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Nearly two decades after Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast, what policies have changed?

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Read more about some of the key policy developments since Hurricane Katrina made landfall below: Post-Katrina: Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act (2006) – This act fundamentally re-vamped the role of a national emergency management agency, giving FEMA greater flexibility and clearer authority in a post-9/11 environment.

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What Does Good Look Like in the Era of Operational Resilience?

Fusion Risk Management

A notable incident in 2018 involved a significant IT failure at UK bank TSB, prompting detailed reviews by UK regulators. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), Bank of England (BoE), and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) jointly issued stringent regulations to mitigate systemic risks and contain potential crises.

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How SIA’s Counter-UAS Working Group Is Addressing Evolving Drone Threats

Security Industry Association

It’s obvious there are spaces and scenarios where the risk demands establishing no-fly zones and having the ability to mitigate such threats, from protecting the president to large-scale public events and critical infrastructure. Authority to Protect in Jeopardy That’s why in 2018 Congress granted federal agencies like the U.S.

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Counting Costs: The Impact of a Government Shutdown on the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Also, in contrast to the most recent government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days in December 2018 and January 2019 and was only partial, as appropriations had already been agreed to for the U.S. 30 – looming large.

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Managing Emergencies: The Challenges of the Future

Emergency Planning

In some instances, notably the Manchester Arena bombing and the Grenfell Tower fire (both in 2017), the shortcomings have been nothing less than scandalous (Kerslake 2018, Moore-Bick 2019). The bureaucratic approach Emphasis is quite rightly placed on mitigating these impacts and preparing to adapt our lives and livelihoods to climate change.

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Powering Resilience with Critical Event Management

everbridge

McAfee estimates that global cyber-crime losses will exceed £1 trillion in 2022, a 50% increase over 2018. You need to address this from the top management so that you have the help of this authority to prioritise [resilience].”. – These threats have a very real economic impact. IT Risk Domain Expert, Leading French Commodity Firm.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

Expansion of pre-disaster mitigation funding such as through the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program, and new funding for infrastructure resilience embedded in the bi-partisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act are also steps in the right direction. And that is just the federal programs. For all other bills (i.e.