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09/02/2009 - National Preparedness Month September is the sixth annual National Preparedness Month. This year, NPM will focus on changing perceptions about emergency preparedness with the goal of helping Americans understand what it truly means to be Ready -- beyond fire alarms, smoke detectors, dead-bolt locks and extra food in the pantry. Read Full Issue 08/26/2009 - H1N1 Pandemic In June, the World Health Organization officially declared a pandemic of H1N1 (swine flu). With Fall just a few weeks away, concern is growing about the pandemic and government, businesses and schools are preparing for a possible outbreak. We hope that this issue will provide you with some updated information on the swine flu and what you can do to maintain the continuity of your operations should the flu become widespread. Read Full Issue 08/19/2009 - Employee Issues Hiring, managing and firing employees all can be fraught with potential problems that can endanger your business or organization. Poor hiring practices result in about 30 percent of business failures, while, on average, about 50 percent of all new hires fail. Failure to handle employee conflict is another trouble area, and mishandling employee fires has resulted in everything from cyber attacks to shootings. Read Full Issue 08/12/2009 - Success Stories This week we present our annual success story issue, featuring articles that show how business continuity plans helped – or could have helped – businesses facing actual disruption scenarios. We often find value in seeing how someone else handled a situation we could face; we hope you will find some tips to apply to your own plans. Read Full Issue 08/05/2009 - Testing and Exercising A recent Forrester-Disaster Recovery Journal survey showed that most companies conduct business continuity tests only once a year and that does not include more extensive tests, which are run less often. When it comes to actually doing a simulation--actually carrying out all the appropriate response and recovery processes—only about one-third of organizations do that yearly. Thorough testing often finds shortcomings and parts of the plan that are missing. Read Full Issue 07/29/2009 - Physical Security, Safety and Infrastructure Protection Whether you’re a facility owner, manager, or tenant, dealing with issues like physical security, safety and infrastructure protection is an overwhelming task. This issue will help you carry out your responsibilities more efficiently and effectively. Read Full Issue 07/22/2009 - Identy Theft Much of the information on how to prevent identity theft is directed at individuals, but organizations must take steps as well. Experts in identity theft report that an increasing number of cases can be traced back to dishonest employees in the workplace who obtain the sensitive personal information of employees and customers and disclose it to identity thieves. One of the keys to preventing identity theft, therefore, is to safeguard personal information within the workplace, whether it's a business, government agency, or nonprofit. This issue can help you figure out what steps to take to protect your organization from identity theft itself and from having your clients' or customers' identities stolen. Read Full Issue 07/15/2009 - Cyber Issues Over the July 4th weekend, web sites of the Treasury Department, Secret Service, Federal Trade Commission, Transportation Department, and the New York Stock Exchange came under cyberattack, as did web sites in South Korea. This was likely the work of a group of hackers, possibly working for a government somewhere, rather than the work of an individual hacker. But one hacker is all it would take to put your organization out of business for a day, a week... or forever. Read Full Issue 07/08/2009 - Crisis Communications While many companies today have or are preparing crisis communications plans, just as many have not even begun to think about such a plan. For most companies, it’s not "if" a crisis will occur, but "when." Eventually, everyone faces a crisis of some kind or another. In order to keep things under control, you need to have planned for how crisis communication will be handled. Read Full Issue 07/01/2009 - Workplace Violence With the current economic situation in the U.S., the likelihood of workplace violence far outweighs threats of terrorism, according to many pundits. What does this mean to you? You must take a closer look at your organization for signs of potential trouble and take security very seriously over the next year or so. Read Full Issue
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