FEMA has published ‘COVID-19 Pandemic Operational Guidance: All-Hazards Incident Response and Recovery’, a document aimed at helping emergency managers plan for disaster response and recovery, while adhering to public health guidelines to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas has issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin after consultation with the Intelligence Community and law enforcement partners.
During a recent UK Finance Operational Resilience Webinar, Lyndon Nelson Deputy CEO of the Prudential Regulation Authority, explained how the regulator will approach operational resilience regulation.
Harold Pradal, Group Commercial Director at BSI, discusses the importance of organizational resilience, describes how its 16 inter-related elements combine into a holistic Framework, and considers how COVID-19 has brought organizational resilience into focus.
An international hub for pandemic control is to open later this year in Berlin to ensure better preparedness and transparency in the fight against future global health threats. Supported by the German government, the hub will specialize in gathering epidemic intelligence, data, surveillance, and analytics innovation.
When crisis strikes, it might seem prudent to turn inward, bring your resources closer to home and batten down the hatches. Despite our global economy, it seems almost instinctual to retreat ‘home’ in the face of danger. This is the wrong approach, Gary Harrold argues.
Deloitte has published ‘Crisis as catalyst: Accelerating transformation’, a report into organizational resilience in the global private company market segment.
The way that many of us live has created the 'perfect storm' for the evolution and transmission of infectious diseases like COVID-19 according to a researcher at the University of East Anglia.
The ever-present risk of earthquakes, which on average causes nearly US$40 billion in direct economic loss every year, is why FM Global has released what it claims is the world’s most comprehensive global earthquake risk map.
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