If you fail to act, what was the point of planning?

I read a lot about disaster planning, resilience planning, enterprise risk management, business continuity planning and more. All good things IF you take the steps that allow you to act when (or before) the time comes.

We help corporations build situational awareness and proactively monitor the threats identified in all those plans and a bundle more that may have not been anticipated. By getting ahead of threats wherever possible, even a few minutes can make a difference around people's lives, corporate property, brand reputation and operational continuity. Prevention trumps mitigation, and early mitigation can greatly reduce a full recover effort.

The world is moving faster, and the threat picture is increasing. COVID, civil unrest, increased severe weather, fires are all impacting organizations almost continually depending on the area your operations (and supply chain and customers) cover.

Beyond the threats, there are many new capabilities and technologies that allow for proactive monitoring and detection of problems. In a few short years, intelligent video can absorb the bulk of camera watching, a job I tried once and failed miserably at. Other sensors are gathering temperature data, monitoring mask wearing and generally improving awareness to the people who stand ready to prevent and respond. Cloud based solutions allow use from home, the use of contracted "surge" resources, and immediate access by those that need to participate.

We've had several customers comment that the combination of planning, monitoring, exercising and responding, along with the combination of siloed groups has resulted in a much more cohesive approach to their growing risk pictures.

Pete O'Dell is the CEO of www.swanislandnetworks.com whose TX360 and TX Global platforms provide global situational awareness, proactive monitoring and information sharing capabilities to customers in all industries.