Articles Tagged with ''business continuity''

Social networks such as Twitter may be used for monitoring, assessing and even predicting damage caused by natural disasters in just a few hours.

A new report highlights the issues facing supply chain executives. 

New York City will be awarded $176 million in federal funding to build a new flood protection system around Lower Manhattan.
 

Three years after Hurricane Sandy stranded 80,000 public housing tenants, the NYC Housing Authority is "woefully unprepared" for the next disaster.
 

A new report shows which states face the greatest threat from natural disasters.

There is a 99.9 percent chance of a magnitude-5 or greater earthquake striking within three years in the greater Los Angeles area. 

The city of Los Angeles has enacted agressive seismic regulations, requiring 15,000 buildings be retrofitted so they will better withstand an earthquake.
 

According to the 2015 International Business Resiliency Survey, firms consider cyber and IT-related risks to be the most likely to occur and have the greatest potential impact on their operations.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has launched an online information system to help health and emergency preparedness professionals prepare for and manage the effects of disasters.

Cybersecurity continues to climb the list of concerns for business leaders, along with executives’ concerns over medical cost inflation, legal liability, attracting and retaining talent, compliance and apprehension over economic uncertainty.