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When War Breaks Out: What Businesses Should Be Doing to Prepare and Protect Their Operations
War is often perceived as a geopolitical issue affecting governments, militaries, and national security agencies. But in today’s interconnected global economy, armed conflict rarely remains confined to the battlefield. Even when the…
There Are Many Challenges When a Cyber-Breach Occurs – Here Are Three Key Challenges That Require Preparation
Decision-making is a major challenge for incident management teams. The time and effort that goes into decision-making usually leads to delays in response, which can lead to increased costs and legal liability. One way of tackling this problem is having a cyber security plan and an incident response team with…
Crisis Exercise Simulations Strengthen Relationships and Confidence
All organizations have a responsibility to plan and prepare for crises, but few know how to do it effectively. Crisis simulations are an excellent training tool that can be used to develop relationships among team members, employees and other stakeholders. It also provides practice for those responsible for managing crises…
How COVID Changed Crisis Communications and Media Relations
When a crisis of any kind hits, the goal has always been the same: put it into the past as quickly as possible. You establish your organization as the most authoritative source of credible information about the crisis and you own its narrative by living the mantra “tell it first,…
How to Prevent Groupthink in Crisis Communications
Guest contributor: Jo Detavernier, SCMP, APR – Owner of Detavernier Strategic Communication When crisis communications teams work perfectly together, they will achieve great results. When such alignment takes on the form of “groupthink” however, the results will often be far less than optimal, and possibly even disastrous. Groupthink happens when…
PreparedEx Partners with OnSolve to Provide Simulated Crisis Exercises that Optimize Organizational Crisis Preparedness
PreparedEx’s skilled crises experts and ultra-realistic simulated crisis scenarios, coupled with OnSolve’s AI-powered OnSolve Platform for Critical Event Management help organizations take crisis preparedness plans to the next level July 26, 2021 – Middletown, RI – PreparedEx, a team of crisis experts who create and conduct simulated crisis exercises,…
The Missing Ingredient in Too Many Cyber Response Plans
By: Mark Hoffman, MBCI, CBCP Recently, a client asked me to review a Cybersecurity Response Plan template that they had purchased from a ‘leading’ research organization. This 21-page document was intended to be used by my client’s IT department in response to a successful cyberattack against their organization. It is…