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Mastering Business Continuity Exercises: Best Practices, Scenarios, and Tools for 2025

BCP Builder

A business continuity exercise is a simulation or activity designed to test an organisations response to potential disruptions. Here are six essential scenarios: Cybersecurity Breach Test your incident response plan by simulating a data breach or ransomware attack. What Is a Business Continuity Exercise?

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

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. Think beyond single scenario planning. Communication and coordination are essential. Those who forget history….

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Inflation, Job Anxiety, and Grievance: A Recipe for Civil Unrest in 2025

Bernstein Crisis Management

According to the Edelman survey, young adults are particularly vulnerable, with 53% endorsing hostile activism as a legitimate tool for change. Disinformation fuels their frustration, creating echo chambers that escalate tensions and polarize communities. Misinformation amplifies these fears, spreading discontent and confusion.

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Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?

Bernstein Crisis Management

Allow me to expand a bit… While most organizations we speak with have some level of emergency planning – basic natural disaster response plans, for example – far fewer are prepared to engage in the communications and operational maneuvering that accompanies a serious threat to reputation.

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Proactively preparing for civil unrest during U.S. elections

everbridge

The importance of proactive planning Civil unrest can disrupt operations, threaten safety, and cause significant financial and reputational damage. A proactive approach to managing these risks involves understanding potential threats, planning responses, and ensuring effective communication channels are in place.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

We had tested our communications. Strategically, plan for new types of risks. In a given week , the ultimate harm to the business or operation was not the active focus of the risk team or response team the week prior. M-23 militia activities were unrelated to the volcano, but ultimately were most disruptive to the project.

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A Checklist for the Loss of People

Plan B Consulting

Create scenario plans for working with reduced staff and how you will deal with this operationally. Communication with your staff for clarity should be strongly considered. Review your supply chain and outsource activities. Do not forget that self-isolating might not be a one-off. Follow government guidance closely.