Disaster Recovery Journal
OCTOBER 23, 2020
What a ridiculous title â?? â??The Queen of Doom.â?? But that was my unofficial designation when I worked for the largest insurance broker in the world some 20 odd years ago. My peers and direct reports gave it to me. I realize it must have seemed that way to them at the time. Then 9/11 occurred. My former boss died in that disaster. Our company lost 300 employees that day.
The Failover Plan Podcast
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Episode Summary We're revisiting the episode that started it all! It remains our number 1 downloaded episode because it contains SO many tips on creating BCM engagement, its worth a re-listen. We talk with Scott Baldwin , a BCM program leader who has started several programs in Silicon Valley (Netflix, Ebay, Charles Schwab, Symantec) in his career. Scott has found some unique way to keep things fresh.
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Emergency Planning
OCTOBER 23, 2020
Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Although the virological, medical and epidemiological problems are obviously very complex, medical scientists - and politicians - should not be making risk management and logistical decisions if they do not have the expertise.
Norita Omar
OCTOBER 20, 2020
The beginning of the year has been hard for all of us. Plans were thrown out of the window and 2020 planners weren’t used as things get more uncertain each day. You might think that what’s the point of planning for next year when things are still uncertain like this year. However, do not let this demotivate you to not start planning at all, for next year.
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!
Scott R. Davis
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Pennsylvania residents are unprotected against modern data breaches. Over the last fourteen years much has changed with technology. The first Apple iPhone was released in 2007, Ransomware became a common word in 2011, and Microsoft Windows 10 was released in 2015. The one thing that hasn’t changed since 2006, is you guessed it, Pennsylvania’s Breach of Personal Information Notification Act.
Continuity Professional Pulse brings together the best content for business continuity professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Erwood Group
OCTOBER 27, 2020
How Business Continuity Provides Value to A Business. There are many ways in which Business Continuity can provide a business with tremendous value. Not just during an activation of the plan itself, which may keep the business from suffering substantial losses, but even during times of normal business operations. How? You ask! The first and most obvious to many is that business continuity planning helps organizations obtain reduced premiums on insurance.
The Failover Plan Podcast
OCTOBER 12, 2020
Episode Summary: For young professionals in the business continuity field, developing a personal brand might sound challenging. So on this week’s episode, we’re going to talk with someone who developed a personal brand within our field and explore just how they did it. . This week, we talk with Luke Bird, FBCI CRISC. Since his career began, he developed his personal brand within Business Continuity by writing and networking with many other international professionals.
CCEM Strategies
OCTOBER 1, 2020
When disaster strikes, having a plan in place to protect your workforce is an essential part of your business continuity plan. More often than not, planning and executing an emergency drill takes a backseat among other priorities, but with the frequency of natural disasters on the rise, preparing your organization for an emergency is of utmost importance.
Behavior Group
OCTOBER 27, 2020
Email attacks have moved past standard phishing and become more targeted over the years. In this article, I will focus on email impersonation attacks, outline why they are dangerous, and provide some tips to help individuals and organizations reduce their risk exposure to impersonation attacks. What are email impersonation attacks? Email impersonation attacks are malicious… Continue reading.
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.
FEI
OCTOBER 14, 2020
September was Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. This past Saturday, we observed World Mental Health Day. Both events seek to raise awareness of mental health and mobilize efforts of support. With everyday stresses now intensified by COVID-19, it’s important to promote suicide prevention awareness, especially among essential caregivers. This includes emergency room physicians, nurses, mental health professionals, emergency services workers, first responders, home-health aids and people providin
Swan Island Network
OCTOBER 1, 2020
10 Reasons You Need A Situational Awareness Program Now. Pete O'Dell. October 1, 2020. Share on facebook. Share on linkedin. Share on twitter. Share on email. 1. Gain time for prevention and mitigation. Seconds and minutes can count in emergency situations. Active monitoring and a consolidated situational capability can give you a jump start on saving lives, property, and reputation.
Erwood Group
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Throughout the course of my career spanning over 25 plus years, I’ve witnessed many planners and organizations getting stuck during their continuity planning. This happens for a variety of reasons including how you manage the overall program. Here are some important ways on how to get ‘unstuck’ in your contingency planning. The BIA phase is one of the most common phases that organizations and planners get hung up on and end up being ‘stuck’ in without making progress and moving on to the strateg
The Failover Plan Podcast
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Business Continuity can sometimes be a lonely road. Though the work seemingly touches all parts of the business, you’re oftentimes focused on a parallel track of activity that isn’t normally top of mind with your business partners. So what can you do to change this? . This week on the podcast, we’re going to be talking about the idea of embedding your program into other parts of the business to cultivate partnerships and demonstrate value long before an incident.
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.
CCEM Strategies
OCTOBER 7, 2020
After witnessing the devastating effects of the April 2016 earthquakes in Ecuador and Japan, it’s increasingly difficult to deny the importance of planning and preparing for earthquakes. According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada , over 60% of British Columbians live in a region where some of the largest earthquakes in the world occur. And, if you’re located in coastal areas, your chances of being affected increase.
