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NEW BOOK - Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning, Community Preparedness
The new book Pandemic Influenza: Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness introduces readers to the critical global and domestic issues regarding a potential pandemic. More...
Disaster Recovery Testing
Untested contingency / recovery plans are of little value. Testing is far more than finding holes in the plan: it confirms the underlying assumptions are workable; it can also be a valuable training tool. More...
Manufacturing, Distribution Business Continuity
A new Business Continuity template specifically designed for manufacturing or distribution businesses with 1,150+ pages on CD-ROM. More...
Principles and Practice of Business Continuity
This new book explores the subject of Business Continuity Management: from basic principles to best practices. More...
Comprehensive Business Continuity Management Program
A complete template program for business on CD-ROM that includes advice for all development steps from the Information Collection Process, through the Business Analysis, to the actual Business Continuity and Crisis Response documentation and finally with assistance for the ongoing exercising and maintenance process. More...
Will your business keep running if the lights go out? Implementing contingent controls is an important but sometimes overlooked aspect of ensuring business continuity and disaster recovery.
There are some skills which are extensions of your instincts, and which you can only learn though years of experience.
The UK government’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has published the third edition of ‘Protecting Against Terrorism.’
Getting money for a data center disaster recovery plan is difficult enough; when the economy goes soft, it gets harder.
The disaster recovery (DR)/ business continuity (BC) process encompasses many different activities. One of the most important areas to be addressed — often as a secondary activity — is disaster recovery documentation.
If you have been assigned the task of determining what type of failover or disaster recovery site is required to respond to your organization’s disaster recovery (DR) program, then you know there are a number of vendors and options (hot, cold and warm sites) available with a wide range of prices. But which one is right for your company?
The Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) has published a Handbook of Emergency Management for State-Level Transportation Agencies.
As hurricane season approaches, AT&T is conducting a Network Disaster Recovery (NDR) exercise this week in the Morial Convention Center parking lot in New Orleans.
If you’ve caught yourself shaking your head at the latest building failures, evacuation follies, or general ill-preparedness for disasters, here’s a chance to do it your way. Stop Disasters!, an addictive game created by the UN International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, lets you pick from various disaster scenarios such as earthquake, tsunami, and wildfire. With a limited budget to build safely, get prepared, and communicate, it’s up to you to keep your city safe when disaster strikes.
ISDR stands for International Strategy for Disaster Reduction The Strategy brings many organizations, universities, institutions together for a common objective: reducing the number of dead and injured by disasters triggered by natural hazards.
See Stop Disasters! A Disaster Simulation Game from the UNI/SDR.
Resilience and robustness are words which now play a dominant part in any discussion on business best practice. Whether the focus is financial performance, the supply chain or information technology (IT), resilience and robustness are now viewed as being absolutely crucial to the success of any organization.
Anti-corporate activism, bullying individuals, and embarrassing brands and institutions are growing concerns. Every day large public companies, high-profile products, noteworthy spokespersons, and celebrities are big targets. Contention, personal attacks, and cyber pressure also occurs very locally aimed at non-public figures and organizations.
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