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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…
Six Guidelines for Ethical Crisis Communications
Acting and communicating ethically should be a daily priority for any organization. However, during a crisis, the stakes grow higher, and the ethical challenges of communicating both accurately and strategically can be very complicated. For example: How should researchers who must provide information on a deadly virus, such as Ebola,…
3 Important Takeaways from Emory University Hospital’s Ebola Controversy
Emory University Hospital had a tough crowd to deal with when they announced that they’d be receiving and caring for two American missionary doctors who had contracted the Ebola virus in West Africa. However, the way they chose to handle the issue and communicate with the general public was…
War-gaming – Part 1: The History
The term, “war-game” is simply a translation of the German term, “kriegspiel.” Because many are simply uncomfortable with the term “war-game,” feeling perhaps that war is too serious for “games,” you will often see every term but war-game used to describe war-games. These include Map Maneuver, Chart Maneuver, Field Maneuver,…
Pandemic Business Continuity Planning – Session Two
During our first discussion on the need for a Pandemic Business Continuity Plan we emphasized that planning for a pandemic is different than planning for other contingencies. The primary challenge you will encounter during a pandemic is not how to deal with the loss of infrastructure and communications,…
Pandemic Business Continuity Planning
Are you prepared for how a pandemic might affect your organization? During the past decade we have witness a rise of new sub-types of influenza viruses, including some which have shown the ability to be transferred from animal to animal, then animal to human, and finally human-to-human. The result…
A Look at the Security Implications for the Brazil World Cup
In March of this year, the main weekly magazine published in Brazil (VEJA) ran as its cover story a report prepared by the country’s intelligence agency (ABIN), outlining the six major threats carrying a potential to disrupt the upcoming FIFA World Cup, to be hosted in twelve capital cities of…