Business Power Outage Emergency Response Planning in 7 Easy Steps
Alert Media
JULY 18, 2023
Keep your business moving with a power outage emergency response plan. Power outages can be devastating, but they don’t have to slow you down.
Creating an Effective Emergency Response Plan for Universities: A Step-by-Step Guide
BCP Builder
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
A well-crafted emergency response plan is essential for ensuring the safety of students, staff, and faculty, while also minimizing disruptions to university operations. Developing a robust emergency response plan involves thorough preparation, coordination, and ongoing training.
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These social media mistakes can endanger your business’s cybersecurity posture
Online Computers
JUNE 21, 2023
Social media offers numerous benefits to businesses, such as increased brand visibility, customer engagement, and networking opportunities. But if your employees fail to use social media responsibly, it can pose significant cybersecurity risks to your business. Alarmingly, human errors remain a top risk for many organizations.
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How to Build a Flood Emergency Response Plan for Your Business
Alert Media
JULY 5, 2023
Prepare your business for a flood emergency with an effective response plan. When the waters rise, you don’t want to be left wondering what to do.
How to Create an IT Incident Response Plan for Your Business
Alert Media
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
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How to Create an Active Shooter Response Plan
Alert Media
JULY 27, 2021
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6 Steps to Creating an Effective Emergency Response Plan
Alert Media
JULY 6, 2021
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Optimize Your Emergency Response: Team Roles and Responsibilities
Alert Media
JULY 7, 2023
Find out how to cover all your bases with incident response plans and teams today. Do your people know who to call when an emergency arises?
Coordinating Emergency Response and Business Continuity in Manufacturing
Plan B Consulting
JUNE 19, 2023
In manufacturing, even if there is no formal business continuity plan in place, there are often emergency response plans. These plans might not always be referred to as emergency response plans; they could be called incident response plans, major incident response plans, or hazard plans.
The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources   Â
MHA Consulting
MARCH 16, 2023
The rise of the internet and social media has made crisis communications more challenging—and more critical—than ever. Companies need to be capable of communicating during crises they might face with the media and their internal and external stakeholders. This is more true than ever in the age of internet news and social media.
Proactively preparing for civil unrest during U.S. elections
everbridge
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Everbridge excels in this by integrating data from multiple sources like social media, local news, and government alerts, offering a comprehensive view of potential threats. Automated communications to keep everyone informed Effective communication forms the backbone of any emergency response plan.
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Crisis Response 101: Mastering the Art of Firefighting in Business
Bernstein Crisis Management
SEPTEMBER 18, 2023
Welcome to the world of crisis response. Crisis Response for the Unforeseen Blaze Every organization, big or small, will at some point encounter a crisis. It might be a social media mishap, an abrupt product recall, or a global event affecting operations.
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Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?
Bernstein Crisis Management
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
As someone who’s seen it first-hand many times, I’ll guarantee those with prior planning and preparedness spend less money, lose less customers, generate less negative media coverage, and generally get back to ‘business as usual’ much more quickly than those without. What’s putting reputations at risk.
7 Skills Leaders Must Master for Effective Response to Critical Events
everbridge
APRIL 29, 2022
Much of the discussion on and organization’s state of readiness for critical events focuses on the capabilities and planning of the enterprise. Emergency response planning is crucial, but even the most robust plan can’t cover all situations.
Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices
NexusTek
FEBRUARY 9, 2022
Ransomware attacks that hold large, prominent companies’ networks “hostage” pending multi-million-dollar ransom payments make for attention-grabbing media coverage. Create an Incident Response Plan. Getting Ahead of Cybercriminals: 5 Essential Cybersecurity Practices. Why Is This Important?
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How to Create a Data Breach Response Team
Pure Storage
MARCH 21, 2022
Before a breach, it’s critical to already have an emergency response plan, including a team of key players and the tools they need to get you back online fast. . Creating an emergency response team (ERT) is a critical step I recommend organizations take before an event. Media Relations and Corporate Communications.
