Curated Content - This Week
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Business Continuity
- Memorandum: On April 30, 2024, the White House released the National Security Memorandum on Critical Infrastructure and Resilience (NSM-22). It replaces Presidential Policy Directive 21 (PPD-21), which was issued in February 2013 to establish national policy on critical infrastructure security and resilience.
- Evaluation: Resilience Questionnaire for evaluating resilience
- Case Studies: Case Studies showcasing success stories from professionals and organizations that turned adversity into opportunity
- Quiz / Evaluation: BCAW 2024 Business Resilience Questionnaire
- Blog: The State of Disaster Recovery Preparedness 2024
- Webinars and Resources on demand: Recordings for 2023 Public Private Partnership Security and Resilience Seminar Series
Emergency Response Planning
- Template: Disaster Recovery Plan Template
- Checklist: Tornado Preparedness Checklist
- Blog: Severe Summer Weather Business Threats
- Article: Atlantic Hurricanes 2024: Businesses Should Brace for an Active Season
Active Threat Preparedness and Response
- Video: Identifying Suspicious Activity Video
- Course: Suspicious Activity Recognition for Bombing Prevention Course
Risk and Safety
- Kit: AI and Risk Management Resource Kit. Understand how responsible AI can fit into your critical event strategy.
- Article: Navigating Storms: How Risk Intelligence Safeguards Organizations
- Blog: Get Ahead: Proactive risk management important for private boards
Disasters
- Blog: Crisis Management: What the Baltimore Bridge incident can teach us
- Article: How New Balance Has Weathered Years of Supply Chain Disruptions
Communications
- Article: A Foreign Government, Oprah, and Fires in Maui: The Impact of Misinformation on Community Resiliency
- Event: Public Safety Telecommunicators Week
- Blog: Keep Calm: Study finds link between crisis communications and stock prices
Financial Resilience
Power
- Article: Cascading Consequences: Electrical Grid Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability
- Blog: Power Recovery: Myths, Facts, and Lessons Learned
Mental / Emotional
- Article: The Psychology of Crisis
Exercises
- Article: Dungeons and Disasters: Gamification of Public Health Responses
- Blog: Top 5 Scenarios for Business Continuity Testing
- Webinar on demand: Learning from the past to prepare for the future
Supply Chain
- Tool: The Resilience Scan: Quickly assesses how resilient your supply chain is and what you can do to increase resilience in five crucial areas: Redundancy, Collaboration, Flexibility, Transparency and Agility.
- Article: A 2024 Supply Chain To-Do List
- Blog: Planning for Natural Disasters: A Growing Priority in Supply Chain Risk Management
- Guide: Roadmap for a Supply Chain Resilience Cockpit
- Template / Publication: Operationalizing Vendor Supply Chain Risk Management Template for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses and Excel
Cybersecurity
- Toolkit: 2024 Cybersecurity Awareness Month Kit
- Report: Mobile Threat Landscape Report: Q1 2024
- Webinar on demand: Cyber Risk Management: How Real-World Ransomware Attacks Happen and How to Build a Resilient Organization
Archived (Past Curated Content)
Networking Opportunities
- Virtual Meeting: BCI USA Chapter Monthly Fireside Chat, network with Business Continuity professionals. Occurs every 3rd Thursday of the month. 2:30-3:30 MDT
- Virtual Meeting: Continuity Professionals of Ohio Fireside Chat, Monthly, Every 3rd Wednesday at 12pm MDT.
- LinkedIn: BCI USA Chapter LinkedIn group to network with other business continuity and resilience professionals
- LinkedIn: United Nations Office of Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) ARISE: Follow to stay updated on the community’s latest news, events, and opportunities, share your contributions and noteworthy achievements.
- LinkedIn: The BCI Women in Resilience Group on LinkedIn
- Virtual Meeting: The BCI Women In Resilience Chapter
- Association: Business Resiliency Professionals Association (BRPA)
Documents
BCP Course Executive Summaries
Videos
Be Ready Business Videos (Playlists and Channels)
Presentations
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