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Understanding Crisis Management for Businesses

Bernstein Crisis Management

Crisis management refers to the identification, assessment, understanding, and mitigation of significant negative events. It involves preparing for potential crises through strategic planning and response protocols to protect an organization’s stakeholders, reputation, and assets.

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Mastering Business Continuity Exercises: Best Practices, Scenarios, and Tools for 2025

BCP Builder

Mitigating Risks: Exercises help businesses identify and address vulnerabilities before real-world disruptions occur. Regulatory Compliance: Many industries require regular testing of business continuity plans to meet standards like ISO 22301. Theyre essential for organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to global enterprises.

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How Keeping Track of Microsoft’s Product Plans Can Keep Your Network Secure

LAN Infotech

Even businesses and organizations with a cyber incident response plan on paper will find that an actual attack often unfolds quite differently than it does in scenario planning sessions. And while you may be quick to respond and mitigate the damage, you won’t always be lucky.

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Proactively preparing for civil unrest during U.S. elections

everbridge

Scenario planning and simulation Preparing for civil unrest isn’t just about reacting to events as they unfold; it’s also about anticipating potential scenarios and planning accordingly. Proactive preparation goes beyond risk mitigation; it ensures resilience amid uncertainty.

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Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

When a regional storm makes travel difficult and causes short-term power outages, for example, an effective business continuity plan will have already laid out the potential impact, measures to mitigate associated problems, and a strategy for communicating with employees, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders.

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Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

Pure Storage

When a regional storm makes travel difficult and causes short-term power outages, for example, an effective business continuity plan will have already laid out the potential impact, measures to mitigate associated problems, and a strategy for communicating with employees, vendors, customers, and other stakeholders.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

As a director of Enterprise Risk Management, the author was planning for a large, new water project in Eastern Congo. As a result, our risk planning, mitigation and control activities followed suit, identifying the volcano as the greatest risk. Previously, a massive volcano eruption had occurred nearby. Doctrinal Framework.