Scenario Generation Ideas
In the 16th episode of our Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob discusses a few ideas to help generate your scenario.
Conducting a Resilience Program Maturity Assessment (RPMA) is critical in understanding an organization’s resilience level and readiness to withstand disruptions. This process is invaluable for identifying strengths, gaps, and areas for improvement, allowing businesses to make informed decisions about their resilience programs. PreparedEx’s RPMA service is designed to guide organizations through a structured, efficient, and…
The Rising Threat of Deepfake Attacks In 2024, Arup, a global engineering consulting firm, fell victim to an elaborate deepfake scam. A finance employee participated in what appeared to be a legitimate video conference with the company’s CFO and other senior leaders. Unbeknownst to them, every participant—except the employee—was a deepfake, generated by cybercriminals using…
Being able to prepare for, manage and recover from a crisis, is becoming a necessity for every organizations. As an incident starts to unfold, crisis team members need to act quickly to ensure they are in a position to manage the event in a cohesive manner. The pace and intensity of a crisis can be…
During the course of the exercise, there will be times when an issue surfaces that cannot be resolved because of exercise time constraints. We define an “issue” as something whose resolution is important to the organization’s crisis or business continuity plan, but that cannot be resolved during the time available for the exercise. These issues…
Crises can strike without warning. Some incidents are slower and we can often start our response early. No matter what the situation is, we need to do more to prepare our businesses, communities, and families to survive and thrive after a crisis has passed. In this excellent episode, Mark Hoffman discusses how organizations can better…
By an exercise facilitator who has run hundreds of simulations, watched leadership teams under pressure, and learned one essential truth: when people are stressed, technology steps aside and the human element takes over. 1. Imagine this You’re facilitating a cyber breach exercise for your global financial firm. Ten minutes in, the CISO begins speaking rapidly—too…
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