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Mind the Gap: Bridging Cybersecurity, Crisis Communications, and Reputation Risk
In episode 163 of the PreparedEx Podcast, we explore the often-overlooked gap between cybersecurity response and public communications during a cyber incident. While many organizations invest heavily in technical controls and incident response plans, far fewer are prepared to manage the reputational, regulatory, and stakeholder consequences that unfold in parallel…
Past Episodes:
Managing Crises in a City That Never Sleeps – An Interview with Kelly McKinney
In Episode 99 of the podcast Kelly McKinney discusses how he got into emergency and crisis management back in 2001. Kelly also spoke about the challenging roles throughout his career as well as how he is part of a team that helps make NYU Langone Health safer and more resilient network. Finally, Kelly spoke to…
Receiving Timely Notifications During Critical Events – An Interview with Erik Endress
In Episode 98 of the podcast Rob interviews Erik Endress of Share911. Erik discusses the importance of receiving timely and accurate information during those first few seconds of an emergency. Erik also provided an insight in the the types of scenarios that require an immediate response as well as the importance of alerting those that…
Critical Decision-Making for Crisis Management Teams – An Interview with Chris Paton
Decision making is easy in a predictable and slow-changing world, but we are a long way from that right now. In episode 97 of the PreparedEx podcast, Chris Paton discusses what effects decision making, how our biases and heuristics influence us, and the impact this has on tempo. Chris will also touch on some simple…
Leading a Crisis from the Eye of a Storm – An Interview with Tony Kaufman
In episode 96 Tony Kaufman walks us through his personal experience with managing the Diamond Princess Cruise COVID-19 crisis. Tony, who was a member of the senior leadership at the time of the crisis managed the response from the moment of the outbreak through to recovery. Tony goes into detail about how they managed the…
Preparing for Nuclear, WMD and Emerging Threats – An Interview with Matt Kershner
In Episode 95 Rob interviews Matt Kershner who is the Chief at the Special Operations Forces Training Support Branch at DTRA the Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The discussion during the podcast was centered around exercises. Matt has vast amounts of experience within the exercise design, delivery and evaluation of exercises and shares his stories during…
An Interview with Hector Delgado: Preparing for Active Shooter or Other Violent Intruder Crises.
In episode 94 Rob discusses active shooter and violent intruder events and preparedness with Hector Delgado founder and CEO of ASR Alert Systems, Navy SEAL (ret) and HSI Special Agent (ret). Hector spoke about what schools, businesses, sporting arenas, music festivals and other locations can do to try and mitigate a mass shooting or violent…

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