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Evaluation Metrics: Time taken to evacuate, system recovery speed, etc. Here are six essential scenarios: Cybersecurity Breach Test your incident responseplan by simulating a data breach or ransomware attack. Health Crisis Test your readiness for a sudden health emergency, like a pandemic.
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your operations), you can then reliably build plans to maintain resilience and rehearse your ability to withstand severe (or extreme) but plausible realities. Evaluate your most critical third parties and ensure you have a resilient risk responseplan.
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Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. An organization should evaluate BCM Program requirements and select an appropriate approach.
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