The cyber event in the early morning hours of July 19 gave the world a rather surprising curveball in the disaster contingency planning arena. In what is being broadly tabbed as the most impactful ...

Even if budgets are drastically reduced, state, local, tribal and territorial public safety agencies need reliable and interoperable communications to respond effectively when events disrupt normal ...

Over the last year, we’ve had unprecedented fuel prices, severe supply chain disruption and warnings of power blackouts. There was even uncertainty about whether Twitter would continue to exist under ...

The novel coronavirus pandemic has affected the way people operate. With almost all US states declaring states of emergency, a national emergency, and more than 4,700 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and ...

A disaster recovery plan is like insurance—you’re glad you have it, but you hope you never need it. With automobile insurance, you pay a regular fee so that you are covered if you have an accident. In ...

Contingency planning and crisis management are not conflicting concepts but instead work in tandem. Contingency planning is the process of preparing for potential emergencies, while crisis management ...

Government measures intended to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic have significantly impacted the operations of companies and organizations across the globe. These measures are interrupting or ...

When I was 23, I worked for a SaaS tech startup with big enterprise clients. We were a relatively young company and thought we were on top of things. Then, the ice storm hit. Power went out across the ...