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The United Kingdom's National Risk Register - 2023 Edition

Emergency Planning

Print 0 46 false false false EN-GB X-NONE AR-SA At the time of writing this, the UK Government has just released the 2023 edition of the National Risk Register (NRR, HM Government 2023). This document was first published in 2008 and has been updated (somewhat irregularly) at roughly two-year intervals. HM Government 2022.

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Interpreting Covid-19 as a Disaster

Emergency Planning

The role of emergency planning. The scenario for a major pandemic was developed over the period 2003-2009 and was first incorporated into emergency plans close to the start of this period. Since the start of Covid-19 we have seen the failure of emergency planning, which is an indication of failure to provide foresight.

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Covid-19 and the Disaster Research Gold Rush

Emergency Planning

In 2015 Gaillard and Gomez published an interesting paper on the "disaster research gold rush". A positive side of the urge to publish is the desire to contribute to the debate before it lapses because attention is diverted to other issues. As I write, the Covid-19 pandemic is ramping up in many countries.

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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Emergency Planning

million people were displaced from their homes, but the earthquake destroyed more than people and their homes: it dealt a near fatal blow to government. of monetary relief went to the Haitian Government, and yet that is exactly where responsibility for public services and safety lay. Haiti has long had a shortage of all three.

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What Is Cyber-Espionage and What Can You Do About It?

Pure Storage

States and governments have enlisted hacktivists as their own national “cyber espionage” task forces, funding attackers and handing them sophisticated technology “weapons.” If history is any indicator, entire governments could be destabilized. Most of these attacks targeted government agencies and think tanks in the United States.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves. Many BCM consulting firm sites publish blogs, white papers, and webinars on BC topics that are available free to all comers or in some cases free with registration. BCM consultancy websites. Collectively these are an exceptional resource.

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The SEPA Cyber Attack a Case Study

Plan B Consulting

Over the last four weeks, I have been publishing a running commentary on their response here. ” moment, SEPA has done the whole of the Scottish Government sector a favour by not paying the ransom. They say that data stolen from the Scottish government agency has been published online. We’ll just set aboot ye.”