2025

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DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 2025

DRI Drive

New York, NY Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its 10th Annual Predictions Report resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year. […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 202

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The First Line of Defense: Customer Service as a Crisis Prevention Tool

Bernstein Crisis Management

The First Line of Defense: Customer Service as a Crisis Prevention Tool By Michelle Sinning, APR In an age where reputations can rise and fall in a single tweet, customer service isnt just about resolving problemsits about preventing a crisis. Too often, companies treat customer service as the final step in the customer journey: a reactive department that kicks in only when something goes wrong.

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OUR CHALLENGE

Emergency Planning

Resilience is an illusion. In saying that I mean no disrespect to resilience officers, whose work is honourable, vital and necessary. However, whether resilience has as its goal to 'bounce back' or to 'bounce forward', it represents a tendency to seek homeostasis, in other words a quest for an eventual stable equilibrium. But in the disasters field we have no equilibrium.

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Why Cybercriminals Are Targeting Your Backups and How to Be Prepared

Solutions Review

Most organizations believe they’re prepared for ransomware attacks with a simple strategy: maintain good backups and use them to restore systems if cybercriminals encrypt their data. However, there’s a dangerous flaw in this approach that many overlook attackers are increasingly targeting backup systems themselves, leaving organizations with no path to recovery.

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Supply Chain Resilience Checklist

Strengthen your operations with the Supply Chain Resilience Checklist. This practical, easy-to-use tool helps your organization prepare for disruptions and ensure long-term continuity in an unpredictable world. Why Download: Identify and assess critical supply chain risks Ask the right questions to evaluate vendor preparedness Implement effective strategies to reduce vulnerabilities Improve communication, transparency, and coordination across your network What You’ll Learn: How to evaluate and m

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What the LA Fires Taught Us About Disaster Recovery

Disaster Zone Podcast

The Los Angeles fires will likely be the costliest natural disaster in our history. While they started as wildfire, they changed into an urban conflagration. Thousands of homes were destroyed along with other building structures, including businesses. In this podcast we’ll look at these impacts fires their destruction from the perspective of a private business that specializes in disaster recovery efforts.

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Healthcare and Crisis Teams Harness PagerDuty to Stay Ready and Resilient by Nisha Kadaba

PagerDuty

PagerDuty.orgs Latest Impact Cohort of Nine Organizations Improves Urgent Health Outcomes Globally For organizations providing vital mental health assistance, safety crisis services and delivering critical humanitarian support when disaster strikes, reliable digital infrastructure is essential. Whether connecting individuals to crisis counselors via text or coordinating face-to-face healthcare support, these digital services must operate seamlessly.

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New Report on How States Can Build Disaster-Ready Budgets

Recovery Diva

New report from PewTrusts: How States Can Build Disaster-Ready Budgets Strategies for reducing fiscal risks in the face of rising costs “Policymakers at every level of government are grappling with the rising costs of storms, floods, wildfires, and other natural disasters and how best to aid affected communities. As disasters have grown in frequency and severity, so too has the strain on public finances and the urgency to update budgeting practices, especially in the states, to help public

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How to Set Up a Secure Isolated Recovery Environment (SIRE)

Pure Storage

How to Set Up a Secure Isolated Recovery Environment (SIRE) by Pure Storage Blog If youve suffered a breach, outage, or attack, theres one thing you should have completed and ready to go: a secure isolated recovery environment (SIRE). This should be set up in advance, tested, and in a ready state to be transitioned into quickly after an event. With these steps completed, your infrastructure will be in place, giving you one less thing to worry about when youre being pressured to get the business

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How Cybercriminals Are Leveraging AI to Build Better Attacks

NexusTek

How Cybercriminals Are Leveraging AI to Build Better Attacks January 23, 2025 Paul Barrett VP, Sales Enablement With decades of experience in the IT and cybersecurity space, Ive had the privilege of guiding midsize businesses through the complexities of an ever-changing technology landscape. In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as both a transformative force for innovation and a potent tool for cybercriminals.

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How to Avoid Pitfalls In Automation: Keep Humans In the Loop

Speaker: Erroll Amacker

Automation is transforming finance but without strong financial oversight it can introduce more risk than reward. From missed discrepancies to strained vendor relationships, accounts payable automation needs a human touch to deliver lasting value. This session is your playbook to get automation right. We’ll explore how to balance speed with control, boost decision-making through human-machine collaboration, and unlock ROI with fewer errors, stronger fraud prevention, and smoother operations.

