Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2020

Following the spread of Coronavirus throughout China and surrounding countries, Charlie introduces the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime and why you should develop one. I want to introduce the idea of a Pandemic Operating Regime (POR), explain what it is and why I suggest that you develop one.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Hospitality Internet Government 52

Bernstein Crisis Management

MAY 24, 2021

Whether it’s an incident affecting a single location, or a pandemic sweeping the globe, business continuity is increasingly vulnerable to a wide variety of natural and man-made interruptions for which organizations must plan as carefully as they plan for launching any product or service.

Pandemic 130

Pandemic Business Continuity Crisis Management Continuity Professionals 130

Bernstein Crisis Management

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

From global pandemics and economic woes to deepfakes and cyber attacks, the unforeseen is the new normal. Implementing Training Effective crisis management training is tailored to the specific needs and vulnerabilities of the organization. ” came to mind.

Crisis Management 151

Crisis Management Management Response Plan Communications 151

Emergency Planning

APRIL 24, 2022

The cascade is a result of the progression of a shock through different kinds of vulnerability. Moreover, the Coronavirus pandemic has been widely used as a pretext for curtailing human rights.

Natural Hazard 199

Natural Hazard All-Hazards Entertainment Transportation 199

everbridge

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Enduring the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted a unique opportunity for businesses in the retail industry to reshape how they operate. Having multiple locations extending across regions, states, or even the globe makes retailers vulnerable to various kinds of physical threats such as crime or severe weather.

Retail 142

Retail Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP 142

FS-ISAC

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The Need for Speed in Threat Mitigation There used to be weeks between the announcement of a zero-day vulnerability and the next exploit. Now we have days or hours to patch the vulnerability, says Carsten Fischer, Deputy Chief Security Officer at Deutsche Bank. With such a small window of reaction time, mitigation must be faster.

Mitigation 69

Mitigation Vulnerability Banking Pandemic 69

Pure Storage

AUGUST 3, 2022

Prior to the pandemic, many enterprises were reluctant to fully move to contact center as-a-service (CCaaS) environments, despite the availability of the technology. The Vulnerability of Customer Data. The Rise of CCaaS. Newfound access to disruptive solutions to improve customer service.

Vulnerability 98

Vulnerability Pandemic Technology Outage 98

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

JANUARY 19, 2022

Testimony to the House of Representatives Committee on Rules’ Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process for the Hearing: Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters. Testimony Submitted January 16, 2022. By: Jeff Schlegelmilch, MPH, MBA.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Disaster Preparedness All-Hazards Government 52

Bernstein Crisis Management

MAY 19, 2023

Key Components of Crisis Management Effective crisis management involves several key components, which can be grouped into three main stages: pre-crisis, crisis response, and post-crisis.

Crisis Management 202

Crisis Management Management Evaluation Authorization 202

everbridge

MARCH 4, 2022

The pandemic undeniably accelerated trends towards hybrid and remote work. Q: The pandemic accelerated new work trends. When those two are segregated like that, there’s a gap in the center and that gap is where risk and vulnerability live, because we always think it’s somebody else’s responsibility.

Security 116

Security Malware Pandemic Vulnerability 116

Recovery Diva

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Nashville is vulnerable to blackouts, particularly during cold weather. In the fourth case study, the pandemic confronted the Dutch and German healthcare systems with a difficult challenge. The pandemic transformed an occasional trickle into a deluge. The second case study focused on the city of Nashvilles energy security.

Resilience 100

Resilience Hospitality Pandemic Authorization 100

LogisManager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The pandemic has disrupted operating models of businesses across the globe. Ransomware attacks are running rampant, and hackers are using the vulnerability of HIPAA-protected information to advance their coercion. On top of these unknowns, there were also the uncertainties of the pandemic to account for.

Healthcare 96

Healthcare Audit Pandemic Risk Management 96

Solutions Review

JANUARY 20, 2022

Sometimes the rush to keep business services functioning meant that security was overlooked, and cybercriminals are ready to exploit these vulnerabilities. Web application vulnerabilities. Web application vulnerabilities are the next attack vector you need to assess to determine how secure your applications really are.

