It has been noted numerous times, in multiple studies, that building occupants often ignore or are slow to respond to standard fire alarm sounders: this is ‘bystander apathy’. This article looks at the issue and suggests some solutions.
Drone (Unmanned Air Systems: UAS) technology has evolved rapidly and the UK is now seeing the development of hostile improvised drone threats to critical infrastructure, events and public establishments; including prisons and major UK airports.
The Security Executive Council (SEC) has added a new Incident Management Flowchart to its resilience best practices knowledge base. SEC says that the flowchart 'describes a successful framework that can be customized for your company'
Plans to strengthen Europe's ability to deal with natural disasters through the creation of rescEU, a reserve at European level of civil protection capabilities, have taken a step forward after approval by the European Council.
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) has published a technical report – registered with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) – that can help guide companies to safer environments and a coordinated response should a hostile event occur.
Ireland’s Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, has told businesses in the country that they should carry out a supply chain analysis to identify risks of exposure when the UK leaves the EU.
More than half (59 percent) of respondents to a poll conducted by Infosecurity Europe 2019 believe that an attack on the UK’s critical national infrastructure is likely in 2019.
The US Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC), operated for the Department of Homeland Security by the RAND Corporation, has released a new report on how to build an effective and practical national approach to terrorism prevention.
A new paper from the UK Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) says that the world is facing ‘a new domain of risk’ with cascading environmental risks potentially leading to severe impacts on human systems from local to global levels.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
