The US Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has launched a new data visualization tool that enables users to see when and where historical disaster declarations have occurred across the country. Businesses can use the tool to assess disaster risks for their location, based on disaster declarations going back to 1953.
Flooding was the main theme of the month, with significant incidents in the US, China and Australia.
BSI is seeking feedback on the draft BS 12999 standard. ‘BS 12999 Damage Management - Stabilization, mitigation, and restoration of properties, contents, facilities and assets following incident damage’ is intended to provide recommendations to individuals and organizations involved in carrying out damage management.
Patterns of peak rainfall during storms will intensify as the climate changes and temperatures warm, leading to increased flash flood risks in Australia's urban catchments new UNSW Australia research suggests.
Andrew MacLeod argues that insights into, and more importantly understanding of, an organization’s culture help to ascertain the risk appetite of an organization and can therefore be used to enhance organizational resilience. For an organization to truly enhance its resilience it needs to embed a culture of resilience at every level.
Downtime to the broadband connection is now one of the major threats facing today’s organizations, so why are many businesses not considering resilience when purchasing broadband or looking at how broadband failure fits into the disaster recovery plan? Mike van Bunnens, managing director, Comms365, explores the issue.
Former BCI Technical Director Lyndon Bird to lead DRI Future Strategic Vision Committee.
NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center says the 2015 Atlantic hurricane season will likely be below-normal. For the hurricane season, which officially runs from June 1st - November 30th, NOAA is predicting a 70 percent likelihood of 6 to 11 named storms
The UK government's Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has published new advice for the protection of industrial control systems (ICS).
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