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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. “The million lives, affecting 4.2

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What is COBIT? COBIT Explained

BMC

COBIT is one such best practice framework, but its scope is unique from most frameworks in that it focuses narrowly on security, risk management, and governance. Short for Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies, COBIT was first developed to guide IT governance and management. What are the benefits of COBIT?

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Chapter 4 “Lessons from Co-occuring Disasters: COVOID-19 and Eight Hurricanes”by Alessandra Jerolleman, Shirley Laska and Julie Torres is a complimentary review of Louisiana government leaders and emergency managers responses to a set of simultaneous disasters: global pandemic and an “epidemic” of landfalling hurricanes during the 2020 season.

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RIMS Canada Conference Kicks Off with Top Honors for Canadian Risk Professionals

Risk Management Monitor

Stuart Award During her 40-year risk management career, Dowdall has worked for an array of prominent Canadian corporations, including AECON Construction, Tim Hortons, Canada Post, OLG, Brookfield Properties, Cadillac Fairview, as well as the Ontario Ministry of Government Services.

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Data Warrior of the Year: MediaZen

Pure Storage

MediaZen is one of the top companies in the voice recognition field, serving some of the world’s most recognizable automotive brands as well as customers in diverse industries ranging from healthcare and education to transportation and government.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

We have forward-looking actions across government, such as FEMA’s Strategic Plan. This should further inform a larger process for considering a re-look at our whole of government response. Figure 1: Supplemental appropriations by fiscal year, FY 2000–2021. However, rules can be designed to counterbalance these incentives.

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What is COBIT? COBIT Explained

BMC

COBIT is one such best practice framework, but its scope is unique from most frameworks in that it focuses narrowly on security, risk management, and governance. Short for Control Objectives for Information and Related Technologies, COBIT was first developed to guide IT governance and management. What are the benefits of COBIT?

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