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An Interview with Crisis Management Expert Aaron Duncan
Corporate crisis management planning and response capabilities is a responsibility that organizations should take seriously. Leaders that have the accountability to prepare their organization's assets and personnel for various situations must consider the implications...
Horizon Scanning – An Important Crisis Management Tool
In episode 31 of the PreparedEx Podcast, Rob Burton discusses Horizon Scanning and how it can help improve an organization's ability to identify threats before they happen. Rob describes who should be represented during the horizon scanning sessions, how often the...
An Interview with Kathleen Lucey
Business continuity is an integral part of any organization. Those that do it well invest in their people and ultimately in the security of the organization's future. Those that don’t do it well, and those that don’t do it at all, run the risk of creating an...
Crisis Management Preparation – An Interview with Deb Hileman
Preparing your crisis management team is essential. Many personnel that make up a typical crisis team come from various functions of the company and have never been exposed to or had to manage crises during their careers. This podcasts uncovers some of the minimum...
3 Steps to Creating an Effective Crisis Management Briefing Cycle
In episode 28 of the PreparedEx podcast series, Managing Director, Rob Burton, discusses the crisis management briefing cycle. The briefing cycle is a disciplined crisis management activity that if implemented into a crisis team’s DNA, will increase their overall...
An Interview with Jessica Buchanan
On October 25, 2011, Jessica Buchanan and a colleague were kidnapped at gunpoint by Somali land pirates and held for 93 days, enduring the most harrowing and painful experience of her life. On the day of her kidnapping, she silently said to herself, “Some do come out...
Crisis Communications – An Interview with Erik Bernstein
Communicating during crises is important, especially in today’s world of fast-paced social media and mobile communications. Knowing what to say, and how to say it, is probably something that many organizations don’t practice enough. In this episode, we interview Erik...
Cyber-Security Leadership – An Interview with Francesca Spidalieri
Leaders need to understand the importance of creating a culture that is cyber-security aware. Corporations need to address their current cyber-defense technology deficiencies to ensure they remain one step ahead of the aggressors. Incident response teams and...
Cyber Security – An Interview with Dan Gortze of SecureWorks
In this episode, we interview Dan Gortze who is security expert and keynote speaker. We discuss the following: Cyber-security challenges Cyber threat actors Insider threats and the Common cyber-security gaps base on real events The importance of incident management...
Community Resilience – An Interview with Mark Gillan
Communities are not just made up of homes and apartments. Many communities have businesses that provide jobs and other services to those communities. Major cities have businesses that are heavily integrated into their communities and so do some smaller cities and even...
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