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A brief critique of UK emergency arrangements in the light of the Covid-19 crisis

Emergency Planning

The current system for managing major incidents and disasters in the United Kingdom was devised after the Broadwater Farm, Tottenham, riots of 1986 and reflects a preoccupation with public order. The lineaments of the system reflect military practice. In the world as a whole, there has been a gradual process of demilitarisation of emergency response.

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Disaster Recovery Plan vs. Business Continuity Plan: Is There a Difference?

Diligent

Disaster recovery and business continuity are two terms often used interchangeably – but doing so risks missing some of the key differences between the two strategies. To debunk the disaster recovery plan vs. business continuity plan debate, we look at: What each means. Where the two are similar. How they differ. Why they are often confused. Whether your organization needs both.

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How the Pandemic Created a Paradigm Shift in Business Resilience

Talkingpoint

The COVID-19 global pandemic wrought havoc on many American businesses, but some adapted to it better than others. Many of those that weathered the shutdowns best had an IT infrastructure that allowed them to support a work from home policy or were able to adapt their […]. The post How the Pandemic Created a Paradigm Shift in Business Resilience appeared first on TierPoint.

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Most with in-house security teams are considering outsourcing security efforts

Behavior Group

Syntax surveyed 500 IT decision-makers in the US on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their businesses and strategic decisions they’ll make in 2021. security teams, outsourcing, security 2020 was a year of unexpected and rapid digital transformation for IT leaders across industries. 89% of respondents report that the pandemic accelerated their enterprises’ digital… Continue reading.

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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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How to Build a Stronger Safety Culture: Q&A with Scott Gerard of Moss Construction

Alert Media

The post How to Build a Stronger Safety Culture: Q&A with Scott Gerard of Moss Construction appeared first on AlertMedia.

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Lessons From The Texas Blackout

Business Continuity Today

You may have heard that Texas has been impacted by one of the largest blackouts in the United States. What are some of the lessons that we have learned from this event? Can this be prevented in the future? Is Climate Change to blame? Is your organization ready for any type of hazard that can come it's way? Links The Business Continuity Show Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link] YouTube - [link] Awards:[link] Sister Shows EM Student Web - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] L

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Elevating Risk Management

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 63: Diego Palacios of FM Global Contact Diego Palacios at: [link] Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Episode 63: Diego Palacios of FM Global Contact Diego Palacios at: [link] Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link]

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So You Got A Bad Review. Now What?

Bernstein Crisis Management

When your rating drops on review sites, it’s time for a quick crisis management response. While sometimes it’s tempting to think of crisis management solely in terms of celebrity misbehavior, CEO apologies, and glitzy trial cases, those aren’t exactly everyday situations for most. And, while a few bad reviews won’t make headlines, they can do a lot more damage than you may expect.

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Cloud with Confidence: Infrastructure abstraction for always-on applications in Microsoft Azure

VOX Veritas

A hybrid cloud strategy is a great way to reduce costs and increase flexibility—and getting there doesn’t have to be the biggest project since digging the Panama Canal. With Azure and InfoScale, you get cost-effective platform independence with consistent high availability, disaster recovery, and performance. InfoScale can orchestrate the availability of multiple, multi-vendor, multi-tier applications across physical, virtual and cloud-based platforms.

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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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Lessons From The Texas Blackout

Business Continuity Today

You may have heard that Texas has been impacted by one of the largest blackouts in the United States. What are some of the lessons that we have learned from this event? Can this be prevented in the future? Is Climate Change to blame? Is your organization ready for any type of hazard that can come it's way? Links The Business Continuity Show Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] LinkedIn - [link] YouTube - [link] Awards:[link] Sister Shows EM Student Web - [link] Twitter - [link] Facebook - [link] L

Hazard 40
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Elevating Risk Management

Business Resilience Decoded

Episode 63: Diego Palacios of FM Global Contact Diego Palacios at: [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] Episode 63: Diego Palacios of FM Global Contact Diego Palacios at: [link]. Business Resilience Decoded: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link].

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10 aspects of a perfect agile squad

IBM Business Resiliency

A well-established agile squad works in harmony to relentlessly iterate and generate high-value outcomes. They maintain a steady pace and deliver high-quality, quantifiable results that align with your business strategy. As I’ve learned working within an IBM Garage team, you need the right team structure—a mixture of personalities, talent and skills with a singular shared-growth mindset—for a squad to achieve this level of efficiency.