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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...
Scenario Generation Ideas
In the 16th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses a few ideas to help generate your scenario. https://vimeo.com/366624003
Corporate Wargames – Lessons 1 & 2
PreparedEx has thousands of hours of preparedness experience in continuity planning, running drills, functional exercises, tabletop exercises, and corporate wargames. The methods we employ have their genesis in the age-old military wargames. Our...
Exercise Objectives
In this 15th episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the importance of exercise objectives. https://vimeo.com/365416390
Do You Have These Three Crisis Leadership Traits?
After a crisis and our management of it has run its course, it pays to review all the details of what occurred and evaluate how we responded. We need to determine what could have been done to help us prevent such a crisis from happening in the first place, and...
Exercise Process
In this 14th episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the 5-steps of the Exercise Process. https://vimeo.com/363905115
Practice = Better Discipline
"Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out." ~ Stephen Covey After leaving the military in 2001, it took me several years to adapt to the corporate world. The changes varied from the...
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