Behavior Group
OCTOBER 21, 2020
IT managers at organizations hit by ransomware are nearly three-times as likely to feel “significantly behind” when it comes to understanding cyber-threats. According to new research from Sophos, organizations “are never the same after being hit by ransomware” and a third (35%) of victims reported that recruiting and retaining skilled IT security professionals was their… Continue reading.
Alert Media
OCTOBER 28, 2020
The post Rethinking Disruptive Events: Is It Urgent or an Emergency? appeared first on AlertMedia.
VOX Veritas
OCTOBER 27, 2020
See how InfoScale SmartTier dynamic storage tiering capabilities can automatically move data based on access patterns to less expensive storage devices, transparently and without downtime.
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
Plan B Consulting
OCTOBER 29, 2020
This week I discuss the possible benefits of paying a cyber ransom and whether this is illegal. Legality I thought this week I would do a bit of research on a subject that has intrigued me for a while, which is the legality of paying cyber ransoms. In news articles about firms who have been a victim of ransomware, there is often speculation that they have paid the ransom but there is little hard evidence as organisations, on the whole, do not want to admit they have paid either company or public
Business Continuity Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
BCPs are like an organization’s parachute. They work to carry an organization to safety and diminish further loss and damage in the event of a crisis. But if a BCP is insufficiently maintained, haphazardly developed, difficult to interpret, and not easily accessible to personnel, your organization may crash. The Business Continuity Show Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link] YouTube - [link] Sister Shows EM Weekly Website - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link
CCEM Strategies
OCTOBER 5, 2020
Coastal towns are a popular tourist destination due to the picture-perfect views and stunning fiery sunsets over the ocean. Poseidon, the great Olympian god of the sea, rivers, floods and earthquakes, highlights the need to be prepared. After all, there are certain consequences faced when operating a business within the vicinity of such beauty and you never know when the earth may start to shake or the water and waves will rise.
Behavior Group
OCTOBER 12, 2020
The ongoing global pandemic that has led to massive levels of remote work and an increased use of hybrid IT systems is leading to greater insecurity and risk exposure for enterprises. security incidents According to new data released by Cybersecurity Insiders, 72% of organizations experienced an increase in endpoint and IoT security incidents in the… Continue reading.
Alert Media
OCTOBER 30, 2020
The post How to Choose the Right Emergency Communication Software [Webinar Recap] appeared first on AlertMedia.
The Business Continuity Podcast
OCTOBER 13, 2020
In the second episode on Managing the crisis we’re talking about Crisis leadership. What makes a good leader, how to run the crisis and how to get better at it. In the second episode on Managing the crisis we’re talking about Crisis leadership. What makes a good leader, how to run the crisis and how to get better at it.
Plan B Consulting
OCTOBER 29, 2020
This week I discuss the possible benefits of paying a cyber ransom and whether this is illegal. Legality. I thought this week I would do a bit of research on a subject that has intrigued me for a while, which is the legality of paying cyber ransoms. In news articles about firms who have been a victim of ransomware, there is often speculation that they have paid the ransom but there is little hard evidence as organisations, on the whole, do not want to admit they have paid either company or publi
Business Continuity Today
OCTOBER 27, 2020
BCPs are like an organization’s parachute. They work to carry an organization to safety and diminish further loss and damage in the event of a crisis. But if a BCP is insufficiently maintained, haphazardly developed, difficult to interpret, and not easily accessible to personnel, your organization may crash. The Business Continuity Show Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link] YouTube - [link] Sister Shows EM Weekly Website - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link
CCEM Strategies
OCTOBER 1, 2020
When disaster strikes, having a plan in place to protect your workforce is an essential part of your business continuity plan. More often than not, planning and executing an emergency drill takes a backseat among other priorities, but with the frequency of natural disasters on the rise, preparing your organization for an emergency is of utmost importance.
Behavior Group
OCTOBER 7, 2020
Cybercriminals love a crisis. As most of the workforce continues operating remotely, it’s imperative that businesses secure network connections to protect their customers, employees and assets from those taking advantage of the pandemic. ways to stop cybercriminals, remote workers Security leaders must evaluate how to keep employees productive and provide them access to company resources… Continue reading.
Alert Media
OCTOBER 8, 2020
The post Understanding the Impact of California AB 685 on Emergency Communication appeared first on AlertMedia.
VOX Veritas
OCTOBER 13, 2020
Everyone knows you need to protect your data. It’s become a truism of our times. But, the thing is, there’s no intrinsic value in data alone. Unless you can index, search, or analyze it, it’s just passive information. This is why the apps, services, and other components you use to interrogate and act on your data are so important.
The Business Continuity Podcast
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Over the next two episodes, we’re looking at Managing the crisis. Who is the right person to lead your crisis response? The BC Manager or the CEO? Over the next two episodes, we’re looking at Managing the crisis. Who is the right person to lead your crisis response? The BC Manager or the CEO?
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