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Communication & Wildfires
Wildfire season is upon us, bringing the threat of large-scale devastation to lives, property and business.
With COVID-19 placing additional strains on processes and resources, this wildfire season will be unprecedented. Is your employee communication strategy prepared to respond?
Download the Wildfire Communications Preparedness Kit, which gives you access to expert advice, articles, messaging guidance, tools and more. Let us help you build and evaluate your wildfire safety and notification plans.
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10 Tips for Selling BCP to Upper Management
The number one challenge facing BCP and COOP professionals today remains getting upper management buy-in. The events of September 11 and COVID-19 have raised awareness of the exposures, but there still are organizations without a commitment to BCP/COOP. Ted Brown explains that often, the reason for this lies in the presentation given to obtain support.
Ted has spoken and written about this topic for years…and his insights can help you get C-Suite approval for your program and your budget.
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Assess Workplace Culture to Support Business Continuity
This timely Continuity Insights article provides practical insights to strengthen workplace culture during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Active listening is more important than ever during times of change and disruption. Regularly checking in with employees through pulse surveys is one way to monitor their engagement, identify gaps and keep connections and culture strong – especially when some or all employees are working remotely. Pulse surveys provide valuable insights about how employees are managing through waves of change and what is needed to support them.”
Read the article >>Indigenous Knowledge In Disaster Response: Indigenous communities work to develop their response capabilities to disasters
Via increased involvement in emergency communications and disaster response, these communities are seeking to expand their involvement and independence.
Read MoreBeyond Belief: Believing cybersecurity myths can easily lead to poor outcomes
People need to be aware of the many falsehoods which can result in the exposure or loss of data.
Read MoreFrom a Distance: With large number of employees working remotely, companies are reevaluating how they do incident response
Results from a survey from Immersive Labs indicate 20 per cent of respondents could not effectively involve offsite employees in incident response.
Read MoreA Helping Hand: Volunteers remain a key part of disaster recovery
These volunteer groups continue to remain active during COVID-19, although some are choosing not to deploy older members.
Read MoreGone in 60 Seconds: A report from RiskIQ examines the speed at which new cybersecurity threats emerge
The report estimates 375 new threats every minute, as attacks that use the pandemic lead to an increase.
Read MoreMoving Forward: If you’re not constantly reviewing your incident response plan, you’re falling behind.
As an organization’s priorities or operating environment changes, incident response plans should be revisited and updated.
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September 28 – October 1: DRJ Fall 2020 will be a Full Virtual Experience!
DRJ’s 63rd conference will feature 65 sessions. Their state of the art platform with broadcast quality programming will allow attendees to meet face to face.
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Attend the first ever BCI World Virtual – 5th & 6th November 2020
BCI World has established its presence as one of the largest business continuity & resilience events in the world. It attracts a diverse international audience and going virtual creates an opportunity to bring together an even wider, global audience.
BCI World Virtual will give delegates access to over 70 hours of ideas and experiences. The live sessions will take place over a 16-hour period each day, meaning you can attend live sessions wherever you are in the world – making it truly global and accessible to all! Sessions will be recorded, so those you miss live can be viewed later in your own time – You will have 90 days to access all sessions!
- BCI World Virtual 2020 will be held on a purpose-built secure web-platform and will feature:
- Global Expert Speakers delivering insightful, interactive content– including plenary sessions, workshops, panel sessions and Q&A.
- A full, comprehensive program with multiple streams filled with subjects and speakers selected to inform, engage, and challenge. Streams include:
- Back to beginnings
- Cyber & IT resilience
- Working with Risk Management
- Supply Chain Resilience
- Exercising and Crisis Management
- Public Sector
- Finance Sector and Operational Resilience
- Pandemic – What has changed?
- A virtual Exhibition hall with a wide-range of exhibitors – allowing you to interact directly with vendors via video & text chat, view product demonstration videos, and download product information.
- Networking areas and group/individual chats where delegates can make contact and get together ‘virtually’, as well as with speakers.
BCI World Virtual 2020 really is an event not to be missed!
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