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We Generate Power and Water How Can We Work Remotely?
The key word at the end of 2020 has become resilience: cyber resilience, organization resilience, business continuity resilience. Like a game of cards, play the best hand where possible, however, think of other options that could be presented and know when to treat (play the risk), tolerate (the hand dealt) or know when to bail out and terminate the risk. Unplanned events are just that – unplanned, but, the risks could be mitigated. Amber Low writes.
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Aon’s Global Survey: How Covid-19 is Changing the Risk Landscape
In a new global survey, Aon examines the ways companies have reacted and responded to the crisis, the recovery moves they’re making now and how they will reshape their business for a post-pandemic future. The COVID-19 pandemic exposed a number of vulnerabilities in organizations’ business models and risk approaches. In Aon’s global survey, 82% of respondents said that prior to COVID-19, a pandemic or other major health crisis was not a top 10 risk on their organization’s risk register. And, in fact, it was ranked 60 out of 69 on the risk register. To move forward, organizations have to reprioritize risk and resilience, broaden their perspective and elevate risk management as a critical business priority. In this survey of organizations spanning multiple industries and geographies, Aon explores how companies are moving through three key time frames—react and respond, recover and reshape—and how they should prepare for the future.
Click here to read the complete report >>On the Surface: Organizations are struggling to keep up with the increased number of points of access
Many cybersecurity teams are now seeing breaches as inevitable.
Read MoreA Sense of Foreboding: Rapidly changing threats can leave businesses feeling overwhelmed
Companies are finding their business continuity plans have not converted their risks awareness into resiliency.
Read MoreInto One: How the blending of security and resiliency can help an organization
Their convergence can take advantage of experience across multiple sectors and build redundancy and flexibility in response.
Read MoreAn Equitable Response: FEMA looks to adjust post-disaster and recovery aid to low-income and minority populations
Efforts are growing within the organization to further assist historically underserved groups.
Read MoreRead the Manual: When setting up a cybersecurity program, there are certain common errors companies repeatedly make
A proper program needs to consider more than just technical specifications.
Read MoreConstant Questions: By repeatedly asking where gaps may be, disaster recovery plans can be greatly improved
With regular reviews, holes can be identified and patched before disaster strikes.
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June 14-17, 2021 -- New Orleans. Improve your hurricane preparedness. A premiere event for strategic Business Continuity discussion. Unmatched opportunities to learn from and network with today's industry thought-leaders. Four days of comprehensive educational programming.
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DRI International Announces 2021 Awards of Excellence Winners
DRI International, a leading business continuity and disaster recovery training organization, is pleased to recognize the outstanding organizations and individuals listed below as the winners of the 2021 DRI Awards of Excellence for their achievements in the business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management fields. The Awards of Excellence were presented during the special Resilience Excellence Summit, presented virtually on Mar. 1-3, 2021.
Response and Recovery of the Year: Northrop Grumman
COVID 19 Response and Recovery of the Year: Aramco – SWID COVID-19 Team
Consultant of the Year: Dennis McNeill, Advisory Consultant, Fusion Risk Management
Honor Roll: Dean Gallup, MBCP, Chairman, DRI Glossary Committee
Program Leader of the Year– Non-Profit Sector: Efraim Wielgus, Technical Director of Disaster Recovery, Crisis Management & Pandemic, Columbia University Information Technology
Program Leader of the Year – Public Sector: Dinesh Elangovan, Secretary Chennai Chapter, Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC), Chennai Chapter
Program Leader of the Year – Private Sector: Avishay Ben Barak, CBCP, Global Business Continuity Manager, Amdocs
Newcomer of the Year: Tasha Kovach, ABCP, Emergency Response Technician, Shell
Team of the Year: USAA
Product/Service Provider of the Year: Infinite Blue
Lifetime Achievement Award: Harvey Betan, MBCP, Principal, H Betan Inc. and Belinda Wilson, Senior Director, Gartner
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