National Center for Disaster Prepardness

OCTOBER 26, 2023

NCDP has a rich history, from the early preparedness efforts for governmental and non-governmental systems to the complexities of population recovery, the power of community engagement, and the risks of human vulnerability. Below are reflections and commentary from members of the NCDP team. Read also about our beginnings of NCDP.

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LogisManager

MARCH 19, 2024

According to an INTERPOL report , between January and April 2020, there was a significant increase in malicious cyber activities attributed to the pandemic shift to WFH. A risk-based approach to cybersecurity involves several key steps: Risk Identification: Document all potential threats and vulnerabilities.

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LogisManager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The pandemic has disrupted operating models of businesses across the globe. Since the beginning of 2020 – and since the launch of our company in 2006 – LogicManager has been working with our clients to help them pivot and prepare. On top of these unknowns, there were also the uncertainties of the pandemic to account for.

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PagerDuty

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some important lessons. With stay-at-home orders placed on many of these communities throughout 2020 and 2021, young people were experiencing heightened isolation and in need of extra support and assistance. . The power of community, the importance of connection and the joy in giving back.

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LogisManager

MARCH 19, 2024

According to an INTERPOL report , between January and April 2020, there was a significant increase in malicious cyber activities attributed to the pandemic shift to WFH. A risk-based approach to cybersecurity involves several key steps: Risk Identification: Document all potential threats and vulnerabilities.

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Security Industry Association

OCTOBER 14, 2021

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic I started looking for this kind of provider. I saw an opportunity to help security businesses with that and thought, what better time to start a company than a global pandemic? My wife thought I was crazy, but SecureBI was born in June 2020. And what makes your offerings/company unique?

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While this has well been the case for the last several years, it’s certainly ever-more true in our post-pandemic world. As we reflect on lessons learned from our pandemic and multi-event response protocols, we can find many opportunities to improve business continuity practices to further solidify resilience. DOWNLOAD NOW.

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Pure Storage

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

In The AI in Healthcare Leadership Survey 2020 , respondents said improving care is AI’s greatest benefit. And in 2020, as a global pandemic stalled the engines of industry and racial protests raged from coast to coast, more people were glued to the news than ever before. .

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LAN Infotech

MARCH 12, 2021

Very few got the chance to fully prepare themselves, which left them more vulnerable to cyberattacks and data breaches. According to the FBI, daily cybersecurity complaints increased from 1,000 to 4,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. For starters, your existing protocols and training programs were created in a pre-pandemic world.

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OffsiteDataSync

JUNE 29, 2021

The year 2020 changed the way businesses operate for good, because even when it does become safe for employees to return to the office, many will continue working remotely at least part of the time. Chapter One looks at how the pandemic has changed work and created new issues. Changes and Challenges.

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NexusTek

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

With the widespread shift to distributed business models due to the COVID-19 pandemic, investments into digital solutions to support remote workforces increased. IoT, edge computing, and 5G networks support remote services, which grew rapidly in 2020. With the onset of IoT came the birth of Industry 4.0, Yes please! Remote Services.

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everbridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Since 2020, airline travel has declined with thousands of canceled flights and hundreds of grounded planes. In addition to these exacerbated traditional threats, a new series of business challenges have emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. DOWNLOAD WHITE PAPER. The Changing World of Travel.

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Pure Storage

JULY 17, 2023

It’s the first official update to the strategy since 2018, building on the 2020 Ransomware Memo that addressed a slew of high-profile attacks. Development of secure IoT devices Liability for vulnerabilities in software Required compliance of any federal vendors (e.g., It’s a good time to check in on your compliance best practices.

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LAN Infotech

MAY 4, 2021

It’s no wonder cybersecurity investment in 2020 was pegged to grow by 5.6 1 With cyberattacks surging, due to widespread remote work and increased online interactions during the pandemic, it seems likely that this trend will only continue to grow. What are the internal and external security vulnerabilities? billion in value.1

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Security Industry Association

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Since 2020 and the pandemic-induced hybrid workplace, IT and security teams have faced mounting pressure to reevaluate their physical access control. For much of the 2010s, there was a debate about the security of data in the cloud, with questions being raised about potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities. The shift has begun.

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Solutions Review

APRIL 25, 2022

It’s been two-plus years since the global pandemic changed the business landscape forever. And while the pandemic may have steadied a bit, the likelihood of cyber-attacks dying down anytime soon is not even a reality. Alongside these environmental changes came cyber-attacks like we’ve never seen before.

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Castellan

AUGUST 24, 2021

Case in point: More than 37 billion records were exposed through cyber breaches in 2020. Ransomware continues to be a growing focus for attackers and in 2020, there was a 100% increase in ransomware attacks compared to the previous year. For example, global pandemic, remote workforce, and a cyber threat attack.

