National Center for Disaster Prepardness

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

Recently, the exploration of artificial intelligence (AI) offers possibilities for enhancing the efficiency and speed of damage assessments, affording a shift toward more technologically integrated approaches in disaster management.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 14, 2024

In today’s post, we’ll take a look at how organizations can get started using Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) to reduce their exposure and improve their resilience. ERM is all about reducing. It helps organizations reduce risk, outages, impacts, and costs, such as insurance costs. It all comes down to details.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 4, 2022

Although people often use the words “assess” and “analyze” interchangeably, the terms are not synonymous in risk management. A risk assessment forms the backbone of your overall risk management plan. A risk assessment evaluates all the potential risks to your organization’s ability to do business.

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everbridge

MARCH 6, 2023

According to research conducted by Verdantix , “more than half of organizations have less than $1 million to respond to catastrophic events, and 41% of participants stated that they had no budget at all for catastrophic events” (Navigating Climate Threats and Proactive Mechanisms to Achieve Business Climate Resilience, November 2022).

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CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 7, 2020

According to the Insurance Bureau of Canada , over 60% of British Columbians live in a region where some of the largest earthquakes in the world occur. Here are a few things to consider when preparing for earthquakes in your emergency management and business continuity plans: 1. What can you do to mitigate hazards?

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Reciprocity

MARCH 28, 2022

Enterprise risk management is critical for business success. The reactions to risk include: Acceptance or toleration of a risk; Prevention or termination of a risk; Passing or sharing the risk via insurance, joint venture, or another arrangement; Mitigating or reducing the risk by internal control procedures or other risk-prevention measures.

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Reciprocity

AUGUST 18, 2022

Enterprise risk management (ERM) is critical for success in the modern business landscape. Your ERM program should encompass all aspects of risk management and response in all business processes, including cybersecurity, finance, human resources, risk management audit , privacy, compliance, and natural disasters.

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Reciprocity

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Risk is inherent to all businesses, regardless of your industry. So the foundation of any successful risk management program is a thorough risk assessment – which can take many forms depending on what methodology best suits your needs. First, find all the risks that might harm your organization. Determining potential damage.

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eBRP

JANUARY 14, 2025

To build an Adaptive, Resilient Enterprise , organizations must move beyond conventional Business Continuity Management (BCM) approaches. Traditional BCM is often limited to tactical response plans, perceived simply as insurance policies that rarely spark high-level executive engagement.

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CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Flooding is one of the most common, pervasive, and costliest natural hazards in Canada , with a history of causing major disasters. Recovering from flooding can be challenging, particularly as insurance coverage may be limited, extraordinarily costly, or unavailable depending on the type of flooding (i.e.,

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National Fire Protection Association

AUGUST 3, 2022

As president of an organization that has worked tirelessly over the last 20 years on ways to reduce loss of life and property from wildfire, this latest news only reinforces NFPA’s strong conviction that more decisive policy action must be taken on all levels if we want to reduce losses from these events.

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everbridge

JULY 18, 2024

While OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) “does not have a specific standard that covers working in cold environments, employers have a responsibility to provide workers with employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards, including winter weather-related hazards.”

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Erwood Group

JULY 12, 2022

Maybe you were asked by your manager or a business owner to create a business continuity plan for the business or department. For small businesses, it is common to have just one all-encompassing plan. Insurance Contact Information. Crisis Management Levels. Key Contact Information. Internal Contacts. External contacts.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 4, 2022

Hence cybersecurity risk management is crucial to prevent and mitigate cyber threats. To combat those threats, businesses need to develop digital risk management. More specifically, within digital risk management are the active measures that businesses can take to protect their assets: digital risk protection. Third-Party Risk.

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Reciprocity

AUGUST 24, 2022

The various niches of risk management have become a veritable alphabet soup of acronyms. As such risks proliferate and evolve, so do the ways to manage them. As a result, we now have: Enterprise risk management (ERM). Governance, risk management, and compliance (GRC). Integrated risk management (IRM).

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Risk Management Monitor

JULY 26, 2022

Controlling business costs is top-of-mind for organizations of all sizes and can take many forms, from moving the business to a less expensive building in a more economical part of town to cutting advertising costs. During their time together, the veteran employee can discuss safety concerns and identify potential hazards.

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everbridge

AUGUST 4, 2023

What are the ways in which you meet specific requirements for protecting business travelers, including security training and preparation, kidnap and ransom insurance, and evacuation protocols? We pull all this information together and provide a recommendation on the appropriate level of security for that individual.

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Risk Management Monitor

JUNE 9, 2023

Over 400 fires have caused roughly 10 million acres of burn damage so far, and have blanketed a wide swath of North America in smoke, creating orange skies and toxic levels of air pollution for communities all the way from Canada to the Southeastern United States. There are fires in nearly all of Canada’s provinces.

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Risk Management Monitor

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

They may be contaminated by agricultural or industrial chemicals, or hazardous agents. It is important to photograph and document all damage and notify your insurance agent as soon as possible. Similarly, avoid wading in floodwaters. Then you can proceed to make temporary repairs to protect the building and its contents.

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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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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. All aspects of Business Continuity, including planning, training, stress testing and exercising of Business Continuity Plans will be seen as a priority.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. All aspects of Business Continuity, including planning, training, stress testing and exercising of Business Continuity Plans will be seen as a priority.

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Reciprocity

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Although corporate compliance can feel overwhelming at first, corporate compliance programs offer a sound foundation for business strategy and risk management. Compliance programs are not one-size-fits-all. Effective compliance requires the support of senior management. At worst, you’ll have no program at all.

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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. Let’s start by looking at the Professional Practices for Business Continuity Management created and maintained by the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII). Do you like it?

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everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Hurricanes are powerful storms that bring life-threatening hazards to people living in both coastal and inland communities. Though you may first think of wind when envisioning a hurricane, water hazards are historically the deadliest. Regardless of your route make sure that your destination provides protection from hurricane hazards.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 26 minutes We all live in an unpredictable world. Once implemented, a Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program will support your organization's value statement and its mission.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

We all live in an unpredictable world. Once implemented, a Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program will support your organization's value statement and its mission. Section 2 - Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program Implementation. Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations. Reading Time: 26 minutes.

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