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How to Create an Emergency Response Plan

MHA Consulting

Due to the rise in work-from-home, the last few years have seen a serious degradation in organizations’ emergency planning and response capability. In today’s post, we’ll look at why it’s important to have a solid emergency response plan and explain how to create one. Keep your plan simple.

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Did Your Emergency Response Team Survive the Pandemic?

FEI

This coordinated response not only allowed for planning discussions to occur but also for team members to provide quick check-ins on their stress. When the COVID-19 pandemic was initially identified as a crisis, our emergency and incident response teams were functioning in their usual brick-and-mortal locations.

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Post-Pandemic Business Continuity Recovery Strategies

FEI

It wasn’t just small business that took a major hit during the pandemic. Here are a few tips to keep in mind when developing your own business continuity plan: Have training documents prepared. Develop a plan for data backup. And continue to test your emergency response plan. Prepare for your recovery.

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7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events

everbridge

Much of the discussion on and organization’s state of readiness for critical events focuses on the capabilities and planning of the enterprise. Emergency response planning is crucial, but even the most robust plan can’t cover all situations. Instead, emergency response leaders will need to turn to plan B.

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Make Rapid-Fire Reporting Standards Work for You

FS-ISAC

But the recent directive by India’s Computer Emergency Response Team, known as CERT-IN, made headlines around the world for its requirement that firms disclose cyber incidents within just six hours. There are several steps financial institutions can take to improve response time and ensure readiness when a crisis strikes.

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Ensuring Operational Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Events

Fusion Risk Management

These events – whether civil or political unrest, trade disputes, economic sanctions, pandemics, or natural disasters – can have far-reaching implications on an organization’s employees, business operations, vendors and supply chain, and customers.

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Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja 

MHA Consulting

Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more. Prepare My Business for an Emergency. Another excellent DHS website. If possible, get the fire department to tour your facilities.

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