January, 2016

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What would you say if you only had three minutes? 

Crisis Response Journal

Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children have been displaced or forced to flee into neighbouring countries following the civil war that erupted in South Sudan in December 2013, just two years after it became an independent state.

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New at AlertMedia: Monitoring Services and Mapping Enhancements

Alert Media

We’re excited to announce updated monitoring services. We have improved our ability to deliver a customized, comprehensive approach to monitoring and tracking items that directly impact our customers’ organizations. Our expanded monitoring service includes: A 24/7 monitoring team tracking over 2,000 third-party sources, looking for warnings that could impact your business.

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Culture impacts Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

The importance of culture when impacting Business Continuity This week I have been at a company in the Netherlands teaching the two day BCI Introduction to Business Continuity course. The company, based in The Hague , is a subsidiary of a large Middle Eastern company. During the discussions and exercises I became very aware of how the culture of the company affects its business continuity management system.

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Why you should consider implementing ISO 27001?

Behavior Group

implementing ISO 27001 Many senior executives associate ISO 27001 with IT, but take this out of your mind. ISO 27001 is about information. Is about managing the security risks and threats that can affects integrity, confidentially and availability, and guess what, it is applicable to all organizations. So, why should you consider implementing ISO 27001?

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Comment: ISIS takes a gamble 

Crisis Response Journal

The so-called Islamic State is gambling on both the political and military fronts with its intention to declare a new state, but rather than being the precursor to some major regional crusade, Patrick McIlwee says we will see even more factionalism and in By Patrick McIlwee

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Pakistan: River Indus delta women's saga 

Crisis Response Journal

Sea level rise as a result of climate change is destroying Pakistan's River Indus delta and water scarcity is becoming a major issue in the region.

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Fighting for life: Why drones are infiltrating emergency services 

Crisis Response Journal

Joshua Potts provides an insight into the increasing use of drones within the emergency services, and in critical situations.

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Jakarta bombing teaches us the importance of crisis communication in a digital age 

Crisis Response Journal

Risk Frontiers’ PhD Student, Avianto Amri, is from Jakarta and was there last week doing fieldwork when the terror struck.

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Culture impacts Business Continuity

Plan B Consulting

The importance of culture when impacting Business Continuity. This week I have been at a company in the Netherlands teaching the two day BCI Introduction to Business Continuity course. The company, based in The Hague , is a subsidiary of a large Middle Eastern company. During the discussions and exercises I became very aware of how the culture of the company affects its business continuity management system.

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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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2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges

Plan B Consulting

Happy New Year to all our readers! There have been a number of incidents in the UK over Christmas and New Year which I think points towards changes in the incident landscape and new challenges for business continuity people. I think these changes are going to affect us in 2016 and for several years to come. The incidents continue. As I listened to this morning news an inhabitant of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire was being interviewed on Radio Scotland.

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2016 Incident Landscape: Changes and Challenges

Plan B Consulting

Happy New Year to all our readers! There have been a number of incidents in the UK over Christmas and New Year which I think points towards changes in the incident landscape and new challenges for business continuity people. I think these changes are going to affect us in 2016 and for several years to come. The incidents continue. As I listened to this morning news an inhabitant of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire was being interviewed on Radio Scotland.