Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Spreading Fear
Shared with some industry players the 3 threats we should continue to pay attention to. Indeed we have done much to reduce our vulnerabilities, but the question what else can be done to reduce our vulnerabilities (both known and unknown) further?
Terrorism is high on the list. Beyond the steel bollards, tempered glass, the hardening of critical infrastructures, what about the soft targets? Protection is one aspect, we still have to deal with the event itself and the recovery issues.
Recalled Morgan Stanley was a tenant in World Trade Center in New York with some 3700 employees at the time of Sep 11. All escaped except 6. There is something we can learn from their evacuation plan.
Noted also that Mizuho (another tenant of World Trade Center) issued emergency kits to their staff. Each kit contained smoke mask, burn cream, glow stick among other things. These kits were strapped to the employees' seats. Wow ...
The other 2 threats are cyber attacks and bird flu (H5N1) which I will share more when I have the time.
Terrorism is high on the list. Beyond the steel bollards, tempered glass, the hardening of critical infrastructures, what about the soft targets? Protection is one aspect, we still have to deal with the event itself and the recovery issues.
Recalled Morgan Stanley was a tenant in World Trade Center in New York with some 3700 employees at the time of Sep 11. All escaped except 6. There is something we can learn from their evacuation plan.
Noted also that Mizuho (another tenant of World Trade Center) issued emergency kits to their staff. Each kit contained smoke mask, burn cream, glow stick among other things. These kits were strapped to the employees' seats. Wow ...
The other 2 threats are cyber attacks and bird flu (H5N1) which I will share more when I have the time.
