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10 Considerations for a Hurricane Tabletop Exercise
How does your organization prepare for hurricane season? It’s almost hurricane season in the US and many communities, businesses, and property owners are starting to prepare. Knowing your surroundings and talking to the local emergency management agency to find...
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 13 – Crisis Simulation Exercise Criteria
In episode 13 of the PreparedEx podcast, we discuss exercise criteria and provide some examples of exercise criteria and how PreparedEx evaluate using a tool known as Fulcrum. Benchmarking one facility or one area of the business against others essential provides...
3 Goals For Your Next Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise
When creating a cybersecurity tabletop exercise to validate the organizations ability to respond and manage a cybersecurity incident, consider the following three exercise goals. Validate Leadership Decision-Making One of the most important functions of a leader in a...
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 12 – Crisis Simulation Exercise Objectives
In episode 12 of the PreparedEx podcast we discuss exercise objectives. One of the most important, if not the most important step, in the design and preparation of an exercise is to determine exercise objective(s). It is not unusual for individuals planning an...
Utilizing a SimCell in Your Next Crisis Exercise
Do you want to take your crisis simulation exercises to the next level? Feel like your Tabletop Exercises have hit the limit in terms their effectiveness and realism? Then you should consider using a SimCell. What’s a SimCell? A SimCell (Simulation Cell) is a...
PreparedEx Podcast Epidsode 11 – How Resilient is your Organization? An Interview with Martin Gomberg
When was the last time your organization carried out a full review of its overall state of resilience? Probably never. Business continuity, crisis management as well as your disaster recovery strategies are all essential components of your organization resilience. In...
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 10 – An Insight into Cyber Security with Leo Taddeo
The FBI are heavily involved in cyber-security both from the response and investigation standpoints. In this very informative interview, we discuss cyber-breaches and threat actors with former Special Agent in Charge of the Special Operations/Cyber Division of the...
Pandemic Planning for Paramedics…Before the Zombies Come a Knocking
From Zombies to lethal viruses, Hollywood loves making doomsday films about something deadly spreading around the world at an alarming rate that kills everyone. Wolfgang Petersen’s 1995 movie "Outbreak" brought pandemic’s to the big screen; alerting the masses as to...
Episode 9 – The Emergency Response Side of Pandemic Planning – An Interview with Christine Cool
The World Health Organization (W.H.O.) responds to global health emergencies such as the Zika virus, Ebola and H1N1. In episode 9 we talk to Christine Cool of The Warning Project who discusses the emergency response side to health crises. Christine has deployed to...
PreparedEx Podcast Episode 8: Pandemic Planning and Risk Communications with John Rainford
According to the World Health Organization, influenza pandemics are unpredictable but recurring events that can cause severe social, economic, and political stress. Advanced planning and preparedness are critical in helping to mitigate the impact of influenza epidemic...
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