Cyberrisk Management Tips for Businesses Amid the Russia-Ukraine War
Risk Management Monitor
MARCH 4, 2022
For example, given the tragic events and breaking developments around the conflict, many may be glued to news or social media. Unfortunately malicious actors are known to take advantage of such situations by posting phishing links on social media with alleged news updates or email scams that purport to collect charity donations.
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Change Healthcare’s 2024 Data Breach: Key Risk Management Lessons
LogisManager
OCTOBER 17, 2024
Once the breach occurred, it spread rapidly across social media and news outlets, exposing internal failures and rippling outward to affect the broader healthcare ecosystem. Lack of Continuous Monitoring and Incident Response : The failure to detect the breach early on allowed the issue to spread unchecked.
Winter safety tips for employees in private and public sectorsÂ
everbridge
DECEMBER 11, 2023
Use multi-modal communication strategies Develop a plan to stay in touch with affected individuals before, during, and after a winter storm. This includes utilizing various communication channels such as email, SMS, phone calls, and social media updates to keep everyone informed and safe.
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How to Build a Business Continuity Management Program That Lasts
Business Resilience Decoded
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Shane Mathew has years of experience working in public health building emergency response plans and is currently the head of enterprise resilience for Zoom. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting.
How to Build a Business Continuity Management Program That Lasts
Business Resilience Decoded
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Shane Mathew has years of experience working in public health building emergency response plans and is currently the head of enterprise resilience for Zoom. Connect with Shane Mathew LinkedIn - [link] Failover Plan Podcast - failoverpodcast.com. LinkedIn: [link] Disaster Recovery Journal: [link].
How to Build a Business Continuity Management Program That Lasts
Business Resilience Decoded
NOVEMBER 3, 2022
Shane Mathew has years of experience working in public health building emergency response plans and is currently the head of enterprise resilience for Zoom. Connect with Shane Mathew LinkedIn - [link] Failover Plan Podcast - failoverpodcast.com. LinkedIn: [link] Disaster Recovery Journal: [link]
PR: how a well-managed data breach can help limit the impact on your reputation
SRM
APRIL 2, 2019
We can have meticulous Incident Response plans in place but if we can’t communicate effectively with the press we leave the interpretation of facts in the hands of journalists and editors whose motivation is not to reassure but to create attention-grabbing headlines. The same applies to bloggers and social media reporters.
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Bracing for the Unknown With a Hurricane Tabletop Exercise
Alert Media
AUGUST 4, 2023
Test your response plan and readiness with tabletop exercises. Meet a hurricane head on to ensure safety and operational resilience.
5 Metrics & KPIs You Should Be Tracking for Business Resilience
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?
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5 Metrics & KPIs You Should Be Tracking for Business Resilience
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?
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Russia and the Ukraine: How Geopolitical Events Impact Resilience Management
Castellan
APRIL 6, 2022
It highlights for business continuity and resilience management professionals just how important it is to plan for these severe, yet, plausible scenarios to ensure operational resilience, regardless of disruption type. Social Media Influence and Real-Time Decision-Making. Get The The Plausible Scenario Builder. DOWNLOAD NOW.
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How Banks Benefit from the New Digital Operational Resilience Act
Pure Storage
JUNE 6, 2023
They must have a plan, ready for execution, in a “day after attack” situation. Challenges with Legacy Setups A major stumbling block for organisations’ response plans are the limitations in the setup of their current architecture. Flash media solutions totally change the way we address data agility across silos.
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Understanding Ransomware
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Small businesses are strongly advised to set up offsite data backups, implement audit logging, purchase cyber insurance, and devise an incident response plan. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting.
Understanding Ransomware
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Small businesses are strongly advised to set up offsite data backups, implement audit logging, purchase cyber insurance, and devise an incident response plan. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting.
