By erik on January 10, 2021
[There’s a link to our new survey at the end of this post, but if you’re eager to get your copy of “10 Questions To Ask Yourself About Crisis Management in 2021” now, just click here.] Preparedness is key to surviving the new normal Over the course of 2020, we have seen a number of […]
By erik on December 7, 2020
And You Thought 2020 was bad already… Never in our almost 40 years of crisis management experience have we seen an America more prone to erupt in new crises than right now. No one likes to look at hard truths, yet part of our job as crisis management professionals, and that of those in related […]
By erik on April 17, 2018
We see one simple fact overlooked often in crisis planning – you can’t divert 100% of your assets to recover from an issue when there’s still a business to run. This video from Rave Mobile Safety looks at telling stats about how prepared organizations really are for crisis management, and how many would truly be able to […]
By erik on August 30, 2017
[Editor’s note: This post features a guest contribution from freelance writer Beth Kotz. A big thank you to Beth, and if anyone else out there has a post they think may be a fit for our blog please get in touch at erik@bernsteincrisismanagement.com!] Small businesses don’t have time for setbacks. The best way to protect […]
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By erik on January 7, 2017
Every business faces continuity issues at some point. Whether it’s a natural disaster or a break in the supply chain, these events can be devastating. One type of crisis that can impact any business is a public health scare. We always say one of the best ways to reduce the impact of crises is to […]
By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on April 29, 2015
What to watch for when it comes to cyber security Cyber threats make up the fastest-growing set of crises we’ve seen over the past two years, and they show little sign of stopping. While some organizations are beefing up security and putting hack-related crisis management plans in place, too often it’s as a reaction to […]
By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on September 20, 2014
Would your organization have a plan in place? The Target hack has been dethroned as the largest known data breach after less than a year following Home Depot’s revelation that some 56 million credit and debit cards were exposed to hackers due to an assault via customized malware. The Wall Street Journal’s Robin Sidel reports: […]
By Jonathan & Erik Bernstein on August 14, 2014
Businesses large and small were targets of data theft It seems every time we hear about a record-setting cyber crime, news of an even bigger one rolls around the corner. Cue the latest revelation – that a collection of stolen Internet credentials, including some 1.2 billion username/password combinations and more than 500 million email addresses, […]
Jonathan L. Bernstein, founder and Chairman of Bernstein Crisis Management, Inc. has more than 25 years of experience in all aspects of crisis management – crisis response, vulnerability assessment, planning, training and simulations.[Read more ...]
Erik Bernstein is president of Bernstein Crisis Management. Erik started with BCM in 2009 as a writer and subsequently became social media manager for the consultancy itself as well as for a number of BCM clients before moving to the president position.
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