Robin Gaddum believes that the real opportunity for resilience is to bridge the gap between risk management and performance improvement. In this article Robin explains why this is the case…
The principal French authority responsible for civil defence has used MASA's crisis management simulation software to conduct a major training exercise in order to enhance response capabilities for future flooding incidents in Paris.
Energy Ministers from the 21 APEC member economies have adopting the Cebu Declaration and Instructions, a joint statement which highlights an agreement on energy resilience.
The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a Community Resilience Planning Guide for Buildings and Infrastructure Systems
EUCONCIP (European Cooperation Network on Critical Infrastructure Protection) held its first event on October 20th, 2015. The launch conference, organized by Fondazione FORMIT, took place in Rome and starts a series of outreach activities
The Disaster Recovery Institute’s Future Vision Committee has announced the appointment of senior professionals from Japan, Switzerland and the UK as members of the committee.
FEMA and the US Small Business Administration have disbursed nearly $16.9 billion for New York’s recovery since Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the East Coast three years ago.
The National Grid has published its Winter Outlook 2015/16 report, which looks ahead at the picture of supply and demand for UK gas and electricity systems over the coming winter.
The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has received an update on current threats to the US homeland. FBI Director James Comey, Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson and Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Nicholas Rasmussen all appeared before the committee.
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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.
