A broad ensemble of very rare, but extremely high impact, events have the potential to cause wide-area devastation. However, they are normally ignored in contingency plans, being written off as too unlikely, or too difficult to prepare for. This attitude, while understandable, adds to the risk
Swiss Re has issued a report giving preliminary estimates of the impacts of disaster events around the world. Insured losses from disaster events have been estimated at USD 32 billion in 2015
In the second of a series of articles following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning, Paul Kudray looks at how a near-miss in 2014 helped Santa to understand that even his organization isn’t too big to fail…
Communities weighing choices for capital improvement projects intended to improve their resilience to severe weather, wildfires, earthquakes, or other types of hazards now have a new guide to help them
In the third of a series of articles following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning, Paul Kudray looks at the steps that need to be taken to ensure that the business continuity plans are fit for purpose.
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, 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 November 2015.
In a series of articles Paul Kudray has been following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning. In this, the last instalment, it’s the final countdown for Santa and his organization…
ASIS International (ASIS) and the US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have launched a joint initiative to address active shooter incidents.
The US Department of Homeland Security has published a national plan to guide research activities across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
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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.
