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Book Review: Case Studies in Disaster Recovery

Recovery Diva

However, it is also constrained by the community’s resource availability, adaptability, and existing vulnerability among other things. and government (a critique of FEMA disaster assistance programs). Section III covers the topic of planning for recovery.

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Why Crisis Management Planning Should Be On Your To-Do List

Bernstein Crisis Management

In contrast, when Capital One experienced a data breach in 2019, they quickly identified and fixed the vulnerability, clearly communicated what happened and what customers could do, and offered free credit monitoring to affected customers. Their prompt and transparent response helped preserve customer trust and confidence.

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Foresight

Emergency Planning

The cascade is a result of the progression of a shock through different kinds of vulnerability. As an example, consider the impact of the Fukushima Dai’ichi nuclear release in Japan in 2011 on nuclear energy policy in other countries (Wittneben 2012,Kim et al. Conversely, local events can have repercussions around the world.

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

During disasters, distracted, weakened, and vulnerable businesses and individuals are easy targets for cyber criminals. Additionally, the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power grids, communication networks, and transportation systems during times of crisis makes them prime targets for state-sponsored cyberattacks.

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Navigating Data Resilience with Zerto: Insights from the Global CrowdStrike Outage

Zerto

The recent CrowdStrike outage that impacted millions of Microsoft Windows devices worldwide has highlighted vulnerabilities within many companies’ disaster recovery frameworks. Conclusion The recent global outage serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities that exist within many organizations’ disaster recovery processes.

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

Emergency Planning

Most of them are highly vulnerable to seismic forces. Why RC buildings failed in the 2011 Van, Turkey, earthquakes: construction versus design practices. Many, perhaps most, people in Turkey live in multi-storey, multiple occupancy reinforced concrete frame buildings. It is these that collapse.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.