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Disaster Risk Reduction is not a Paradigm

Emergency Planning

susceptible t o fads and fashions instead of true paradigms? By contrast, a fad or fashion involves imitation rather than strictly parallel endeavour (a fad is a more pejorative version of a fashion). Fads and fashions are far too imitative to be efficient, effective ways of addressing our problems. Hagerstrand, T.

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More on the Covid-19 Academic Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

A few days ago, I was accused of "putting the careers of trainees and junior faculty at risk" because a member of my editorial team was slow to complete the review process on a paper that had been submitted to the journal I manage. I cleave to the old-fashioned view that publishing should take place to further the sharing of good ideas.

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Ransomware attack: Who ya gonna call, Mike?

Plan B Consulting

A while ago I was the Emergency Planning Manager for a large company, as they had many international travellers, travelling to all parts of the world. Attacks take place over hours and days Attacks and negotiations are conducted in a speedy fashion over hours and days, not weeks and months like during a kidnap negotiation.

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Ransomware attack: Who ya gonna call, Mike?

Plan B Consulting

A while ago I was the Emergency Planning Manager for a large company, as they had many international travellers, travelling to all parts of the world. Attacks and negotiations are conducted in a speedy fashion over hours and days, not weeks and months like during a kidnap negotiation.

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. Threats come in fashions and cyber is the big threat of the moment. So, what do I think incidents are going to look like in 2025?

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Business Continuity 2025 – What Will Future Incidents Look Like?

Plan B Consulting

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. Threats come in fashions and cyber is the big threat of the moment. So, what do I think incidents are going to look like in 2025?