by Roberta J. Witty | October 12, 2011 | Comments Off
I rarely just re-post articles, but this one needs to be taken with much seriousness: RT @bnkinfosecurity White men dominate IT security profession; IT security unemployment at 0 perce.. http://bit.ly/nQnwKL
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by Roberta J. Witty | September 28, 2011 | 5 Comments
On Tuesday September 20, 2011, I attended my local CT ACP chapter’s annual tabletop exercise. Hosted at Northeast Utilities, the ACP management team in conjunction with NU’s BCM team, conducted a great two hour exercise that was filled with lots of changing conditions, misinformation, and even an Elvis impersonator! Also in attendance were an EMNS [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
Anniversaries of major events – personal and public – trigger much reflection on what has changed since the event, and 9/11 is no different. I went back to my experience in the months following 9/11 to find nuggets of information about which to write regarding how 9/11 changed the ability of organizations to respond and [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | September 9, 2011 | Comments Off
Nice explanations provided for “Specific” and “credible” in the body: http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/us-again-under-threat U.S again under threat Published 9 September 2011 New York City and the District of Columbia respond to “specific, credible but unconfirmed” intelligence of an impending attack; information obtained indicates a vehicle-borne bomb; NYPD deploys boats, armored vehicles and a 1,000-member counter-terror force As [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ensuring your staff is prepared and safe before, during and after a disaster goes a long way in ensuring workforce resilience – in other words, that your workforce will be ready and able to come to the aid of the organization during a crisis event. To that end, a new web resource – Get Tech [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | March 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Read Jack Santos’ blog post on the supply chain implications of the Japan earthquake/tsunami.
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by Roberta J. Witty | March 3, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’ve been in Australia for the last few days running workshops on how Queensland responded to the January/2011 floods. There were actually three flooding events: flash flooding in the western area (Toowoomba and Grantham), and then a few days later, flooding in the northern area and central district of Brisbane occurred. Many people lost their [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | February 9, 2011 | 3 Comments
I live in CT. I have snow on my roof. Lots of it. For the last few weeks, I’ve used a snow rake to remove it from my rather flat sunroom roof. With almost daily news reports hailing roof collapses due to the weight of snow in excess of two feet in some places, you’d [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
With the publication of the BCM Policy template on 21 October 2010, Gartner completes its research bundle on the BCM governance framework. Customers now have access to a definition note on what BCM governance is plus three customizable toolkits: a BCM charter, BCM policy and BCM responsibility matrix. Each note is listed below. Business Continuity [...]
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by Roberta J. Witty | September 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
The goal of U.S. National Preparedness Month (NPM) is “…to stress the importance of strengthening the security and resiliency of our Nation through systematic preparation for the full range of hazards threatening the United States in the 21st century, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, pandemic disease, and acts of terrorism.” Read the full proclamation: Presidential [...]
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