Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2020

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. The scenario was as follows: The pandemic has H2M2 which is a flu pandemic, rather than a COVID type pandemic. UK the “most prepared country”? Wrong type of flu?

Pandemic 40

Pandemic Vulnerability Government Capacity 40

Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2020

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Exercise Cygnus was a command post exercise carried out by NHS England in October 2016 in order to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza pandemic on the United Kingdom.

Pandemic 40

Pandemic Vulnerability Government Capacity 40

Online Computers

MAY 22, 2022

Sadly, city administrators knew about their computer systems’ vulnerabilities but had failed to take action in time. Just two months prior to the attack, an audit found almost 2,000 vulnerabilities in the City of Atlanta’s IT system, the majority of which stemmed from obsolete software and an IT culture of ad hoc processes.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity Hospitality Healthcare 52

Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Gene Yoo : Resecurity was founded in 2016 out of a need for advanced threat intelligence and risk management in the industry. The researchers from Resecurity HUNTER team have identified critical vulnerabilities in software of major IT giants including Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, TP-Link and ASUS. Tell us the story of your company.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Risk Management Mitigation Security 98

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Tierney (2008) provided a functional semantic classification of the size of extreme events (revised by Alexander 2016, p. )

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Disaster Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Before severe winter weather strikes, prepare by developing a COVID-tailored business continuity plan and an emergency preparedness plan that accounts for the variables of the pandemic. Maintenance of your facility, whether it is occupied or vacant, may look a bit different than before the pandemic began. GROUND SNOW.

Capacity 59

Capacity Backup Pandemic Vulnerability 59

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 21, 2021

This week I look at the risk of a cyber-attack and the importance of reviewing your vulnerability to water, wastewater and electricity loss. This week I thought I would talk about the vulnerability of water systems to cyber-attacks and some ideas of what, as business continuity professionals, we can do about this.

Vulnerability 40

Vulnerability Internet Malware Emergency Planning 40