FEMA launches new app features for hurricane season
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- Published: Tuesday, 26 May 2015 08:34
June 1st is the start of the 2015 hurricane season and to help businesses and individuals prepare FEMA has launched a new feature to its mobile app.
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APEC calls for more action on disaster resilient communities
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- Published: Monday, 18 May 2015 08:20
In the wake of recent disasters in the Asia-Pacific, APEC officials are calling for greater commitment and a science-based approach to building safe and disaster resilient communities.
A resilient organization needs a specialist risk leader supporting the board
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- Published: Thursday, 07 May 2015 08:27
Boards are failing to navigate the changing risk landscape effectively, resulting in significant loss of value, according to research from leading players in the business community. As a result, corporate risk leadership needs rethinking and boards should consider appointing an executive voice of risk.
Making the case for ‘herd resilience’
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- Published: Thursday, 21 May 2015 07:44
Matt Hodges-Long explains how the concept of herd immunity can be translated to the business arena and how the resulting herd resilience could bring benefits for business continuity and resiliency.
A summary of April’s major natural disasters
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- Published: Wednesday, 13 May 2015 08:12
Impact Forecasting has published the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during April 2015.
Canadian Government calls for National Disaster Mitigation Program proposals
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- Published: Friday, 24 April 2015 07:40
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness has launched a call for proposals for the National Disaster Mitigation Program (NDMP).
A large-scale cyber attack is probably the most significant and systemic threat facing the US economy: SIFMA
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- Published: Wednesday, 20 May 2015 07:56
SIFMA president and CEO Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., has testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit hearing entitled, ‘Protecting Critical Infrastructure: How the Financial Sector Addresses Cyber Threats.’
UNISDR praises Geneva’s flood management
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- Published: Monday, 11 May 2015 12:08
The head of the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Margareta Wahlström, has praised Geneva for its management of the exceptional floodwaters which have threatened the city in recent days
Resilience as a business continuity mindset
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- Published: Thursday, 23 April 2015 09:55
By Gary Hinson and Dejan Kosutic.
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