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Nine budget friendly ways to prepare your home BEFORE the winter season

Disaster Safety

The technician should change out any air filters, ensure the system can achieve its manufacturer-rated efficiency, and check that exhaust gases are being ventilated properly. Service your generator in case of power outages . Check your insurance coverage and create an inventory . Prevent ice dams and leaks .

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Getting Started with Enterprise Risk Management

MHA Consulting

It helps organizations reduce risk, outages, impacts, and costs, such as insurance costs. The Telltale Signs of Good and Bad Risk Management When I visit a client’s facility, whether it’s an office, manufacturing plant, data center, or something else, I can tell quickly whether they manage risk well or not.

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An Introduction to FFIEC: BCM’s Gold Standard

MHA Consulting

However, companies that need to be able to demonstrate a high level of recovery capability and competency—and where outages of even a couple of hours have the potential to cause serious impacts to the organization’s revenue, reputation, and stakeholders—would likely benefit greatly from learning about FFIEC and trying to meet its requirements.

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Who Are Ransomware Attackers and What Are They After?

Pure Storage

They do their research, they know what data you have (and what data you want to protect), they know who your customers are, and they even know where you purchase your security insurance. State and local governments, police departments, and companies that deal in healthcare, education, and manufacturing have some of the most high-value data.

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What to do to your business before and after winter weather strikes

Disaster Safety

In case of a power outage, use your generator. Portable generators should never be run unattended and should be checked periodically (review manufacturer recommendations). A garage or docking bay may not provide enough ventilation. Use extreme caution when determining where to operate the generator. Permanent Generator.

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Protecting Your Business From Interruption: The Value of Business Continuity Management

Castellan

Identify likely causes of failure and protections against failure Some causes of failure are pervasive across every critical activity, such as natural disasters or power outages. This frequently resides under the CFO with a Director, such as Director of Risk Management or Insurance. Customer Demands?

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Tips for Managing Third-Party Risk in Health Care

Reciprocity

The pain is felt by the healthcare organization when a vendor has an outage because of ransomware or another cybersecurity intrusion. One such attempt by defenders is the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) , a law formulated to help protect patient data and secure healthcare organizations.