BryghtPath

OCTOBER 29, 2024

It encompasses those essential systems and assets we … The post Disaster Preparedness for Critical Infrastructure: A Guide to Building Resilience appeared first on Bryghtpath. Critical infrastructure represents the backbone of our modern society.

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 27, 2024

For businesses, a lack of hurricane resilience can disrupt operations, damage assets, and threaten employee safety. Organizations must have a robust Business Continuity Plan (BCP) to mitigate these risks to ensure resilience and rapid recovery.

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BryghtPath

AUGUST 19, 2024

This article delves into why organizations must initiate hurricane preparedness efforts early and offer actionable … The post Effective Hurricane Planning: Essential Steps for Resilience appeared first on Bryghtpath.

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Emergency Planning

AUGUST 3, 2023

One of these is the National Resilience Framework (HM Government 2022). This document has the merit of setting goals and targets for the achievement of resilience in Britain. That is most unfortunate because it is here that the efforts to create resilience need to be concentrated. However, it has serious weaknesses. HL Paper no.

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Emergency Planning

MARCH 15, 2020

Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar and killed 136,000 of its citizens, in part because they had no role in creating resilience against such an event. Looking at the current British response to Covid-19, it is difficult to see quite where all that effort on pandemic emergency planning went.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

One of the UK's senior and most accomplished emergency planners recently remarked that "“our societal resilience is the lowest I have ever perceived”. Em powerment of local authorities to have their own emergency managers and emergency operations centres, fully connected to the system in a capillary manner.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The ability of ISIS so far, not to be terribly affected by the bombing campaign, got me thinking about resilience and whether they may be fairly resilient. Resilience is the trendy word of the moment and everybody seems to want a piece of it. My impression is that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The ability of ISIS so far, not to be terribly affected by the bombing campaign, got me thinking about resilience and whether they may be fairly resilient. Resilience is the trendy word of the moment and everybody seems to want a piece of it. My impression is that everyone is jumping on the bandwagon.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Resilience Strategic Emergency Planning 52

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 11, 2024

Rural vs. Urban Resilience to Cold Rural and urban communities face distinct challenges when it comes to cold emergencies, and understanding these differences can help shed light on effective strategies for preparation and response. Understanding local risk profiles helps mitigate, prepare for, and respond to extreme cold emergencies.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. This week I will discuss why I don’t think resilience is the saviour the business continuity world is looking for.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Following his recent bulletin on why he thinks the business continuity profession is in decline, Charlie looks at why he does not think resilience is the solution. This week I will discuss why I don’t think resilience is the saviour the business continuity world is looking for.

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CCEM Strategies

JULY 24, 2018

This is because, long before an incident occurs, CI operators work with governments to create and test emergency plans to ensure adequate response procedures and business continuity practices are in place, to deal with unforeseen disruptions.

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CCEM Strategies

MARCH 17, 2023

Ensuring Canada’s Critical Infrastructure system is ready and resilient Can you imagine what would happen if an incident such as a natural disaster compromised our transportation, food or even energy Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems? In November 2021, British Columbians didn’t have to.

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Emergency Planning

APRIL 26, 2019

It took 15 years of hard work, tenacity, resilience, patience and persistence. This, of course, was nothing in comparison with the hard work, tenacity, resilience, patience and persistence of the people who actually live there (I tried to do that too, but the 1980 earthquake drove me out).

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Emergency Planning

MAY 27, 2019

Towards the end of his life he became preoccupied with the threat of the Universal Deluge (in this he was not alone: see my paper on the etymology of the term 'resilience'). Resilience and disaster risk reduction: an etymological journey. These can cause sudden, catastrophic floods, often compounded by wind or hail damage.

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Emergency Planning

MAY 30, 2019

Recommendations for a Post-2015 Disaster Risk Reduction Framework to Strengthen the Resilience of Communities to All Hazards. Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities. International Journal for Disaster Risk Reduction 10(B): 403-502. GNCSODR 2015. Views From the Frontline: Beyond 2015.