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The Dark Side Of Chatbots: Who’s Really Listening To Your Conversations?

LAN Infotech

Chatbots like ChatGPT, Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and the recently released DeepSeek have revolutionized how we interact with technology, offering assistance with almost every task imaginable from drafting e-mails and generating content to writing your grocery list while keeping it within your budget. But as these AI-driven tools weave themselves into our daily routines, questions about data privacy and security are becoming harder to ignore.

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DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 2025

DRI Drive

New York, NY Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its 10th Annual Predictions Report resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year. […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 202

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The Joke’s on Whom? Navigating Humor in Crisis Management

Bernstein Crisis Management

The Jokes on Whom? Navigating Humor in Crisis Management By Ella Kate Baker Introduction by Jonathan Bernstein When Ella Baker from The University of AlabamasCollege of Communication and Information Sciences contacted me about being interviewed for this Platform Magazine article, my first response to her was Wow, what a great story angle! I have been interviewed scores of times in my career, and written very extensively, but humor in crisis management has never been a topic!

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Securing Summer Festivals and Public Events: Insights From SIA’s Perimeter Security Subcommittee

Security Industry Association

As warm weather arrives, many people are looking forward to summer festivals and outdoor events coming up this season. Its important for festival and event organizers to keep security top of mind when planning for these events one of the issues that will be addressed at Perimeter PREVENT , the premier perimeter security event, taking place in Washington, D.C., June 18.

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Mastering Remote Onboarding: Proven Strategies for Seamless New Hire Integration

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.

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Why Your Resilience Program Isn’t Working — And What to Do About It

BryghtPath

Your resilience program isn’t working. You had the plans. You ran the trainings. You held the exercises. And when the real crisis hit it still fell apart. Sound familiar? Across dozens of resilience assessments, weve seen this story unfold in organizations of every size and industry. Its not a lack of effort. Its not a … The post Why Your Resilience Program Isnt Working And What to Do About It appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Self-Imposed Barriers to Technology Adoption

Disaster Zone Podcast

Technology is a driving force in public safety today. There are multiple challenges that come with considering which technologies should be adopted and fielded within an organization. Before that can happen, we need to collectively overcome self-imposed barriers to technology adoption, which is the subject of this Disaster Zone Podcast. The podcast guest is Garry Briese who has had a distinguished career in the fire service.

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Considerations for Disaster Recovery – Part 3: Networking

Zerto

In todays hyper-connected digital landscape, downtime is not merely an inconvenienceit is a threat to business survival. From lost revenue to reputational damage, the cost of operational interruptions can be staggering. To navigate these challenges, organizations must adopt a comprehensive disaster recovery (DR) strategy. At the heart of any successful DR plan lies a robust networking infrastructure.

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New Scorecard Measures Gaps In Wildfire Preparedness

Continuity Insights

I n 2023, more than 1,000 wildfires in Alberta, Canada broke records with the size of the area they destroyed — including more than 100 homes — triggering mass evacuations and causing widespread concerns about air quality. Last year’s wildfire season was equally intense, with nearly 1,200 fires, including the Jasper Wildfire Complex, which displaced 25,000 people and destroyed a third of the town.

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Emergency Preparedness: Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise

April is Workplace Violence Prevention Awareness Month. Enhance your organization’s emergency preparedness with our Active Shooter Tabletop Exercise. Download now to strategically plan, prepare, and test your response to active shooter situations. Key Features: Plan, prepare, and test your emergency response strategy. Simulate real-world scenarios to mitigate risks.

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New Book on Recent Large Scale Disasters Now Available

Recovery Diva

The second edition of U.S. Emergency Management in the 21st Century From Disaster to Catastrophe was released in May and is readily available. Note that the Diva is one of the editors. Our understanding of hazards and disasters is rapidly changing, and it is unclear as to whether our existing management systems are adequate to adapt to current and future disasters.

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Pure Storage Partners with CERN openlab to Evaluate the Benefits of Flash for Scientific Research 

Pure Storage

Pure Storage Partners with CERN openlab to Evaluate the Benefits of Flash for Scientific Research by Pure Storage Blog Summary Pure Storage and CERN openlab are working together to research how the European Laboratory for Particle Physics will use flash storage to support future research needs. Pure Storage has announced a partnership with CERN (the European Laboratory for Particle Physics), which aims, through the CERN openlab collaboration, to accelerate the development of cutting-edge ICT sol

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The Latest Microsoft Ignite and I’m Not Mad About It

NexusTek

The Latest Microsoft Ignite and Im Not Mad About It January 10, 2025 JP Pilkin Vice President, Advanced Solutions Group This years event in Chicago was packed with insights on how Microsoft plans to leverage its massive user base, drive AI adoption, address security challenges, and continue leading innovation in the cloud. Here are my top observations: 1.

