Plan B Consulting

MARCH 8, 2019

When I was the Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, I was called to the mail room to look at a suspicious envelope which had been X-rayed by mail staff, and seemingly contained a needle. Not all things sent in the post are designed to harm, sometimes they are just plain stupid.

Transportation 52

Transportation Marketing Emergency Planning Plan Management 52

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I had the task, as the Emergency Planning Manager, to conduct a debrief of a multi-agency water contamination exercise involving the Local CCDC (doctor responsible for outbreaks in the local area), the Local Authority, a hospital and various people from Anglian Water. A long time ago I was involved in the water industry.

Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning Hospitality Communications Authorization 52

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 5, 2014

I had the task, as the Emergency Planning Manager, to conduct a debrief of a multi-agency water contamination exercise involving the Local CCDC (doctor responsible for outbreaks in the local area), the Local Authority, a hospital and various people from Anglian Water. A long time ago I was involved in the water industry.

Emergency Planning 52

Emergency Planning Hospitality Communications Authorization 52

BryghtPath

AUGUST 6, 2024

The intersection of climate change and hurricane activity has become a focal point for scientific research and policy discussions worldwide. While debates continue over whether climate change directly increases the frequency of Atlantic hurricanes, there is a strong consensus that global warming significantly impacts their behavior and intensity.

Activation 98

Activation Emergency Planning Crisis Management Disaster Recovery 98

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

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. Part of my role was to make sure that we were ready to respond if staff were kidnapped.

Travel 52

Travel Fashion Banking Insurance 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system. This week I share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. This room was set up at Graham’s WaterWorks about 5 miles away from the company’s headquarters.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

With this in mind, I am going to share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. When I first started as an Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water in 1995, one of my first tasks was to put together an incident management room.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

With this in mind, I am going to share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. When I first started as an Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water in 1995, one of my first tasks was to put together an incident management room.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system. This week I share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. This room was set up at Graham’s WaterWorks about 5 miles away from the company’s headquarters.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

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. Part of my role was to make sure that we were ready to respond if staff were kidnapped.

Travel 52

Travel Fashion Banking Insurance 52

Plan B Consulting

MAY 23, 2022

With this in mind, I am going to share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. When I first started as an Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water in 1995, one of my first tasks was to put together an incident management room.

Crisis Management 40

Crisis Management Management Banking Business Continuity 40

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2021

This itself leads to managing an incident over a video conferencing system. This week I share some views on how technology can be used to manage an incident in our brave new hybrid world. This room was set up at Graham’s WaterWorks about 5 miles away from the company’s headquarters.

Crisis Management 40

Crisis Management Management Banking Emergency Planning 40

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

The real problem is that the British emergency planning, management and response system is fragmented and incomplete. Emergency planning, management and response in the UK needs to be welded into a coherent system with the following characteristics. It lacks a national emergency operations centre.

Management 231

Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation 231

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

One of my jobs as Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, as soon as a major incident occurred, was to find staff members to fill all the shifts at the incident room. Secondly if staff work long hours, they may suffer fatigue, make poor decisions and not be actually contributing to the recovery.

Travel 52

Travel Emergency Planning Business Continuity Plan Management 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 23, 2013

One of my jobs as Emergency Planning Manager at Anglian Water, as soon as a major incident occurred, was to find staff members to fill all the shifts at the incident room. Secondly if staff work long hours, they may suffer fatigue, make poor decisions and not be actually contributing to the recovery.

Travel 52

Travel Emergency Planning Business Continuity Plan Management 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

Water industry 1995 The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. During the interview, they talked about telemetry.

Internet 40

Internet Vulnerability Malware Emergency Planning 40

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

The interview for my first job when coming out of the army in 1995, was for the role of Emergency Planning Manager for a water company in the UK. This week I thought I would talk about the vulnerability of water systems to cyber-attacks and some ideas of what, as business continuity professionals, we can do about this.

Internet 40

Internet Vulnerability Business Continuity Malware 40

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Tips and Tools for Managing a NIST Security Plan Managing a NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) security plan requires a structured approach, combining organizational commitment with the right tools and strategies.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Audit Risk Management Vulnerability 40

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Tips and Tools for Managing a NIST Security Plan Managing a NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) security plan requires a structured approach, combining organizational commitment with the right tools and strategies.

Cybersecurity 40

Cybersecurity Audit Risk Management Vulnerability 40

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 14, 2025

As an in-house business continuity manager, Ive always believed there should be a clear distinction between managing crises and incidentswhatever your organisation calls themand addressing day-to-day or longer-term challenges that could affect operations.

Business Continuity 59

Business Continuity Marketing Management Automotive 59

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This list was taken from ‘Ongoing Crisis Communication: Planning, Managing, and Responding’ by W Timothy Coombs. The option of silence and to say nothing is not on Coombs’ list, but instead he focuses on having a response prepared in case a story breaks and a response is needed.

Communications 40

Communications Media Airlines Crisis Management 40

Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

This list was taken from ‘Ongoing Crisis Communication: Planning, Managing, and Responding’ by W Timothy Coombs. The option of silence and to say nothing is not on Coombs’ list, but instead he focuses on having a response prepared in case a story breaks and a response is needed.

Communications 40

Communications Media Airlines Crisis Management 40