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The 2019 Global Assessment Report (GAR)

Emergency Planning

The GAR uses the 'pressure-and-release' model of Wisner et al, (2004) in an adapted form, consisting of: context. Recommendations for a Post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework to Strengthen the Resilience of Communities to All Hazards. Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities.

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Cybersecurity Awareness Month: The Perfect Time to Implement and Mature Your Cyber Response Strategy

Castellan

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month , and it’s a great time to take a closer look at the cyber resilience components of your business continuity and resilience plans to ensure your organization is on the right path to not just prevent potential cyber events, but to be prepared to respond to the new inevitable—when an incident happens.

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A Proposed Strategy to Advocate for Improved Civil Protection in the United Kingdom

Emergency Planning

One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”. The Civil Contingencies Act of 2004 is of debatable value, as evidenced by the fact that it was in effect abandoned during the Covid-19 pandemic emergency.

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Breakthrough Awards: Ford, our Cloud Champion of the Year

Pure Storage

The task fell to Satish Puranam, who joined Ford in 2004 and oversees global Kubernetes services. . “We With Kubernetes instances spread across multiple data centers in several regions, Ford is now looking to build additional resiliency into its data storage platform. Delivering Peace of Mind.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

Billions will have to be spent on making the country's infrastructure more resilient against this sort of event. In the UK this is the Civil Contingencies Act of November 2004. They are managed by the country's local resilience forums. These are rather ambiguous bodies.

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You Are On Your Own Mate…

Plan B Consulting

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia, which suffered approximately 130,000 deaths, was funded to set up a tsunami early warning system, using buoys to monitor the sea for tsunamis. The tsunami reduced the rest of the town to matchwood.

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You Are On Your Own Mate…

Plan B Consulting

After the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Indonesia, which suffered approximately 130,000 deaths, was funded to set up a tsunami early warning system, using buoys to monitor the sea for tsunamis. The tsunami reduced the rest of the town to matchwood.

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