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The Risk Landscape Has Changed: What the Iran Conflict Means for Your Organization’s Exposure
When Geopolitics Becomes a Business Disruption In 2026, organizations including Stryker Corporation were reported to have experienced cyber incidents linked to Iranian-aligned threat actors, alongside confirmed targeting of U.S. water…
CC Series Short: How to Build and Maintain Situational Awareness
The key asset in crisis management is information. Its effective management is crucial. At some point information should be processed into a form that can be used as a coherent basis for decision-making. This is called Situational Awareness (SA). SA is the concept of developing the ability to observe your…
CC Series Short: What is Situational Awareness?
There are many definitions all of which explain what situational awareness is in a similar way. The term we use is as follows: Situational Awareness is “closely monitoring what is going on around you in a complex and dynamic environment”. Closely monitoring what’s going on around you will help you…
CC Series Short: Crisis Response Strategy – Decision Making
Decision-making is the process of selecting a course of action from more than one alternative option, which is challenging to do when making high-stress decisions in crisis situations. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series, Rob Burton explains organizations should have a process to help guide…
CC Series Short: Crisis Response Strategy – Managing Issues
How your team manages issues throughout the lifecycle of an incident or crisis can prevent the situation from becoming worse. There will be challenges (issues) that raise their ugly heads during the event that need to be dealt with. Having a good IAP (Incident Action Plan) process will support the…
CC Series Short: Crisis Response Strategy – Situational Awareness
During an incident it is imperative that the CMT (Crisis Management Team) has good overall Situational Awareness throughout the whole event. This will allow leaders to better understand the situation enabling them to make well informed and accurate decisions. In this short video clip from the Crisis Coordinator Webinar Series,…
How to Activate Your Crisis Team: Emergency Notification and Communication Strategies
In any crisis, the first few minutes are the most important. That is why it is so important to have a process in place for activating your crisis team. This includes sending out emergency notifications and organizing communication among team members. Without an activation process, you risk wasting valuable time…