In the aftermath of a natural disaster, businesses will need to take the important steps to recovery. Here is a checklist to help guide you through that process. For additional tips and guidance on how to prepare for other disasters, see the following:
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Family Office Crisis Response and Recovery
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The list of compounding emergencies – both natural disasters and beyond – that we face today seems increasingly difficult to manage. A resilient family office is able to efficiently lead through crisis, recover essential family office functions, leverage lessons learned, and continuously improve their capabilities. Though practical guidance abounds for the large commercial enterprise, few explore right-sizing these methods for the unique circumstances and mission of the family office.
Before a hurricane or storm hits, plan in advance by having an evacuation “Grab and Go” checklist, with special considerations made for children, infants, and pets. Continue to follow all evacuation orders and allow for enough time to pack and inform family and friends if you need to leave your home.
Evacuation Tips: Responding to a Hurricane or Storm
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If you have been ordered to evacuate a storm area, knowing how to respond will help you protect your family and home before and after an evacuation. Learn the important steps to take when local authorities ask you to leave your home.
Wildfire Preparedness
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The wildfire season has caused unprecedented damage across the United States. With drought conditions prevalent across much of the western United States, the wildfire outlook continues above normal wildfire conditions. Learn what you can do to be prepared for it.
The risk landscape has shifted, and one thing is clear: Organizations must be resilient. Whether an organization faces a sudden event that strikes with little warning, or a risk that emerges over time, the preparation needed to achieve resilience is the same. Four key steps and behaviors are provided to help businesses become more resilient while balancing risk with reward.
4 Questions to Ask Before Buying a Home
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When it comes to buying a new home, there can be many unknowns. However, uncovering the issues and hidden risks earlier in the process can help you make a more informed buying decision. As part of your lifestyle and property management best practices, there are four important questions—including matters of insurance and geographical risks—that should be asked to help reveal the full story of a home before purchasing it.
Cyber Attacks on Private Wealth Clients and Family Offices and Steps for Mitigating Your Risks
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Cybercriminals have migrated their attacks from larger businesses and hardened targets to private wealth clients and family offices, where the defenses are low or non-existent. In this webcast, hear from Dr. Chris Pierson, CEO of BLACKCLOAK, a Concierge Cybersecurity & Privacy Protection Platform that represents private wealth and family offices in their digital lives. Chris discusses the top five threats that are facing private wealth/family office clients, the controls or defenses that can mitigate these, and how to protect your privacy.
Surveying the Risk and Threat Landscape to Family Offices: Insights and Recommendations
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The key to success of any risk management plan is the development of an “all risk” approach that takes the entire family enterprise into account. Through a survey of more than 200 family office executives at single and multi-family offices, an uncovering of some worrying approaches has surfaced around the risks that family offices face, particularly cyber risk, family-related risk, investment risk, and employment-related/insider risks.
Fraud is happening at your organization; you just don’t know it. Then again, maybe you do, but you are not sure how pervasive the problem is, where to begin your anti-fraud journey, or how to enhance your current fraud risk management practices. This playbook—which includes templates, checklists, and tools—draws from best practices and leading guidance that will reduce your fraud risk.