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Hackers Might Not Ransom You Anymore – They’ll Just Extort You Instead!

LAN Infotech

Think ransomware is your worst nightmare? Think again. Hackers have found a new way to hold your business hostage and it may be even more ruthless than encryption. Its called data extortion , and its changing the rules of the game. Heres how it works: They dont bother encrypting your files anymore. Instead, they just steal your sensitive data and threaten to leak it unless you pay up.

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How to Put Your Business Continuity Plans into Action

During a crisis, successful organizations are led by strong leaders who communicate continuously with all stakeholders and have plans that are flexible enough to allow changes to be made on the fly. What You'll Learn: Understanding the characteristics of actionable business continuity plans. Step-by-step guidance on building robust and adaptable BCPs.

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DRI International Awards ‘Resilient Enterprise’ Designation to ADCMC

DRI Drive

The first accredited emergency center worldwide to receive this DRI accreditation New York, NY February 5, 2025 Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience education and certification, is pleased to announce that The Abu Dhabi Crisis Management Center (ADCMC) has received the DRI accreditation of Resilient Enterprise […] The post DRI International Awards ‘Resilient Enterprise’ Designation to ADCMC appeared first

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Top Architecture Blog Posts of 2024

AWS Disaster Recovery

Well, its been another historic year! Weve watched in awe as the use of real-world generative AI has changed the tech landscape, and while we at the Architecture Blog happily participated, we also made every effort to stay true to our channels original scope, and your readership this last year has proven that decision was the right one. AI/ML carries itself in the top posts this year, but were also happy to see that foundational topics like resiliency and cost optimization are still of great int

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SIA New Member Profile: Zeptive

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Zeptive is a provider of state-of-the-art vape detection and air quality monitoring technology for schools, businesses and public spaces. The company is headquartered in Andover, Massachusetts, and its patented smart safety sensors are designed and built in the United States and sold globally to schools and businesses through its network of distributors, resellers and integrators.

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Digital Platforms: A Brief Introduction

BMC

Throw a rock and you’ll hit an organization undergoing their “digital transformation” nine times out of 10 these days. This is true for good reason. The entire world has been undergoing its own digital transformation over the past few decades as technology has advanced in leaps and bounds. Embracing the digital world is all but mandatory for organizations of all shapes and sizes.

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Next-Level Fraud Prevention: Strategies for Today’s Threat Landscape

Speaker: Sierre Lindgren

Fraud is a battle that every organization must face – it’s no longer a question of “if” but “when.” Every organization is a potential target for fraud, and the finance department is often the bullseye. From cleverly disguised emails to fraudulent payment requests, the tactics of cybercriminals are advancing rapidly. Drawing insights from real-world cases and industry expertise, we’ll explore the vulnerabilities in your processes and how to fortify them effectively.

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Disaster Accountability Project

Disaster Zone Podcast

As this is being written the firestorm in California is continuing. It is not only government that responds to disasters and the needs of disaster survivors and victims. The Disaster Accountability Project was created to help coordinate nongovernmental organizational efforts. To date, the site has more than 900 organizations registered worldwide. Following a stringent review process, organizations are presented with information that displays proximity to a specific crisis, and the range of servi

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Why Cyber Vaults are Essential to a Bulletproof Cyber Resilience Strategy

Zerto

With the help of UserEvidence, we recently surveyed more than 100 Zerto users to learn why they purchased their Zerto solution, whats their approach to cyber resilience, and what they are looking for in a cyber vault. Here are some of our key findings. Why our customers purchased Zerto Zerto combines ransomware resilience , disaster recovery , and multi-cloud mobility into one solution.

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Conducting a Threat Risk Assessment: A Step-by-Step Guide

KingsBridge BCP

The Essential Guide to Conducting a Threat Risk Assessment (TRA) The ability to identify and manage risks is the foundation of any resilient business. In todays fast-paced and unpredictable world, businesses face a wide range of threatsfrom natural disasters to cyberattacks. The question isnt if these threats will occur, but when. Thats why a Threat […] The post Conducting a Threat Risk Assessment: A Step-by-Step Guide appeared first on KingsBridgeBCP.