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everbridge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Download now 5 ways to bolster school and campus safety Emergency plans Strategize with emergency plans and drills. A resilient campus safety strategy starts with meticulously crafted emergency plans. Validate planning. Drive strong return on resilience investments.

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BCP Builder

JULY 8, 2024

Emergency Plans : Develop and regularly update comprehensive emergency plans that include evacuation routes, shelter-in-place procedures, and communication protocols.

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Security Emergency Planning Response Plan Audit 52

BCP Builder

JULY 8, 2024

Emergency Plans : Develop and regularly update comprehensive emergency plans that include evacuation routes, shelter-in-place procedures, and communication protocols.

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Security Emergency Planning Response Plan Audit 52

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

The fact that disaster happens can be used in a positive way to increase resilience against future impacts. Myth 70: A good emergency plan always ensures a good response to crises. In the best instances, reconstruction can produce a better, safer, more attractive environment than existed before the disaster.

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Emergency Planning

APRIL 9, 2020

Disaster gold rushes, sophisms and academic neocolonialism: comments on ‘Earthquake disasters and resilience in the global North’. Huge Covid-19 output prompting ‘sea change’ in access to research. Times Higher Education , April 9, 2020. Geographical Journal 179(3): 272-277. Gaillard, J-C. Gomez 2015.

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CCEM Strategies

JULY 5, 2023

Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens. All these stakeholders are responsible to prepare for disasters and contribute to community resiliency. Contact us today and let’s get the conversation started.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

We are living in a golden age in terms of the easy availability of high-quality information on how organizations can make themselves more resilient.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2024

It was also recognised that there was a need to improve post-quake response through public and specialist training for emergency and civil defence volunteers. Additionally, it was acknowledged that old buildings needed to undergo structural assessments and improvements to enhance their resilience to earthquakes.

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Castellan

AUGUST 2, 2022

Drawing on respondents’ answers, the report finds that even with the increased severe weather potential, along with long-term climate risks , many organizations are still not approaching these events from a resilience management perspective. It may also be helpful to have them develop a family emergency plan.

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CCEM Strategies

JUNE 13, 2018

Emergency management responsibilities are shared by local and provincial governments, First Nations, critical infrastructure, businesses and individual citizens. All of these stakeholders are responsible to prepare for disasters and contribute to community resiliency - no exceptions.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

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Disaster Recovery

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Climate change can make regional weather conditions more erratic, resulting in sudden rises in sea levels, droughts or other changes that businesses with conventional emergency plans might not be prepared for. Climate Change Resiliency. Resource Management. Business as usual is giving way to continuous transformation.

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CCEM Strategies

MAY 11, 2023

Review and Enhance Flood Plans Your community already has emergency plans, and you may even have flood-specific plans. Review the plans and think about how flooding might impact your community. Who and what areas in your community are most vulnerable to flooding?

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 16, 2022

The government was represented by the NCSC, ICO, CyBOK UK, Cyber Essentials, Cyber Scotland, and Scottish Business Resilience Centre as well as their English and Welsh equivalents. The NCSC was heavily pushing incident management, exercising, and developing plans.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 9, 2022

I am currently in Johannesburg, South Africa, delivering an MSc module to a client from Glasgow University; the module is on “Work-Based Resilience, Continuity and Crisis Management”. The thought of a power cut in a city reminds me of the outage in Auckland in 1998, which made a big impression on the emergency planning community.

Outage 52

Outage Emergency Planning Crisis Management Vulnerability 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

A few weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on scenario planning and how under the new requirement of Operational Resilience for FCA and PRA, regulated organisations now have a requirement to determine ‘extreme but plausible scenarios’ to see if they would continue delivering their services if the said scenario occurred.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

A few weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on scenario planning and how under the new requirement of Operational Resilience for FCA and PRA, regulated organisations now have a requirement to determine ‘extreme but plausible scenarios’ to see if they would continue delivering their services if the said scenario occurred.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Scenario Planning Pandemic Travel 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 12, 2019

I aim to cover what incidents might look like, how the business continuity process might change, how resilience might develop and how the role of the business continuity manager could change. In the 1990s, we had lots of transport and natural disasters, so emergency planning came of age.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Outage Fashion Business Recovery 40