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Interpreting the Pandemic for Decision Making and Action

Emergency Planning

As the Covid-19 pandemic progresses, causing distributed crises in one country after another, it is like watching all I have taught about for the last four decades flash past in a sort of speeded-up film. My primary message was that a pandemic is as much a socio-economic and behavioural problem as a medical and epidemiological one.

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What Is Cyber Extortion? Tips for Securing Your Data

Pure Storage

Data breaches often exploit vulnerabilities in software, weak passwords, or insider threats to gain access to critical systems and exfiltrate data. Sextortion scams surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attackers sending emails claiming to have hacked webcams or email accounts, demanding Bitcoin to delete the alleged footage.

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Crisis Management Explained: A Comprehensive Guide

Bernstein Crisis Management

Key activities in this stage include: Risk analysis: Conducting a comprehensive analysis of the organization’s operations to identify potential threats and assess their probability and potential impact.

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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. Mitigating Risks: Exercises help businesses identify and address vulnerabilities before real-world disruptions occur. Key Steps: Evacuation plans, backup site activation, and communication strategies.

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PagerDuty Dutonians raise $26,000 in Step Challenge for Humanity Matters by AJ Dullard

PagerDuty

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some important lessons. The PagerDuty APJ (Asia Pacific Japan) Team initially partnered with Humanity Matters for a company volunteer activation with PagerDuty.org in February 2021. And as a regularly active team, EMEA was highly motivated to put our best foot forward every day!”

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How Security Leaders Can Better Protect Remote and Field Service Workers

everbridge

The pandemic undeniably accelerated trends towards hybrid and remote work. Q: The pandemic accelerated new work trends. In the past, there were key indicators that would be indicative of people engaged in insider threat activity: logging onto your computer at odd times, working odd hours, etc.

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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"). Myth 35: We are well organised to face a pandemic or CBRN attack.