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Building your Ransomware Playbook

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Reading about the latest ransomware hack feels a lot like watching a bicyclist hurdle head-first over handlebars into a pile of gravel. “Oof, that had to hurt.” And, “boy, am I glad that wasn’t me.” But that’s where the similarity between the two stops. Because although you can take all the right steps to keep …

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How to Successfully Grow in Year Two of Your Crisis Management Program

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After a long year of working with consultants, querying and coordinating with your departments, building out crisis plans and messaging, and exercising them with your people, you’ve FINALLY  checked the box on “set up a crisis management program.” Your crisis management plans are neatly collated in their new plastic-smelling binders and that extravagant fire extinguisher …

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What is Business Continuity?

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As your company’s newly assigned head of global security, you’ve just been informed that running your organization’s business continuity program falls squarely within your role. But what is business continuity? Sure, you’re a battle-tested veteran in managing security for large-scale enterprises. Business continuity? Not so much. The revelation leaves you feeling a lot like that time you …

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How to Gain Traction for your Business Continuity Program

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Gaining traction for business continuity and crisis management activities with people (who aren’t already on the business continuity bandwagon) has always been challenging. And now we’re stuck in a crisis fatigue hangover of unprecedented proportions. It’s no surprise that nearly every single business continuity professional we talk to right now is struggling to get their …

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Overcoming Crisis Fatigue

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Meditate. Exercise. Take a break from social media. For crisis managers struggling to keep their teams motivated and engaged, advice like this (which is mostly what is being meted out right now) feels cliche and remarkably unhelpful. Like your doctor telling you to eat less and exercise more to lose weight. If it were that …

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