By Melissa Wiehenstroer, Private Sector Liaison, FEMA Region III: Picture this: you work for a grocery store chain and you get a call from one of your suppliers. They tell you that access is restricted on a road they need to drive on to restock your stores in an area that
Crisis Communication
New Webinar to Focus on BCP Metrics That Engage All Stakeholders
BC Program Metrics That Fuel Engagement Across Stakeholders will be the featured topic during the next installment of the Continuity Insights Webinar Series scheduled for Tuesday, June 25, 2019. The discussion will be lead by 20-year business continuity industry professional Brian Zawada. Many practitioners only leverage activity-based metrics when communicating the
Opportunity to Join ACP’s Fastest Growing Chapter – Ohio
Are you looking for exciting opportunities to network and collaborate with fellow resiliency professionals in Ohio? The Association of Continuity Professionals has the place for you. Shortly after approval by ACP’s National Board of Directors, the ACP of Ohio chapter was launched in early 2019. The chapter is led by local
Sferic Connect Launched by Earth Networks
Earth Networks has announced the launch of Sferic Connect, a new mobile application and hub designed to deliver critical weather information and alerts to distributed employees across an organization or enterprise. This situational awareness and alerting app helps organizations initiate and comply with weather safety policies. Now state and local governments,
Poll Reveals Lack of Preparedness in the Face of Increasingly Frequent Disasters
What Makes an Emergency Manager Effective?
From technical and substantive knowledge to interpersonal relations to leadership and communications, there are core competencies that comprise the common characteristics of effective, successful emergency managers. In his article for GovTech.com, emergency management consultant Lucien Canton, CEM, considers the core competencies and skills that define what makes an emergency manager effective.
New Incidence Software Model Defines Optimal Readiness for Security Leaders in the Digital Age
Groupdolists, provider of incident response software for synchronizing and directing readiness and response, has announced a revolutionary new model for incident management: Incident Response 3.0, a Model for Optimal Incident Preparedness in the Digital Age. The design of the Incident Response 3.0 model was guided by Groupdolists' Security Advisory Council of
ACP/NY Metro Chapter Announces June Meeting Topic
New Hurricane Infographic Details the 5 P’s of Preparedness
The biggest hurricane risk is not thinking a disaster can strike your business. A new Hurricane Infographic from Agility Recovery illustrates some of the latest findings on the devastation from hurricanes, and how to prepare your business to withstand this natural catastrophe and control the impact of a disaster on
