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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

A view on how to mitigate earthquake damages in Turkey from a civil engineering perspective. Why RC buildings failed in the 2011 Van, Turkey, earthquakes: construction versus design practices. Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities 31(3): Korkmaz, K.A. Earthquake disaster risk assessment and evaluation for Turkey. Ozmen, H.B.

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The Importance of Business Continuity Whitepaper

Erwood Group

The Importance of Business Continuity is an extensive Whitepaper first written in 2009 by our CEO & Principle Managing Consultant – Keith Erwood. It is newly updated with fresh content, new stats and important new information. The Importance of Business Continuity is a great resource. Importance of Business Continuity open.

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The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing 

MHA Consulting

Back then the most common testing scenario was total or partial loss of a DC, a concern that has faded significantly for most organizations in our current era of greater mitigations, improved fire controls, and cloud computing.

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Storage and Data Protection News for the Week of March 15: Updates from VergeIO, Pure Storage, AtData, and More

Solutions Review

Today’s dynamic climate demands a layered approach to security so that, when necessary, businesses can minimize downtime and mitigate potential damage. Pure Storage has been at the forefront of revolutionizing enterprise data storage since its inception in 2009. Read on for more.

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What is a “Grey Rhino” and Should I Be Worried About Them?

Plan B Consulting

I was the same, unprepared – I saw the threat and even talked about some of the preparations and plans I had been involved in for the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, but did very little until Covid. The earlier we mitigate the effects of the Grey Rhino, the less impact they will have. Three weeks later, we were all locked down.

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What is a “Grey Rhino” and Should I Be Worried About Them?

Plan B Consulting

I was the same, unprepared – I saw the threat and even talked about some of the preparations and plans I had been involved in for the H1N1 pandemic in 2009, but did very little until Covid. The earlier we mitigate the effects of the Grey Rhino, the less impact they will have. Three weeks later, we were all locked down.

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‘Countdown to Zero Day’ By Kim Zetter – Book Review

Plan B Consulting

What we should be aware of is that if this attack was built in 2005-2009, how much more sophisticated and capable are the agencies which built this attack now? If we know that this type of attack is possible, we should make sure that we have considered the risk and we have suitable mitigation measures in place.

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