Application 89

Application Malware Vulnerability Authentication 89

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. Pandemics are included because many of the effects of a pandemic are likely to be socio-economic in nature. Trufanov, A.,

Risk Reduction 130

Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2020

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. The scenario was as follows: The pandemic has H2M2 which is a flu pandemic, rather than a COVID type pandemic. UK the “most prepared country”? Wrong type of flu?

Pandemic 40

Pandemic Vulnerability Government Capacity 40

Plan B Consulting

MAY 25, 2020

Today Charlie discusses how Exercise Cygnus, the UK’s pandemic exercise in 2016, holds up against the ongoing outbreak of COVID-19. Exercise Cygnus was a command post exercise carried out by NHS England in October 2016 in order to estimate the impact of a hypothetical H2N2 influenza pandemic on the United Kingdom.

Pandemic 40

Pandemic Vulnerability Government Capacity 40

PagerDuty

OCTOBER 25, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us some important lessons. Humanity Matters were struggling not only with funds and resources but also with spirit and being able to continue providing for vulnerable youth as the pandemic and lockdowns challenged them enormously.

Pandemic 98

Pandemic Activation Vulnerability Education 98

Emergency Planning

MAY 6, 2024

The lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic, alas largely negative, show that a good civilian system designed to protect the public against major hazards and threats can save thousands of lives and billions in losses and wasted expenditure. Non-seasonal influenza retains the potential to cause a pandemic on the level of that of 1918-1920.

All-Hazards 100

All-Hazards Hazard Risk Reduction Emergency Response 100

NexusTek

JULY 28, 2021

67% of IT professionals believe the use of bring-your-own devices during the remote work of the pandemic has decreased their organization’s security health ; a claim which a Ponemon Institute survey supports : 68% of businesses experienced one or more successful endpoint attacks in the past 12 months. million to $8.94

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Response Plan Vulnerability Alert 97

Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We’ve been living in a compound crisis since the start of the pandemic – we have been experiencing global political instability, war, an increase in cyber and ransomware attacks, labor shortages, shortages of critical commodities, etc.

Manufacturing 102

Manufacturing Cyber Resilience Pandemic Resilience 102

Business Continuity Today

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Today, in addition to natural disasters such as hurricanes, fires, floods, and pandemics and man-made issues such as wars, organizations face other challenges to their operations. Likewise, their vulnerabilities have changed. Likewise, their vulnerabilities have changed.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Internet Vulnerability Pandemic 52

Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 20, 2021

The researchers from Resecurity HUNTER team have identified critical vulnerabilities in software of major IT giants including Apple, Microsoft, Oracle, TP-Link and ASUS. What do you think are the biggest opportunities in the security industry right now? Notably, there is a massive opportunity around cloud security.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Risk Management Mitigation Security 98

Emergency Planning

MARCH 7, 2019

In addition, technology is a potential source of vulnerability as well as a means of reducing it. Myth 35: We are well organised to face a pandemic or CBRN attack. Myth 36: In a biological terrorism attack or pandemic prophylaxis will be effective and efficient. Reality: The problem of disasters is largely a social one.

Hospitality 130

Hospitality All-Hazards Risk Reduction Logistics 130

Security Industry Association

OCTOBER 14, 2021

At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic I started looking for this kind of provider. I saw an opportunity to help security businesses with that and thought, what better time to start a company than a global pandemic? BR : The global pandemic impacted every single company in the world, and security companies were not spared.

Pandemic 97

Pandemic Education Marketing Advertising 97

Acronis

APRIL 27, 2022

Cybercriminals moved quickly to exploit new vulnerabilities caused by the pandemic. For example, the vast majority of employees suddenly had to work from home; but in most cases, their security best practices were far inferior to the controls in place at the corporate office.

