A veteran cybersecurity pro, Shane Sims shares his insights on trends he's seeing as cybercrime continues to hit all companies, including financial institutions. Sims is currently a Director in the Forensic Services practice at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he provides investigative, forensic technology, security...
On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus to be the first global pandemic in over 40 years.
In an exclusive interview, pandemic expert Regina Phelps explains exactly what this means, discussing:
How organizations should respond to this announcement;
Lessons learned so far from the H1N1...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday made the decision to move from phase 5 to phase 6, making the H1N1 flu virus the first in 41 years.
Also called "swine flu," the influenza virus that killed 12 people in the US and has been reported in all 50 states has also infected nearly 30,000 people in 74...
On Thursday, the World Health Organization declared the H1N1 virus to be the first global pandemic in over 40 years.
In an exclusive interview, pandemic expert Regina Phelps explains exactly what this means, discussing:
How organizations should respond to this announcement;
Lessons learned so far from the H1N1...
The spread of H1N1 flu in Australia, Britain, Chile, Japan and Spain has pushed the world closer to a pandemic, says the World Health Organization (WHO).
The newly-discovered flu strain has caused more infections than seasonal influenza at the start of Chile's flu season, heightening concern about the spread in...
The sixth person to die of the H1N1 influenza virus in the US happened on Sunday, and World Health Organization (WHO) officials are keeping close watch on the number of flu cases in Japan, as numbers jumped over the weekend. This raises the chances that WHO will have to raise its pandemic alert level to 6, the highest...
The H1N1 flu virus continues to threaten public health, and could mutate into a more virulent form that can be expected to go around the world up to three times, says the World Health Organization.
The impact of any pandemic would range from a mild illness in countries with strong health programs to a devastating...
"Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job" - President Bush's infamous comment to FEMA director Michael Brown during Hurricane Katrina - would have been credible if the command in chief substituted "IRS" for Brownie.
The World Health Organization's (WHO) flu chief says that up to 2 billion people could become infected by the H1N1 flu virus if the current outbreak draws out longer than two years.
As the swine flu outbreak triggers new fears of a global pandemic, security organizations must dust off and review their emergency management plans. For insight on how to prepare for swine flu, pandemic expert Regina Phelps offers expert insight on:
What you need to know about swine flu;
How your organization...
The H1N1 flu has spread to 30 states, and the number of countries with confirmed cases has risen to 20 from two in less than a week. Declaration of a pandemic is imminent, says the World Health Organization, even as the Mexican president says his country is beating the virus and may return to normal this week.
The Swine Flu, if unchecked, could prove to be the pandemic that industry experts have warned about, and so financial regulators and institutions are preparing for the worst.
This new outbreak, which began in Mexico and has now spread to the US, Canada, several South American countries and parts of Europe and Asia,...
As the swine flu outbreak triggers new fears of a global pandemic, security organizations must dust off and review their emergency management plans. For insight on how to prepare for swine flu, pandemic expert Regina Phelps offers expert insight on:
What you need to know about swine flu;
How your organization...
Regina Phelps, in a podcast interview, offers advice on how your organization should respond to a potential swine flu pandemic as well as where to watch for updates over the next few days.
Fearful of man-made, natural and pandemic disasters, organizations everywhere are adopting or improving business continuity/disaster recovery programs.
And at Norwich University, there now is a Master's of Science in Business Continuity program for mid-career professionals to hone their skills in this in-demand...
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