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3 Questions to Ask If Management Rejects Recommendations Due to Cost
Examining local and national events with a risk lens can help us better understand areas we may need to improve. The deep freeze and blackouts across Texas is an event that deserves careful examination. Following a less-severe freeze in 2011, ERCOT, the Texas Legislature, and utilities were presented with recommendations on how to manage the risk of blackouts, but the recommendations were ignored due to cost. ERM expert Carol Williams lays out 3 questions that ought to be asked when cost is an issue.
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September is Preparedness Month – Tips from Texas Roadhouse
It’s time to get preparedness off your list! An excellent resource to get things moving is RIMS recent feature on natural disaster planning in 2021. One must read the Q&A: How Texas Roadhouse Takes a People-First Approach to Disaster Planning. Patrick Sterling and Matt McMahan from Texas Roadhouse shared some of the lessons they have learned from managing disasters across 600 locations over the past year, preparations for natural disasters in 2021, and insight into building a people-first playbook for times of crisis.
Check out the feature >>Watching From Above: The importance of satellites in responding to disaster
Beginning with 9/11, high resolution satellite imagery has become a critical tool for planning and response.
Read MoreStacking Up: Increasingly, communities are getting hit by multiple natural disasters in short times
Resilience planning and disaster response has typically been built on the notion of individual, rather than compound, events.
Read MoreSmall Problems: Small businesses are continuing to struggle to with remote work and cybersecurity challenges
Properly staffing cybersecurity positions also remains a challenge.
Read MoreWeathering the Weather: Despite an increase in the frequency of weather disasters, death rates continue to drop
A recent report shows deaths from weather-related disasters are down to about 40 per day, worldwide.
Read MoreHuman Error: Simple mistakes by users remain the biggest cause of cybersecurity problems
Cutting complexity and increasing education can help reduce cybersecurity incidents.
Read MoreTip Top Resilience: Five recommendations on how your company can ensure a robust response to disasters or other unexpected events
Building resilience means considering more than just business continuity.
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IAEM 2021 – 69th Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, Michigan Oct 15-22
This training and educational event provides many benefits to EM professionals in government, private sector, and nongovernment agencies alike. EMEX, Expo, draws a myriad of exhibitors who are the top suppliers to the fields of disaster preparedness and homeland security.
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Continuity Insights and Disaster Recovery Journal Collaborate on DRJ Fall 2021: A Virtual Experience
In its ongoing promise to deliver valuable educational opportunities during the pandemic, Continuity Insights will join forces with Disaster Recovery Journal to make DRJ Fall 2021: A Virtual Experience, the premier event of the year. The virtual conference will take place Oct. 11-14, 2021.
“The event business has been extremely challenging during the pandemic,” said Bob Arnold, DRJ president. “Despite our best efforts to get back face-to-face, we had to take the safe route and go all virtual.”
This virtual experience will feature its biggest agenda to date, covering a broad range of topics around managing risk and building resiliency. Noteworthy highlights include more than 112 subject matter experts across a wide range disaster recovery and business continuity disciplines. More than 82 sessions, 15 in-depth demos on today’s cutting-edge solutions, and two speed networking sessions to connect with vendors.
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