Cyber Resilience 52

Cyber Resilience Cybersecurity Resilience Pandemic 52

everbridge

DECEMBER 6, 2021

With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us, other threats have emerged, leaving the world in a period of turbulent transition. The COVID-19 pandemic caused a surge in mental health crises, creating an increase in terrorism and violent extremism around the globe. TALK TO US ABOUT THREAT RESPONSE. 2022 Global Risk Summary.

Evaluation 98

Evaluation Government Pandemic Resilience 98

Solutions Review

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. In this feature, Apricorn ‘s Kurt Markley offers four data backup and resilience questions to ask right now.

Backup 114

Backup Resilience Audit Management 114

MHA Consulting

JUNE 8, 2023

A partial list would include: the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the rise of the internet and cell phones, the spread of cybercrime, globalization and the lengthening of supply chains, the COVID pandemic, the growing impact of climate change, growing international tensions, the shortening of attention spans, and the rise in cloud computing.

BCM 98

BCM Business Continuity Disaster Recovery Internet 98

LAN Infotech

MARCH 12, 2021

Very few got the chance to fully prepare themselves, which left them more vulnerable to cyberattacks and data breaches. According to the FBI, daily cybersecurity complaints increased from 1,000 to 4,000 during the COVID-19 pandemic. For starters, your existing protocols and training programs were created in a pre-pandemic world.

Security 69

Security Cybersecurity Vulnerability Pandemic 69

Behavior Group

MARCH 23, 2021

There was a massive increase in cyber threats globally year-over-year fueled by both the pandemic and expanding attack surfaces, Skybox Security reveals. Trojans increased 128%, with threat actors using trojans to exploit lower-severity vulnerabilities. Sophisticated,… Continue reading.

Malware 52

Malware Pandemic Vulnerability Security 52

MHA Consulting

APRIL 13, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: Home Alone: When Disasters Affect Staff Who Are Working Remotely A Stopgap Measure That Became a Permanent Fixture When the hybrid workplace model first emerged at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, it was seen as an emergency solution to a crisis situation. Hybrid adds complexity.

BCM 98

BCM Business Continuity Cybersecurity Continuity Professionals 98

MHA Consulting

JUNE 1, 2023

In recent years, we have entered a uniquely tumultuous period, one characterized by weird weather, global conflict, and heightened supply chain vulnerability, among other challenges. Threats related to natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, wildfires, heat waves, and pandemics.

All-Hazards 98

All-Hazards Hazard Business Continuity Mitigation 98

Solutions Review

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The landscape of evolving digital threats, coupled with the pandemic-induced surge in remote and hybrid work, has exposed organizations to an increasing number of vulnerabilities. In this feature, Apricorn ‘s Kurt Markley offers four data backup and resilience questions to ask right now.

Backup 110

Backup Resilience Audit Management 110

IBM Business Resiliency

MAY 20, 2021

From suppliers and production flows to transactions and operations, look at the details of each interconnected relationship and segment of your supply chain to learn where your vulnerabilities and bottlenecks lie. COVID-19 highlighted this issue of supply chain vulnerability for leaders.

Risk Management 96

Risk Management Resilience Management Benchmark 96

Castellan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While this has well been the case for the last several years, it’s certainly ever-more true in our post-pandemic world. As we reflect on lessons learned from our pandemic and multi-event response protocols, we can find many opportunities to improve business continuity practices to further solidify resilience.

Business Continuity 98

Business Continuity Cyber Resilience Cybersecurity Resilience 98

Pure Storage

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Data breaches often exploit vulnerabilities in software, weak passwords, or insider threats to gain access to critical systems and exfiltrate data. Sextortion scams surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, with attackers sending emails claiming to have hacked webcams or email accounts, demanding Bitcoin to delete the alleged footage.

Security 52

Security Vulnerability Cybersecurity Cyber Resilience 52

everbridge

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Perhaps the most alarming threat to business travelers in the post-COVID era is the rise of dysfunctional, fragile, and vulnerable nation-states stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has put business travelers at an increased security risk. Consider the sale of black-market vaccination cards and negative tests.

Travel 75

Travel Risk Management Airlines Pandemic 75