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The Amazon Apocalypse? 

Crisis Response Journal

Highly publicised spats between international leaders, an emotive social media storm of condemnation, manipulated ideologies, misinformation, fake photos, fake news… What is the truth behind this year’s fires in the Amazon?

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Will there be chaos and panic in the Bahamas after Dorian?

Plan B Consulting

Charlie looks at what lessons we can learn about responding to disasters, from Rebecca Solnit’s book: ‘A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster’ I have a strong interest in hurricanes having worked with a number of organisations in the Caribbean. This week I am on holiday (not in the Caribbean), and I have been reading ‘A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster’ by Rebecca Solnit.

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NATO: Attack Like WannaCry Could Prompt “Collective Defense Commitment”

Behavior Group

NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has gone on record to state that a cyber-attack – such as the WannaCry outbreak of 2017 – would prompt a “collective defense commitment” from the intergovernmental military alliance between 29 North American and European countries. Attack Like WannaCry ,cyber-attack, cyber space, NATO In Prospect Magazine, Stoltenberg wrote: “Attacks can… Continue reading.

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Abandoned Records Case Study

Prism International

In a previous PRISM International blog, there was a discussion related to RIM providers responding to issues of abandoned records within a record center. As a follow-up to that discussion, it is important to address that it is not a matter of if – but a matter of when a record center and team will be faced with abandoned client records, and what to do when this happens.

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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity

The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p

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Gaining new perspectives on using social media during terrorist attacks 

Crisis Response Journal

Last June I had the wonderful opportunity to attend the Terrorism and Social Media Conference 2019 (TASM 2019), hosted at the University Bay Area Campus in Swansea, which is right by the sea, writes Gianluca Riglietti of Panta Ray.

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Insights into creating a successful Disaster Recovery exercise – Part 1: Objectives

eBRP

Part 1 – Determine Recovery Scope and Objectives (a Case Study). As a BCP/DR software solution provider, we are regularly called on to assist our enterprise customers with preparation, management and enhancement their DR Test and Exercises. This collaboration often provides opportunities to optimize and improve both organizations’ DR Program software implementation and usage.

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Malicious Android App Makes Double Debut On Google Play

Behavior Group

Open-source Android spyware has appeared twice on Google Play. Malicious Android App Research conducted by ESET discovered the first known instance of spyware based on the open-source espionage tool AhMyth lurking within a radio app available on Google Play. The app in question is Radio Balouch, detected as Android/Spy.Agent.AOX. On the surface Radio Balouch functions… Continue reading.