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On Sunday evening, after a warm, autumn day, I drove past the white gates to the perimeter of the Linwood Islamic Centre. I’ve driven this route for the last eight months, but today, at the traffic lights, I sat stunned at the energy that radiated through the surrounding gates of the property. It had been […]
It seems nowadays that just about everyone has technology making their lives easier (or worse). You can paint a masterpiece with your finger via an app on your phone, and then tag the astronauts on the ISS from your lounge or even become an overnight sensation just by wearing a Star Wars mask. So when […]
Written by Brad Law, Country Manager New Zealand. Media and society encourage us to think more about the economic and structural damage of a crisis, than the human impact. It’s only natural that when coverage of a major event – like the Beirut explosion – occurs, we soon forget about the human impact this would […]
If you follow the Business Continuity Lifecycle, (and we recommend that you do) then the professional practice of Validation is number six on the list. This implies that it’s the last phase and, in most instances, it is. Unfortunately, this may be the reason it often goes ignored, possibly due to budget constraints, resource or […]
By Brad Law | Senior Consultant & Country Manager. Pyramid designed by RiskLogic Since living and working in NZ and across Asia, all too often I see different terminology for what we do in the resilience space. Your incident management and my business continuity might be the same thing, we just call it something different. […]
This article was originally published in 2017 and has been adapted for COVID19 in 2020. In the 2 years leading up to COVID-19, 80% of organisations surveyed in New Zealand had been subject to a disruptive incident due to unplanned IT and communications outages, adverse weather, and outsourced service failures. These unexpected incidents caused devastating […]
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New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, made it very clear that businesses should use this period between Level 4 and 3 as a chance to prepare. Recover With the Government’s decision to move to Level 3 this coming Monday at 11:59 pm, we all need to prepare for a move towards the new normal. This […]
In the last week, RiskLogic’s website spiked on search results for the keyword lockdown. And what do we typically associate the word lockdown within New Zealand and Australia? Probably the March 15th, Mosque shooting in Christchurch and the Lindt Café siege in Sydney. But is lockdown the correct terminology to use currently? What we’re dealing […]
A transcript of the above video is below. Ollie Law | It’s almost hard to believe it’s been twelve months since New Zealand went through arguably, its darkest day. While observing trends, we saw a ripple effect of panic around communities and organisations understanding on how to handle another terrorist attack, or even another […]