Understanding Ransomware
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 7, 2021
Small businesses are strongly advised to set up offsite data backups, implement audit logging, purchase cyber insurance, and devise an incident response plan. Seals is an award-winning journalist with a background in publication design, business media, content management, sports journalism, social media, and podcasting.
What are the benefits of tabletop exercises for organisations looking to improve their risk posture?
SRM
SEPTEMBER 9, 2021
Designing an incident response plan is highly beneficial to both dealing with the fallout, but tabletop exercises help you put this plan to the test based on real-world scenarios. The best tabletop exercises for your business continuity planning goals.
5 Metrics & KPIs You Should Be Tracking for Business Resilience
Business Resilience Decoded
OCTOBER 6, 2022
Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency response plans and continuity plans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Here, I argued that business continuity plans should consist of two components, a generic element that looks at how an incident will be managed, and a scenario-specific element that focuses on your organisations’ response to a specific event. We have, for a long time had scenario-specific plans at the operational level.
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Here, I argued that business continuity plans should consist of two components, a generic element that looks at how an incident will be managed, and a scenario-specific element that focuses on your organisations’ response to a specific event. We have, for a long time had scenario-specific plans at the operational level.
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Chronic Hazards
everbridge
MAY 2, 2023
This includes tracking the impact of chronic hazards on operations, reviewing and updating risk assessments, and revising response plans as needed. It should also include plans for responding to and recovering from events, as well as a system for monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of risk management measures.
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Prepare Your Organization for a Hurricane
everbridge
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Evaluate emergency response plans to verify they are flexible and scalable enough to accommodate contingencies. Use the corporate communications channels, social media, or for state and local government agencies, the radio and print media to promote the URL for your emergency opt-in page. Hurricane Preparedness on Campus.
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Scenario-specific Crisis Level Plans
Plan B Consulting
APRIL 5, 2022
Here, I argued that business continuity plans should consist of two components, a generic element that looks at how an incident will be managed, and a scenario-specific element that focuses on your organisations’ response to a specific event. We have, for a long time had scenario-specific plans at the operational level.
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5 Ways to Improve Your Economic Recovery Results Quickly
Swan Island Network
APRIL 30, 2020
Follow external sources that impact your organization, like open-source intelligence (OSINT), social media, and government alerts. Follow these steps and you will be more able to craft an effective response plan and execute it quickly. Follow changes to industry policies. Track virus recurrences and changes to your supply chain.
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The Ethical Dilemma of Being Resilient
Fusion Risk Management
MARCH 16, 2022
Ensure you have a crisis communications response plan and embed scenario testing into your preparation strategy. Assume that there is reputational risk and brand exposure in every response and align the necessary operational changes to your ethical and moral compass.
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What Is a Crisis Management Plan?
Erwood Group
APRIL 24, 2023
A good Crisis Management Plan will also have clear instructions on how to communicate with employees, customers, and the media during a crisis. Finally, a CMP should include a plan for how the business will recover from the crisis.
Learning Points From the SEPA Cyber-Attack
Plan B Consulting
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
I thought that I would also share a few of the learning points from the main report “ SEPA’s Response and Recovery From a Major Cyber-Attack ”. In 2019, Norsk Hydro in response to their hack were very open and transparent with the media and stakeholders. The organisation has been very transparent in the lessons they have learnt.
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Learning Points From the SEPA Cyber-Attack
Plan B Consulting
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
I thought that I would also share a few of the learning points from the main report “ SEPA’s Response and Recovery From a Major Cyber-Attack ”. In 2019, Norsk Hydro in response to their hack were very open and transparent with the media and stakeholders. The organisation has been very transparent in the lessons they have learnt.
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Learning Points From the SEPA Cyber-Attack
Plan B Consulting
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
I thought that I would also share a few of the learning points from the main report “ SEPA’s Response and Recovery From a Major Cyber-Attack ”. In 2019, Norsk Hydro in response to their hack were very open and transparent with the media and stakeholders. The organisation has been very transparent in the lessons they have learnt.
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