The Central Bank of Ireland (Banc Ceannais na hÉireann) has told financial firms that they need to improve their approach to resilience and to managing IT risks.
A ‘perfect storm’ of active conflict and traumatized communities in Ebola-affected areas of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could enable the deadly disease to spread says the World Health Organization (WHO).
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have announced that they will conduct a joint inquiry to assess the impacts of the extreme cold weather event that occurred in the Midwest and a portion of South Central US during the week of January 15, 2018.
On the 4th October 2018 the G20 countries took part in an exercise to test response to a scenario where an infection that is resistant to antibiotics spreads rapidly around the world.
A new study suggests that the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand for electricity in the United States. The research, published today in the journal Risk Analysis, was led by the University at Buffalo and Purdue University.
Key global and regional payment, clearing and settlement operators met at a roundtable in Paris on Friday 14th September to discuss cyber security and the resilience of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and the wider market ecosystem.
In this paper, Len Johnson, looks at climate change in the context of business continuity and organizational resilience and explains how you can group impact scenarios into three key areas to help focus your planning.
FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has postponed the nationwide test of the US Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) until October 3 due to ongoing response efforts to Hurricane Florence.
WHO and the World Bank Group recently convened the first meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a new body set up to monitor the world’s readiness to respond to outbreaks and other health emergencies.
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