We often hear that there are three basic requirements for people to live: Food, water and shelter. I think there is a fourth requirement that becomes acute following a disaster: The need to know what [...]
Well, this is a conversation resilience professionals ought to weigh in on! As we are all beginning to learn, ChatGPT is a natural language processing tool driven by AI technology. It facilitates human-like conversations -- [...]
As criminals become more sophisticated in their methods, traditional methods of defense are no longer adequate. AI systems are capable of quickly recognizing and responding to new threats, and are able to detect anomalies in [...]
In today's digital age, cyber threats are a constant concern for businesses and organizations of all sizes. As technology advances, so do the methods used by cybercriminals to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information and [...]
On Friday, July 8 beginning at 4:44 am EDT, Rogers Communications, Canada's largest mobile and internet provider suffered a catastrophic outage. More than 11 million customers including banks, ATMs, managed service providers, hospitals and emergency [...]
According to a study by Mckinsey, 9 out of 10 organizations will adopt hybrid workplace experiences in the post-pandemic future. The pandemic saw an explosion in remote work adoption, but as many professionals have realized, [...]
To reduce costs, businesses around the world are turning to free apps for texting and instant messaging. These programs do serve the purpose of communicating in real-time. Yet, there are grave concerns when organizations turn [...]
Effective security relies on people behaving in the right way. This is enabled through an understanding of the threat and a clear understanding of what is required of them. In this way, an organisation’s people [...]
During the 2020 hurricane season, coastal communities in the United States experienced twice as many tropical storms and hurricanes as might have been expected based on historical averages. Climatologists said it was the most active [...]
The last few years have averaged ninety-five Federal Disaster Declarations each year; one every four days. When communications towers collapse during these events, fiber optic cables are damaged and cell traffic is down to marginal [...]
In her PrepTalk, Professor Claudine Jaenichen explains the cognitive biases that impede our ability to make the right decision when confronted with an emergency. She makes the case that using design standards to convey information [...]
While disasters like earthquakes and tsunamis occur with little to no warning, other disasters provide days or even weeks of warning, such as hurricanes and droughts. Regardless of the number of days of advance warning [...]