Many organizations think that effective business continuity planning is synonymous with great plan documentation. It’s not. Yes, plan documentation is extremely important. BUT… many organizations fail to recognize that effective business continuity plans – and [...]
Deputy director of International Operations for United Rescue Gavriel Friedson, writing for the Jerusalem Post, has offered some insights into the mindsets and emotions of the first responders operating in an area exposed to terror [...]
This coming Saturday, the Virginia Tech Rescue Squad and first responder agencies will be putting their skills to the test in an exercise designed to simulate an airplane crash at the Virginia Tech airport. Open [...]
In response to the continued pressure on communities and first responders caused by the increased use of opioids in general and heroin in particular, the Senate has passed the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA). [...]
Cybersecurity remains a hot topic in 2016, with companies continue to remain under pressure from outside attacks and corporate spending on cybersecurity increasing. In addition, the White House created a Federal chief information security office [...]
With increasing number of returning Americans being diagnosed as carriers of the Zika virus, the increasing chance of transfer of the virus to a local mosquito population is growing. In response to this possibility, and [...]
Looking to improve their cybersecurity, the Pentagon recently invited selected white hat hackers to dig into their networks for the purpose of finding holes or bugs, according to Reuters. Titled “Hack the Pentagon”, and led [...]
When the Volkswagen emissions scandal broke, it dominated the news cycle for an extended period of time — a nightmare for any crisis communications handler. An article from the gray lady herself points to lessons [...]
With an increasing number of people engaged in social media accounts across multiple platforms, the notion of personal online security is demanding attention from both traditional users and those interested in accessing that private information. [...]
It comes as no surprise to anyone in disaster management that emergency responders have a tough job. This issue of DRG takes a look at some of the realities faced in the field today by [...]
Forbes contributor Steve Morgan continues to offer a weekly review of interesting issues within the fields of hacking and cybersecurity. For the week ending February 27, 2016, Morgan has provided links to key events and [...]
In anticipation of a future quake along the Cascadia fault, FEMA is planning for a June exercise to test emergency readiness and response. Intended to model the combined effects of a magnitude 9 quake and [...]