By Alex Vaccaro, AlertMedia: More than any other season, winter brings a variety of unique threats to business continuity. Blizzards. Icy roads. Even an increased risk of fires. Let's discuss how your business can minimize the impact of these risks by preparing ahead and communicating effectively during every phase of a
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Continuity Insights to Once Again Support Sleep in Heavenly Peace in 2020
As a result of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, Continuity Insights founded an ongoing initiative called Continuity Cares. It started with debris clean-up and drywalling to working at a Veterans homeless shelter in New Orleans, but the activity has followed us to every city the Continuity
Swan Island Networks Launches TX Global Subscription Service for Breakthrough Security Intelligence Alerting
SaaS security intelligence provider Swan Island Networks has announced the launch of TX Global, a breakthrough global intelligence alerting service. The all-new TX Global alerting service is built on TX360™, a robust global platform for intelligence monitoring and situational awareness, deployed on the Microsoft Azure Cloud, and built for high-performance security intelligence teams. TX Global
Senate Confirms Gaynor to Lead FEMA
The US Senate voted has to confirm Deputy Administrator Peter Gaynor to lead the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Gaynor has served as the acting administrator of FEMA since March 9, the day after Brock Long left the agency. “As Acting Administrator of FEMA throughout 2019 and into 2020, Gaynor led the
Keynote Announced for CIMC 2020: Award-Winning Events Producer and Author Frank Supovitz
The Super Bowl, the NFL Draft, the NHL’s Stanley Cup Finals and All-Star Weekend, Radio City Music Hall productions. What do these prestigious sports and entertainment experiences have in common? They’re just a few of the award-winning events produced by Frank Supovitz, who will be the opening keynote for the
Danger, Danger: Ransomware Tops List of Cybersecurity Threats for 2020
The top cybersecurity threat for 2020 is ransomware. That’s news reported by ECT News Network reporter and cybersecurity expert Peter Suciu in article for TechNewsWorld. Sucui reports that despite efforts urging victims of ransomware not to pay, successful attacks only embolden cyberthieves to continue with their efforts. Cyber risk insurance firm
Earth Networks Releases 2019 Lightning Report
Earth Networks, operators of the world’s largest lightning detection network, has released its 2019 Lightning Report. During all of 2019, the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN) detected more than 112 million total lightning strikes within the continental US, a modest 1% increase from 2018. Over 19 million of these
Learn From Seasoned Practitioners, Industry Thought Leaders
Learning new strategies, techniques, skills, and practices is essential for both business continuity professionals learning the ropes and advanced practitioners. It’s the most direct path to achieving new heights of resiliency within your organization. The 2020 Continuity Insights Management Conference has developed a first-rate curriculum packed with meaningful sessions addressing critical
White Paper: Leadership in Times of Crisis
Emergencies like natural disasters, technology failures, or cyber breaches were once thought to be a rare, one-in-a-lifetime event. Now, they’re a part of our everyday lives. To make things even more complicated, novelty threats, or “crisis emergencies” are also increasing in frequency, forcing companies to respond to situations they never
