Leaders need to understand the importance of creating a culture that is cyber-security aware. Corporations need to address their current cyber-defense technology deficiencies to ensure they remain one step ahead of the aggressors. Incident response teams and communications personnel need to work together to ensure they are prepared for their moment in the “data breach”…
When you establish your crisis management capability, conduct crisis management exercises, or actually go through crises, what are the most common issues or gaps that are uncovered? Within this article, I define a few of the more common issues that we see when conducting simulation exercises within the corporate space as well as reviewing reports…
In this episode, we interview Dan Gortze who is security expert and keynote speaker. We discuss the following: Cyber-security challenges Cyber threat actors Insider threats and the Common cyber-security gaps base on real events The importance of incident management simulation exercises Including critical vendors in cyber-attack preparedness planning Dan Gortze on LinkedIn
Communities are not just made up of homes and apartments. Many communities have businesses that provide jobs and other services to those communities. Major cities have businesses that are heavily integrated into their communities and so do some smaller cities and even towns. It’s imperative that businesses understand their communities and it is equally important…
We often get asked the same preparedness questions. These questions come from our online audiences as well as our clients during crisis simulation exercises or in everyday discussions. We decided to do this podcast based on these common questions. In this episode we discuss, risk assessments, crisis planning, different types of plans, simulation exercises and…
One of the most undervalued training and evaluation tools is the Tabletop Exercise. A Tabletop Exercise can be delivered in almost any setting and can help teams create trust amongst themselves as well as their critical vendors and other key stakeholders. There are many more benefits to conducting Tabletop Exercises. In this article, I’m going…
Some major corporations have formal crisis management teams with very experienced employees that have been exposed to various corporate crises throughout their careers. However, a significant number of organizations don’t have any crisis management capability at all. Or, if they have a capability in place, they have a less-than-effective program because of poor planning, ineffective…
Being able to prepare for, manage and recover from a crisis, is becoming a necessity for every organizations. As an incident starts to unfold, crisis team members need to act quickly to ensure they are in a position to manage the event in a cohesive manner. The pace and intensity of a crisis can be…
Being able to communicate during a crisis is essential for any organization. Understanding what to say and how to say it should be part of the crisis preparedness planning process. All stakeholders need to be addressed and your spokespersons should know what to say when the media request an interview. Have you ever considered being…
When was the last time you looked at your security from a hostile’s perspective? Have you ever? The majority of hostiles go through an online reconnaissance of their targets before they attack. In fact, many will review various targets online first to see what they can obtain in terms of security at those locations. If…