A review of the new ‘Crisis Management – Building a Strategic Capability’ technical specification

Rick Cudworth and Abigail Worsfold from the Deloitte crisis and resilience team provide a review of the new PD CEN/TS 17091 European technical specification for crisis management, which was launched in December 2018.  A new technical specification for crisis management calls for a more strategic approach to the discipline. PD CEN/TS 17091 ‘Crisis Management – Building a… Continue reading A review of the new ‘Crisis Management – Building a Strategic Capability’ technical specification

Career Spotlight – Darren Nichols

EDITOR’S NOTE: The DRJ Career Development Committee is supporting this series of articles featuring the career paths of industry professionals. Throughout this series of candid interviews, we hope to provide career advice to our readers by highlighting lessons learned, highs and lows, opportunities and challenges. The DRJ Career Development Committee promotes education, opportunity, inclusion, and excellence surrounding… Continue reading Career Spotlight – Darren Nichols

The Case For Integrated Risk Management

Align Your Risk Approach to Your Unique Business Realities LockPath’s Colby Smith discusses the reasons an integrated approach to risk management is an imperative – chief among them digital processes, global business and a reliance on third parties. Digital transformation, globalization and outsourcing have given rise to unprecedented productivity, innovation, efficiency, collaboration and knowledge. However,… Continue reading The Case For Integrated Risk Management

Record-Breaking Cold Snap Kicks Allegheny County, Pa., Warming Center, Shelters ‘Into Overdrive’

(TNS) – More than a dozen people bustled about the basement of The River – A Community Church in New Kensington on midday Wednesday. Pots of chicken noodle and vegetable broth soups simmered on a stovetop while flaky, doughy biscuits baked in the oven below. Some volunteers prepped a refreshment area offering a variety of… Continue reading Record-Breaking Cold Snap Kicks Allegheny County, Pa., Warming Center, Shelters ‘Into Overdrive’

Assessing the impacts of a global ransomware attack

A new report published by Lloyds explores the impacts and economic costs of a future highly effective ransomware attack and concludes that the global economy is not ready to deal with such an attack. The report, ‘Bashe attack: Global infection by contagious malware’ explores a scenario in which a ransomware attack is launched through an… Continue reading Assessing the impacts of a global ransomware attack

Staying Safe: Flights Cancelled, Hospitals Ready During Arctic Cold

(TNS) – Safety across the region was a priority Wednesday, Jan. 30, as arctic temperatures and wind chills forced temperatures to as low as 65 below zero. Hundreds of flights were cancelled across the Midwest on Wednesday. At Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport, over 600 flights — about half of the flights originating from the airport… Continue reading Staying Safe: Flights Cancelled, Hospitals Ready During Arctic Cold