External alarm receiving centres (ARC) are employed by many organizations to monitor their alarms around the clock, or after hours when few or no staff are physically on site. But are they always the best way for businesses to effectively manage their alarms and keep employees safe? Klaus Allion gives his view...
WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The London-based organization Resilience First has produced an aide-memoire that contains key guidance and actions to help business resilience. The ‘Guide to Resilience Planning for Business Communities’ provides some straightforward advice on building resilience
The UK government’s Digital Secretary Jeremy Wright has set out plans to improve resilience and security standards and practices across the UK’s telecoms sector. The proposals include future legislation to enforce stronger security requirements and to protect the UK from threats.
On July 15th, the United Nations hosted a high-level meeting in Geneva to take stock of the coordinated response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The meeting came the day after the first case of Ebola was confirmed in Goma, a city of about 1 million people south of the outbreak’s epicenter.
The Bank of Canada has announced the launch of a public-private partnership to strengthen the resilience of Canada’s financial sector. The Canadian Financial Sector Resiliency Group (CFRG) will be responsible for coordinating a sector-wide response to systemic-level operational incidents.
Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, has reissued the National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin pertaining to the terror threat to the US homeland. This marks the eighth iteration of the Bulletin on the homegrown terrorism threat since the first was released in December 2015.
An expert panel convened by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) has identified Canada's top climate change risks and determined that many costs and damages could be avoided with ‘prompt and thoughtful’ adaptation.
Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of industry sectors experienced an increase in disruption over the past eight years, according to a new report from Accenture.
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