Three Essential Tabletop Exercise Tips for anyone interested in preparing organizations to overcome difficult scenarios. Tabletop exercises mobilize leaders to evaluate and elevate their organizations’ readiness to respond to a range of risks, threats and hazards. Exercise planning should therefore be focused on creating environments conducive to learning. The predominant goal of any tabletop exercise... Continue Reading →
What would you do if you were an elected official in the midst of a cyber-attack? -*When Cyber Criminals Target Our Cities*
Co Authored by Chelsea Zfaz and Dr. Moty Cristal Early morning on March 22, technical issues began interfering with the normal functioning of the City of Atlanta’s computer systems. It quickly came to light that a number of these systems had fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The entry point for the attack was a... Continue Reading →
Observations on Disaster Preparedness
by Chelsea Zfaz In 2015, I was recruited to manage a team of humanitarian professionals sent to Myanmar to support the response to massive flooding that inundated a majority of the country. Equipped with an incredible team of water engineers, psychologists and social workers, we set out to the farthest reaches of the country to... Continue Reading →
Smart Cities Under Attack – Simulation Case Study
What happens when a city’s critical infrastructure is targeted by cyber criminals? Are there mechanisms in place to ensure operational continuity of the vast network of municipal services? Could traffic be disrupted? Sensitive citizen information leaked? We are thrilled to be presenting one of our latest Crisis Management Simulations at the MuniExpo in Tel Aviv... Continue Reading →