Articles Tagged with ''business continuity''

No one better defines the adage “Find what you love to do and then figure out how to make a living at it” better than Bijan. While he held a successful career in financial services, he also volunteered as a member of the Marin (California) County search and rescue team. Following the events of 9/11, more government funding became available to help local jurisdictions prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters.

“When did Iget programmed? I’d have to say my mom was a huge contributor to molding my altruistic mindset growing up. My Mom never drove by someone or something in need. We’d always say, ‘Oh mom, don’t stop. Not again!’ But she always did.” And with that Bertsch has been an enthusiastic volunteer and then ‘CSO’ to make communities and events better through solid risk management and resilience.

In an effort to avoid the 2013 Super Bowl power outage, officials put the MetLife Stadium and the Meadowlands sports complex through multiple power and utilities tests. 

As part of their business continuity management (BCM) efforts, companies today are still behind in leveraging social media as a crucial resource.

Recent tornadoes in Oklahoma and Texas have sparked interest in storm shelters across the Midwest.

Report warns that business growth is not keeping pace with resilience to natural disasters in many parts of the world.

NYC will double to six the number of evacuation zones along its coast and expand them to include an additional 640,000 residents.

At a time when extreme weather events are frequently occurring, leaders within the United States commercial real estate industry are largely unprepared to maintain daily business operations according to a recent IndustryEdge survey conducted by Travelers.

The world economy lost more than $100 billion in 2012 due to the impact of extreme disasters.

 The ASIS New York City Chapter has selected Patrick Timlin, CEO of MSA Security, as the 2013 Person of the Year.