MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

Risk can never be eliminated but it can be mitigated. Enterprise Risk Management is the activity of identifying and mitigating the hazards that threaten an organization (definition from Strong Language: The MHA Glossary of Essential Business Continuity Terminology , available for free download with registration).

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Risk Management Management All-Hazards Mitigation 52

everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

The global landscape has experienced an undeniable surge in hazards over the past decade. Natural disasters, pandemics, cybersecurity events, and other crises have wrought devastation on communities worldwide, leading many to question whether the hazard environment is changing for the worse.

Resilience 52

Resilience All-Hazards Hazard Vulnerability 52

Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Risk is inherent to all businesses, regardless of your industry. First, find all the risks that might harm your organization. After identifying hazards and vulnerabilities, consider how they are harmful and the possible outcomes. You are not expected to eliminate all risks since this is impossible.

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All-Hazards Hazard Risk Management Evaluation 52

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Who is authorized to inspect repairs on custom production line equipment? The ESP must address how to document all of this and what is to happen with the results. A requirement for the inspector to evaluate alternate installation methods may provide a means to mitigate hazards or repeated exposures.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Application Manufacturing 52

FS-ISAC

JUNE 30, 2022

Specified goals vary by jurisdiction, but the main aims are to be able to leverage public sector resources in mitigation and attribution, as well as to encourage more robust operational resiliency. Singapore: Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has implemented incident reporting requirements of 14 days.

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Response Plan All-Hazards Hazard Mitigation 52

Erwood Group

MARCH 20, 2023

This person should have the authority to make decisions and communicate with all parties involved. Make sure that all employees are aware of the communication channels and know how to access them. However, a more effective approach is to use an all-hazard style of planning.

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Disaster Recovery All-Hazards Hazard Cybersecurity 52

Reciprocity

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rather than implementing controls as a checkbox activity, risk-driven organizations proactively choose controls that best mitigate their risks. Doing this right is critical because a scope that is too large will increase the project’s time and expense, and a scope that is too narrow may expose your firm to unanticipated hazards.

Audit 52

Audit Accreditation Gap Analysis All-Hazards 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Making a list of all prospective third parties and assessing their risk is the first step in the third-party due diligence procedure. Depending on the situation, the geographical areas a corporation operates in, the third party’s business relationships, and other factors may all be significant.

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Cybersecurity Audit All-Hazards Risk Management 52

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

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.

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Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Reciprocity

DECEMBER 19, 2022

More broadly, a corporate compliance program reinforces a company’s commitment to mitigating fraud and misconduct at a sophisticated level, aligning those efforts with the company’s strategic, operational, and financial goals. Compliance programs are not one-size-fits-all. At worst, you’ll have no program at all.

Audit 52

Audit All-Hazards Gap Analysis Healthcare 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 7, 2024

According to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report, 62 percent of all data breaches happen via third-party vendors. It found that 8,000 cancer patients’ sensitive health information was accessed without authorization. Ongoing third-party risk monitoring gives you continuous insights into the vendor’s cybersecurity program.

Audit 52

Audit Cybersecurity Evaluation Risk Management 52

Erwood Group

JULY 7, 2022

It’s also a question that comes up all the time. I like to keep things simple, so the above is the simplest of all the definitions out there. I’d also recommend having a client-facing business continuity statement on your website that is viewable to all current and potential future clients. What is Business Continuity.

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Business Continuity Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Communications 52

Emergency Planning

OCTOBER 21, 2022

What does all this mean for Britain? The bureaucratic approach Emphasis is quite rightly placed on mitigating these impacts and preparing to adapt our lives and livelihoods to climate change. They lack consistent funding and have little executive authority. So much for the personal reflections. These are rather ambiguous bodies.

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Management Emergency Planning All-Hazards Transportation 231

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

AUGUST 22, 2024

Lessons learned after Katrina led the field to refocus again on an all-hazards and a more whole-community-oriented planning approach. Most significantly, it helped local governments find reliable funding for pre-disaster mitigation. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act of 1988.

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Disaster Preparedness Authorization All-Hazards Mitigation 122

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

MARCH 27, 2025

Flix Francs from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, discussed Valencias flood event with LEAP Moderator, Geneva List , exploring how AI can help bolster disaster preparedness and mitigation in the future. In particular, the disconnect between national and regional authorities hindered swift decision-making.

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Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Hazard Alert 77

everbridge

MAY 13, 2022

As severe weather continues to threaten more people and cause greater harm, building resilience against natural hazards and climate threats is paramount: the time for governments and enterprises to act is now. The failure of transportation services amid the extreme cold event pushed authorities to call on military and rescue services.

Mitigation 64

Mitigation All-Hazards Alert Hazard 64

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

Myth 10: After disaster people will not make rational decisions and will therefore inevitably tend to do the wrong thing unless authority guides them. Myth 17: Unburied dead bodies constitute a health hazard. Reality: Not even advanced decomposition causes a significant health hazard.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Emergency Planning

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

In 2021 a colleague who studies natural hazards wrote to me that "our institute is all but destroyed and colleagues have lost their homes". Each new disaster reveals the shortcomings of hazard mitigation and disaster preparedness. First of all, we need a change in culture towards something more inclusive and more serious.

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All-Hazards Natural Hazard Hazard Disaster Preparedness 130

Alternative Resiliency Services Corp

JUNE 27, 2017

Today’s perpetrators employ black-bloc tactics (synchronized choreographed attacks and dressing alike wearing masks to escape identification) and flash-mobbing (organizing in real time for instantaneous attack and dispersal with mass numbers) which are difficult to mitigate and counter. Why are tactics becoming more effective?

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Risk Management Management Internet All-Hazards 130