DRI International Releases 11th Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report
DRI International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience education and certification, has published its Eleventh Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report. The report provides an independent analysis of current and emerging risks as viewed by those directly involved in resilience management. Supported by the DRI Future Vision Committee (FVC), a group of […] View More
Business Continuity and Severe Weather: Lessons from Hurricane Melissa
“Despite the devastation, the loss of life was far lower than might have been expected for a storm of its magnitude. After two decades of storms, Jamaica made gradual improvements in emergency management, addressing interagency coordination and shelter logistics through policy reforms.” DRI Director of Global Strategy and Innovation Rachael Elliott looks at the strengths […] View More
‘Resilience and Digital Transformation: Lessons from Denmark’s PostNord Project’ – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“This shift represents more than administrative reform. It is a national-scale resilience experiment – bringing benefits of cost-effectiveness, immediate direct delivery, tracking of opening, and ease of response. It is also an environmentally sustainable solution. However, it will stress test how Danish government, businesses, and society can handle the disruption of a major infrastructure change.” […] View More
Resilience West — Registration Now Open for UK Event on 2 December
DRI is proud to be sponsoring Resilience West, a new forum bringing resilience professionals together. The inaugural, full-day event will be held at the Village Hotel in Bristol, UK, on Tuesday 2 December at 10:00 GMT. The event’s programming will focus on: Horizon scanning – Looking over incidents of the previous year, and looking forward to 2026. There will […] View More
Collaborative Partner Spotlight: Winter Events
As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on groups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage our Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Business Resiliency Professionals of Wisconsin – BRPW’s upcoming online events will focus on Business Resilience to Cyber Attacks (Nov. 13) and Building a Culture […] View More
Amazon’s Worldwide Web Outage: What Happened?
October 20 saw global chaos online, as Amazon Web Services (AWS), the cloud storage platform that hosts thousands of apps and websites, was down for hours. In that time, online activities around the world were unavailable, shining a light on just how vulnerable our interconnected technologies are. On Thursday, Oct. 23, Amazon released a statement […] View More
Collaborative Partner Spotlight: October 2025 and Beyond
As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on groups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage our Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Business Resiliency Professionals of Wisconsin – BRPW’s next online meeting will be held Oct. 9, on the subject of AI and business resiliency. […] View More
DRI LinkedIn Polls Reveal Views on Cybersecurity, Planning, and More
Are you following DRI International on LinkedIn? If not, you’re missing the chance to weigh in on some of the resilience community’s most talked-about subjects. We regularly poll our social media followers for their thoughts. Here are some of the topics and the responses: On Cybersecurity/AI: On Resilience Investing: More Resilience Issues: Join the conversation […] View More
Collaborative Partner Spotlight: Fall 2025
As the leading nonprofit helping organizations around the world prepare for and recover from disasters, DRI relies on groups that promote greater resiliency. We encourage our Certified Professionals to support these valuable partners. Business Continuity Planners Association – BCPA will host a Punch Bowl Social at the Shoppes on West End on Sept. 11, including food, […] View More
‘Business continuity and IT in resilience: improving collaboration’ – DRI’s Rachael Elliott for Resilience Forward
“Business continuity professionals know how to ensure that their organization has the means to recover critical activities in the event of a crisis. Meanwhile, IT professionals know how to build an information security management system (ISMS) which will identify threats, address system vulnerabilities, and ensure correct action is taken in the event of an impactful […] View More