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Swan Island Network

OCTOBER 30, 2020

October 30, 2020. 2021 is approaching rapidly, though 2020 seems to be lasting an eternity. The COVID-19 pandemic is a stubborn foe and has defied (so far) any kind of “silver bullet” such as the vaccine which finally brought polio under control in the 50s. Uneven pandemic and economic recovery. Pete O'Dell.

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LogisManager

MAY 9, 2023

Instead, they continued investing as they had from 2020-2021, driving through their rearview mirror of asking “Is today like yesterday?” To better understand your risk management program’s vulnerabilities and areas that need improvement, take the Risk Maturity Model Assessment.

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FS-ISAC

JUNE 30, 2022

To minimize disruption from third-party attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, ransomware, and nation-state threats, regulators around the world are implementing landmark incident reporting standards. For example, a public-private exercise in 2007 simulated a pandemic where approximately 40% of the workforce had to go remote.

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IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Back in 2020, most organisations hadn’t planned for a pandemic, for example. While the disruption is ongoing, and your systems are unavailable, does that make you more vulnerable to other incidents? And if so, how? It’s tricky. Having a business continuity plan [BCP] is invaluable, but you can’t foresee every type of event.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 13, 2020

As the world scrambles each week to grapple with the seemingly insurmountable number of positive cases and deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic, public policy is failing some of America’s most vulnerable communities. all of these percentages of positive cases are current as of 5/13/2020). of the population overall, a ratio of 2.13.

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LAN Infotech

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

2020 was a banner year for cybercriminals. The number of phishing emails and social engineering scams that use the COVID-19 pandemic as a topic represents the single largest thematic series of cybercrime attacks ever. The time to both find vulnerabilities on an ongoing basis and respond to events as they occur.

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NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error. 2020, May 13). In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1.

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everbridge

AUGUST 4, 2023

Today, people often require a little bit more assistance than they might have prior to 2020. I would say the biggest lesson of the last few years has been that we need to be agile to respond to so-called unexpected events, be it a viral pandemic, global lockdowns, energy shortages, wars, or natural disasters.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Business leaders today are being pushed toward the rapid adoption of technology, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic – so much so that the term ‘digital transformation’ became a major trend. million in 2020 to $9.23 The total cost increased from an average of $7.13 million in 2021.

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Erwood Group

MARCH 30, 2023

SVB relied heavily on the technology industry, which made it vulnerable to market fluctuations. The bank’s heavy reliance on the tech industry made it vulnerable to market fluctuations. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the tech industry was not immune to the economic fallout. There was a failure of good succession planning.

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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.

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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. Water industry 1995.

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Assurance IT

MAY 25, 2021

If they find a vulnerability in your network, they will attack, no matter what industry you’re in. If we learned anything from recent events in 2020 and 21, it is disaster can strike quick and hard when least expected. A global pandemic is as bad as it can get, when it comes to directly impacting human lives. That’s ruthless!

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LogisManager

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This involves tracking your company’s technological resources, making sure their vulnerabilities are under control and creating policies and procedures that are compliant with today’s evolving regulations. The most timely demonstration of risk management’s ROI is Wimbledon’s pandemic insurance plan.

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Reciprocity

AUGUST 15, 2022

In June 2020, the OCC warned banks about compliance risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic. While it’s easy to assume that a CMS focuses on how your financial institution protects customers and avoids money laundering, market transactions are increasingly digital, using technologies vulnerable to unauthorized access.

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LogisManager

JUNE 24, 2021

trillion in 2020. Much like the economic crash that took place 14 years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic shot up a flare that illuminated new risks and opportunities on the ground. I spoke earlier about how the pandemic has acted like a flare; it’s highlighted new risks and opportunities all around us.

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National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MAY 4, 2020

As the world grapples with the crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are catching sight of an additional public health emergency: domestic violence and child abuse. Rising rates of violence prompt the need for new approaches that not only mitigate the current crisis but also prepare for the widespread repercussions of the pandemic.

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Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

Cyber attackers know organizations of all sizes have made a lot of operational changes because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they’re taking full advantage of them as new cyber attack vectors. In 2020, for example, there were more than 1,000 reported cyber breaches affecting almost 156 million individuals through data exposures.

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everbridge

AUGUST 11, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic increased opportunities for remote work four to five times more than before, according to a report from McKinsey & Co. Although many office-based workers had no choice but to leave their desk jobs and make the move to work from home in early 2020, remote work appears to be here to stay.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 29, 2021

While the pandemic certainly has shone a light on supply chain resilience issues, it’s not a new problem for the industry. That was a similar experience for others during the height of the pandemic in 2020 and into 2021 where container shipping was significantly impacted. The More Supply Chains Change, the Same Issues Pop Up.

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