Behavioral Assumptions & Crisis: Impact on Mass Casualty Critical Incident Response & Mental Health Support
Sandy Hook, Boston, Las Vegas, Parkland and Pittsburgh. Those locations now have secondary meanings; mass casualty events. Each having their own community impact and recovery process. Response plans are created during the calm and quiet of a work day. A variety of exercises are conducted to test those plans and modify them accordingly to meet… Continue reading Behavioral Assumptions & Crisis: Impact on Mass Casualty Critical Incident Response & Mental Health Support
Federal Disaster Loans Offered to Certain Private Nonprofits
(TNS) — Low-interest federal disaster loans are now available to certain private nonprofit organizations in Osage and Nowata counties following President Donald Trump’s federal disaster declaration for Public Assistance as a result of severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and flooding that occurred April 30 – May 1, announced acting Administrator Christopher M. Pilkerton of the… Continue reading Federal Disaster Loans Offered to Certain Private Nonprofits
CCPA Compliance: Preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act
The CCPA, which goes into effect in six months, will cover data beginning in January 2019, so the time to prepare is now. Aparavi’s CTO Rod Christensen discusses the steps companies must take to ensure compliance as soon as possible. The purpose of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is mainly to rein in the use… Continue reading CCPA Compliance: Preparing for the California Consumer Privacy Act
Shape a new future with innovation management standards
Innovation isn’t just having a few bright ideas. It’s about creating value and helping organizations continuously adapt and evolve. ISO is developing a new series of International Standards on innovation management, the third of which has just been published. Innovation is an increasingly important contributor to the success of an organization, enhancing its ability to… Continue reading Shape a new future with innovation management standards
The Rising Tide Of Ransomware Requires A Commitment To Best Practices
Last week, the United States Conference of Mayors adopted a resolution against paying ransoms. What’s interesting about this is it’s creating what is essentially a vertical front of communities against ransomware. It may well disincentivize attackers from targeting US towns and cities. I’m hopeful and encouraged by this action, but I worry that this resolution is… Continue reading The Rising Tide Of Ransomware Requires A Commitment To Best Practices
Flexible working and cybersecurity
As flexible working becomes the new normal, how can risk directors feel confident company data is secure? The era of digital transformation is well underway. As new technologies – such as artificial intelligence and blockchain –increasingly become the arteries of industry, data has become the lifeblood for businesses. And yet many employees have very little knowledge about how to… Continue reading Flexible working and cybersecurity
Good Client, Bad Client: How to Treat Your BCM Consultant and Why It Matters
In over twenty years in the business, I’ve seen it all in terms of how our clients treat us at MHA as consultants, partners, and people. Most clients are great, but a few have made our lives miserable and have never quite learned how to treat a BCM consultant. In today’s post, we’ll look at… Continue reading Good Client, Bad Client: How to Treat Your BCM Consultant and Why It Matters
GDPR to CCPA and Beyond: Overcoming Challenges to Timely Privacy Compliance
The new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) is shaping up to be the toughest privacy law in the U.S. Nymity’s Chief Global Privacy Strategist, Teresa Troester-Falk, discusses what organizations need to do to adapt to the changing U.S. privacy law landscape. Would you find it surprising that almost half of privacy officers consider building a… Continue reading GDPR to CCPA and Beyond: Overcoming Challenges to Timely Privacy Compliance
New ISO standard for urban resilience in development
Urbanization is increasing, placing pressure on resources and infrastructure like never before. There’s no stemming the tide, so city leaders need to build resilience in order to cope. Work on a new International Standard for urban resilience, led by the United Nations, has just kicked off, aiming to help local governments build safer and more… Continue reading New ISO standard for urban resilience in development
DRaaS Providers Come of Age
Originally appeared on the DCIG blog. By Jerome M. Wendt As more organizations embrace a cloud-first model, everything in their IT infrastructure comes under scrutiny, to include backup and recovery. A critical examination of this component of their infrastructure often prompts them to identify their primary objectives for recovery. In this area, they ultimately want… Continue reading DRaaS Providers Come of Age