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Corporate Wargames – Lessons 5 & 6
Click HERE is you missed Corporate Wargames – Lessons 1 & 2 Click HERE is you missed Corporate Wargames – Lessons 3 & 4 Lesson Five – Exercise / Wargame Hot Wash A hot wash is the "after-action" discussions and evaluations of an organization’s...
Holiday Preparedness – No Time For A Crisis Managers Vacation
The holiday season is in full swing - people are traveling, spending time with loved ones, relaxing and reflecting on an almost complete year. Offices are more often filled with parties than with meetings. It is a time for joy, a time for cheer (to borrow some...
Building and Maintaining Crisis Management Skills
In episode 20 of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob chats again from home about the importance of building and maintaining your crisis management skills in between exercises. https://vimeo.com/374683761
The Importance of Documenting Training and Exercises
In this 19th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob has a chat from home about the importance of documenting your training and exercises. https://vimeo.com/372778525
PreparedEx Fall Update
It's a busy end of the year for PreparedEx! Rob Burton talks recent exercises, FirstLook, our self-guided exercise package, and Whiteboard Wednesday. https://vimeo.com/371408491
Corporate Wargames – Lessons 3 & 4
Click HERE is you missed Corporate Wargames – Lessons 1 & 2 Lesson Three - Exercise Program vs. Singular Exercises A bottom up approach works well when a company or organization wants to exercise their response to a disruption of business operations at the...
Exercise Logistics
In the 18th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses Exercise Logistics - when, where, technology, materials, security requirements, etc. https://vimeo.com/369448322
Responding to a Cyberattack: This is NOT Just an IT Issue!
Recently I posted the following statement on LinkedIn: For years, companies have treated cybersecurity as a risk that IT could solve alone. Beyond IT, companies need to add the crisis management component to define their response. Understand key decisions,...
The Exercise Control Team
In the 17th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the Exercise Control Team, which is the group responsible for creating, delivering and evaluating the exercise. https://vimeo.com/368510769
The Weak Link: Economic Espionage and the Business Traveler
According to statistics published by the FBI, at least twenty-three foreign governments actively target U.S. corporations for their proprietary trade information. And the threat is not just from state intelligence units. Increasingly, private companies...