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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Healthcare Under Attack: Building Resilience in the Face of an Aggressive Cyber Threat

MHA Consulting

Healthcare organizations are uniquely vulnerable to hackers and are subject to more than their share of cyberattacks. In today’s post, we’ll look at the measures hospitals and other facilities that care for patients can and should take to improve their resilience in the face of the rising threat. health care system in American history.”

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Supply Chain Continuity: Lessons Learned from the ISG Insolvency

Plan B Consulting

You Outsource the Activity, Not the Risk: A fundamental lesson when managing supply chains is that if your supplier fails, the risk is still yours. This is especially important when an organisation no longer possesses the expertise to carry out the activity internally.

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Interpreting the Pandemic for Decision Making and Action

Emergency Planning

The hero (almost always a man, not a woman, who is invariably his loyal supporter) is a young, fit, active, misunderstood visionary, the only person who can see the truth and is prepared to fight for it. In another model, general vulnerability encapsulates specific vulnerability to disasters. Against all odds, he wins.

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What is DRP (Disaster Recovery Planning) and Why is It Important?

Erwood Group

Some people are mostly thinking about the possibility of ransomware and other forms of cybercriminal activity. Hospitals and other institutions are also being targeted for cybercriminal activity. Hospitals and other institutions are also being targeted for cybercriminal activity.

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Common Misconceptions about Disaster

Emergency Planning

Whereas it is not possible to stop earthquakes, it is possible to construct anti-seismic buildings and to organize human activities in such a way as to minimize the risk of death. Activism is much more common than fatalism (this is the so-called "therapeutic community"). Reality: Survivors rapidly get to work on the clear-up.

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Helping Healthcare Organizations Stay Agile and Protect Data

Pure Storage

This activity is not unexpected. 5 Ways Hospitals and Health Systems Can Uplevel Data Protection and Overall Agility As is the case with all aspects of cybersecurity and data protection, there is no “silver bullet” to keep everything safe from highly focused and motivated attackers. According to the U.S.