Sat.Feb 21, 2015 - Fri.Feb 27, 2015

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The societal challenges of cyberattacks 

Crisis Response Journal

From a consequence management perspective, the effects of a cyberattack on a city or town are chillingly similar to a flooding scenario and could have a significant bearing on individual resilience and community cohesion.

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Defining your RTOs (recovery time objectives)

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie highlights to Business Continuity Managers the importance of Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). Defining the RTOs of your activities, I believe is one of the most critical activities the Business Continuity Manager will carry out. Get them wrong and the whole basis for your business continuity recovery is flawed. Often the RTO can be driven by internal politics and by managers wanting to see their part of the organisation, and hence themselves, to be seen as important rather than

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Pakistan: Unfulfilled promises. Baloch earthquake victims still await help 

Crisis Response Journal

Seventeen months after an earthquake devastated the district of Awaran in Balochistan, promises of reconstruction and assistance appear to have floundered, writes Adnan Aamir.

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CRJ preview: Enhanced situation awareness for complex disasters 

Crisis Response Journal

A system combining the use of a Smart UAV, computer-based analysis and 3-D modeling has been developed by researchers in Salzburg to help first responders and incident commanders at complex disasters.

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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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Can you help this project to document the long-term impact of conflict? 

Crisis Response Journal

A two-year project to document the long-term impact of conflict on communities around the world has been launched by photographer by Giles Duley.

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Defining your RTOs (recovery time objectives)

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie highlights to Business Continuity Managers the importance of Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs). Defining the RTOs of your activities, I believe is one of the most critical activities the Business Continuity Manager will carry out. Get them wrong and the whole basis for your business continuity recovery is flawed. Often the RTO can be driven by internal politics and by managers wanting to see their part of the organisation, and hence themselves, to be seen as important rather than