Since its’ beginning , thousands of organizations – of all types including businesses, , Schools and organization of all kinds have joined the program and received valuable feedback on their level of preparedness. Many of these organizations have taken advantage of the Emergency Planning tools available to members and thousands of people have reviewed the information contained in the Resource Center.
Since its inception, the free Ready Rating Program has helped thousands of businesses, schools and organizations of all kinds become better prepared for different types of emergencies from severe weather to workplace violence and the challenges sometimes caused by a dependency on technology
Thousands of organizations from commercial businesses to Houses of Worship, Schools, non-profit institutions, and even some government agencies have used a Ready Rating Assessment to measure the quality of their emergency response plan.
The Ready Rating Assessments provide users with objective and clear-cut evaluations of the breadth and depth of their Emergency Response Plans based on comparisons drawn from various international preparedness standards and industry best practices. The assessments were assembled by a team of experts and approved by the Scientific Advisory Council of the Red Cross
If you are not familiar with the term Emergency Action Plan or EAP, then you should know that this is the title to an emergency response plan that has at least these six core elements.
Developing an emergency preparedness plan is one of the most important strategic decisions you will make as a small business owner. Consider how a natural, human-caused, or public health emergency could affect your personnel, customers, and workplace.
Your smartphone can help your family and organization stay safe during emergencies, particularly during severe weather. Severe weather conditions can be unexpected and unpredictable and can result in power blackouts, property damage, and inaccessible or dangerous roads which could affect your organization, your personnel, and their families.
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It’s the reason that football teams run plays, basketball players practice foul shots, and golfers go to the driving range. Not until recently have we had scientific validation of this intuitive belief. Dr. Eric Kandle of Columbia University has proven that if you don’t practice a skill, you lose your performance ability. In 2000, Kandel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his work with Aplysia – a sea slug that is a darling of neuro-physicists. While growing to be one foot long, Aplysia only have about 20,000 nerve cells, as compared to billions in the human brain. Aplysia’s simple brain structure allowed Kandel and his colleagues to study how memories are created and stored.
It was General Sun Tzu who first said, “know your enemy, and you shall win a hundred battles without loss.” Unfortunately, as our businesses become ever more dependent on the digital economy a new type of enemy has emerged – cybercriminals. Described by the news outlet CNBC as a pandemic, global cybercrime is estimated to have cost businesses around $600 B in 2017. In keeping with the general’s advice this article will help you prepare for “battle” by giving you an overview of the ten most common tactics used by cybercriminals today; and end with some advice on how to deal with these attacks.
