Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

At a lesser scale, sabotage, targeted assassination, cyber attacks and political interference through social media are increasingly capable of causing runaway chains of adverse consequences. One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”.

All-Hazards 130

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 130

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 16: The mass media create an accurate picture of the disasters on which they report. Reality: There is a pervasive tendency for the media to exaggerate and distort disaster-related information. The fact that disaster happens can be used in a positive way to increase resilience against future impacts.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

everbridge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Disaster risk is becoming systemic with one event overlapping and influencing another in ways that are testing our resilience to the limit,” Mizutori said. So, how can public and private sectors cultivate climate change resilience? WATCH NOW: ENTERPRISE RESILIENCE DURING A SEVERE WEATHER CRISIS.

Resilience 142

Resilience Risk Reduction Management Command Center 142

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) has been running this past week to raise awareness about the new hybrid work environment and how organisations need to rethink the way they embed, validate, and raise awareness amongst their staff of Business Continuity Plans. This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system.

Crisis Management 40

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 40

Emergency Planning

AUGUST 20, 2021

Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. As they lend a sense of immediacy and connection, social media have strengthened that relationship, and never more than in times of disaster. The intervening years have produced conflicting signals. On the other hand, it has also provided a ready channel for assistance.

Vulnerability 174

Vulnerability All-Hazards Risk Reduction Government 174