out of business within six months of the incide.

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Is Putin Irrational? What Nuclear Strategic Theory Says About Deterrence of Potentially Irrational Opponents

The Rand Blog

Increasingly isolated and desperate, Putin might try to suddenly escalate the Ukraine conflict rather than back down in the face of international opposition. The United States and its allies must account for the possibility that even in the face of credible deterrent threats Putin might double down and lash out.

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Five Considerations for Choosing Self-Managed Automation vs. SaaS Automation by Greg Chase

PagerDuty

Sometimes heritage is better than new. Some people favor Coca-Cola Classic over New Coke, and heirloom tomatoes over regular tomatoes. Some Luddites might say the same thing about cloud computing. “I won’t put my (app/data) in the cloud! It will be more (secure | reliable | cheaper) if I run it myself in my own data center.”. All kidding aside, there are legitimate reasons why you might choose the self-managed version of PagerDuty® Process Automation On Prem —previously known as Rundeck Enterpr

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FlashBlade: Storage for Modern, Data-centric Organizations

Pure Storage

The amount of unstructured data continues to grow rapidly as machines generate information at unprecedented rates. Organizations that learn how to efficiently leverage this data and power their modern applications will stay ahead of the competition. But to do that, they need a robust storage solution that can enable them to achieve better business outcomes from their data and gain a competitive advantage in this modern age.

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Alert and Warning Collaborative TA Workshop

Disaster Zone

Don't screw up a warning. It is a very public mistake.

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WHO Highlights Remote Work Risks to Watch Out For

DRI Drive

For many organizations, the pandemic sent employees out of the office and into remote work situations. And while the shift certainly cut down on some risks, it opened up a whole new world of potential health and safety issues for resilience professionals to address. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) […].

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Building Occupants - Should they stay, or should they go?

National Fire Protection Association

At the first indication there may be an emergency, many argue the best course of action is to evacuate all the occupants immediately, however, as buildings increase in size and complexity this question, like emergencies themselves, is challenging, and the best course of action is not straight forward. Thus, it is important to pre-plan an evacuation strategy prior to an emergency occurring.

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