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After the horse has bolted : A quantitative assessment of the count of civil protection officers in London local authorities between 2006 and 2024. 马跑了之后：2006年至2024年间伦敦地方当局民防官员数量的定量评估。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/NVHV9374

David McClory, Stephen Arundell

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Opinion piece: The Federal Emergency Management Agency: We have met the enemy and he is us. 评论文章：联邦紧急事务管理局：我们遇到了敌人，他就是我们自己。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/JTHZ3702

Michael Martinet

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Evacuate or shelter-in-place? Applying a risk-informed decision support tool for long-term care facilities threatened by wildfire. 疏散还是就地避难？为受野火威胁的长期护理设施应用风险知情决策支持工具。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/IJET9958

Brent Hobbs, Alana Hicik, Jeffrey Tochkin, Andre Bloemink

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Expanding the paradigm of evaluating community benefits in investments in grid resilience utilising a balanced scorecard approach. 扩展利用平衡计分卡方法评估电网弹性投资中的社区效益的范例。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/PYOK2320

Jeff Schlegelmilch, Sean Hansen, Ilina Hristova, Qëndresa Krasniqi, Alexandra Potter, Jacqueline Ratner, Antonia Samur

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Bolstering emergency power resilience for hospitals during power outages: How the Los Angeles County Emergency Medical Services Agency initiative offers a blueprint for other jurisdictions. 加强医院在停电期间的应急电力恢复能力：洛杉矶县紧急医疗服务机构的倡议如何为其他司法管辖区提供蓝图。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/BLRP8859

Eric Cote, Terry Crammer, Christopher Sandoval

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Integrating cyber resilience: A critical component of comprehensive business resilience. 集成网络弹性：综合业务弹性的关键组成部分。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/LMGO9459

Robert Fernandes

{"title":"Integrating cyber resilience: A critical component of comprehensive business resilience.","authors":"Robert Fernandes","doi":"10.69554/LMGO9459","DOIUrl":"10.69554/LMGO9459","url":null,"abstract":"This paper advocates for the integration of threat exposure monitoring (TEM) as a critical tool in cyber security resilience frameworks. As organisations face increasing cyber threats, TEM provides an essential, proactive approach to identifying potential vulnerabilities before they can be exploited. By monitoring various online environments, including the dark web, hacker forums and misconfigured cloud storage, TEM can uncover compromised credentials, exposed data and other risk factors that could lead to operational disruptions. This proactive monitoring strategy enhances an organisation's preparedness, helping to prevent costly incidents and mitigate risks before they escalate. Using notable case studies, such as the Colonial Pipeline ransomware incident and the Orange Spain outage, the paper illustrates the devastating impact of cyber breaches and underscores how TEM could help avoid similar disruptions. Readers will gain an understanding of how to implement a TEM programme, identify critical digital assets for monitoring and integrate TEM within broader threat intelligence practices. Ultimately, this paper provides resilience professionals with a structured approach to leveraging TEM for robust cyber defence, offering practical insights on reducing exposure risks and strengthening overall business resiliency. This article is also included in The Business & Management Collection which can be accessed at https://hstalks.com/business/.","PeriodicalId":39080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of business continuity & emergency planning","volume":"18 4","pages":"357-371"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144016562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Active shooters: The underutilisation of emergency operations centres - the need for a checklist to guide response and recovery. 主动射击者：紧急行动中心的利用不足——需要一份指导反应和恢复的清单。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/WFRD1370

Mikel Alford, Rachel Hollinger

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Accelerating transformation in resilience through sector-wide scenario exercising. 通过全部门情景演练加速韧性转型。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/EKTT6281

Ben White, Hannah Suiter

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Planning for large-scale special events: The event planning process and the role of emergency managers. 大型特殊事件的策划：事件策划过程和应急管理人员的作用。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/BOAK7410

Brevyn Mettler, Molly Uemura

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Synergy potential between business continuity management and incident response management and the resulting added value to strengthen the competitiveness of companies in the market. 业务连续性管理和事故应变管理之间的协同潜力，以及由此产生的附加价值，以加强公司在市场上的竞争力。

Journal of business continuity & emergency planning Pub Date : 2025-01-01 DOI: 10.69554/CDTA8583

Christoph Clavadetscher, Peter E Fischer

{"title":"Synergy potential between business continuity management and incident response management and the resulting added value to strengthen the competitiveness of companies in the market.","authors":"Christoph Clavadetscher, Peter E Fischer","doi":"10.69554/CDTA8583","DOIUrl":"10.69554/CDTA8583","url":null,"abstract":"To identify the synergy potential between business continuity management (BCM) and incident response management (IRM), the two concepts must be considered in the business context of cyber resilience management. A professional information security management focuses on protecting the confidentiality, integrity and availability of data and information during normal operations. Its main process is through proactive risk management to minimise possible failures and threats. BCM unfolds its protection of core business processes in the event of a cyber incident by swift detection, response and recovery. IRM is the technical process of cyber crisis management, whereby existing IRM processes are activated in the event of a cyber incident. Besides the key differences in terms of the protection goals or type of measures, several synergy potentials can be identified between BCM and IRM. Furthermore, both BCM and IRM place great importance on employee awareness in cyber risk and continuous improvement. These are key elements to sustainably strengthen cyber resilience in the continuity and stabilisation phase. Both a business-orientated BCM and an IT-focused IRM mitigate the consequences of a cyberattack. Utilising the synergies of BCM and IRM ensures optimum business continuity, minimal loss impact and rapid restoration of normal operations. This article is also included in The Business & Management Collection which can be accessed at https://hstalks.com/business/.","PeriodicalId":39080,"journal":{"name":"Journal of business continuity & emergency planning","volume":"19 1","pages":"77-96"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144859710","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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