Building and Maintaining Crisis Management Skills
In episode 20 of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob chats again from home about the importance of building and maintaining your crisis management skills in between exercises.
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 systems, healthcare providers, and industrial infrastructure – signaling a shift toward sector-wide disruption rather than isolated attacks. While attribution in these cases is often still…
In this fourth installment of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses setting the operational rhythm of your briefing cycle and how to maintain the discipline.
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 trying to get your team…
In this third installment of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses the role of the Crisis Coordinator, from horizon scanning, through recovery and “lessons learned”.
Tabletop exercises are an essential component of crisis management and preparedness. They provide organizations with an opportunity to simulate and test their response capabilities in a controlled environment. However, with the rise of virtual communication and remote work, the debate between in-person and virtual tabletop exercises has gained prominence. In this blog, we will explore…
In today’s risk-laden landscape, organizations face a range of potential crises, from cyber incidents to natural disasters. Ensuring that teams are ready to handle these challenges is critical, and PreparedEx’s vExPro™ service, featuring its Scenario Library, offers a powerful solution to meet this need. This unique service provides a collection of entirely customized scenarios tailored…
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