January 10, 2025
From Festivals to Fairs: How Crisis Management Software Supports Large Events
Ensuring Smooth Event Operations and Attendee Safety Written by Anneri Fourie | Marketing Executive Imagine you’re managing a music festival with 50,000 attendees, and suddenly, a storm is approaching, and you have just minutes to coordinate with staff, security, and emergency services. In moments like this, crisis management software can help you stay calm and organised, transforming what could be a chaotic situation into...
November 15, 2017
Building business and community resilience together
Helping companies and communities to build resilience into their operations and networks is the mission that Crises Control was created to achieve. So when we were introduced to business transformation consultants, Alchemmy, and their Application for Resilient Communities (ARC) platform, we realised that we had found some kindred spirits. London is home...
November 10, 2017
Crises Control and ThreatSpike win Cyber Security Partnership of the Year 2017
I am delighted to announce that leading business disruption incident management tool, Crises Control, and cutting edge behavioural monitoring tool, ThreatSpike, have jointly won the category of Cyber Security Partnership of the Year in the prestigious CIR Risk Management Awards 2017. Crises Control and ThreatSpike win Cyber Security Partnership of the Year...
September 15, 2017
Crises Control exhibiting at Air Cargo Handling Conference 2017
Crises Control, the business continuity platform and quality assurance tool, is exhibiting at the Air Cargo Handling Conference 2017, to be held at the Corinthia Hotel, Budapest from 19-21 September. The airline industry is subject to a wide range of predictable events that have the potential to disrupt its smooth operations,...
August 24, 2017
Crises Control and ThreatSpike are finalists in Risk Management Awards 2017
I am delighted to announce that leading business disruption incident management tool, Crises Control, and cutting edge behavioural monitoring tool, ThreatSpike, have been jointly shortlisted for the prestigious CIR Risk Management Awards 2017, in the Cyber Security Product/Partnership of the Year. Crises Control and ThreatSpike recently joined forces to provide an...
May 10, 2017
BCI research confirms that social engineering is a top cause of cyber incidents
Research commissioned by Crises Control from the BCI for their annual cyber resilience report 2016 confirms much of what we already suspected about the changing nature of the cyber threat and the way that cyber criminals have found new ways past corporate perimeter security. 66% of respondents to the survey reported that...
June 23, 2016
Those who fail to plan, plan to fail
Back in October 2015 the TalkTalk website was hacked with 157,000 customers' details accessed and 16,000 bank account and sort-codes stolen. News of the attack led to a fall of one third in the TalkTalk share price, and ultimately lost them 100,000 customers and cost an estimated £42million. TalkTalk were inadequately prepared,...
May 26, 2016
If you are facing lions in the Coliseum, you need an exit strategy
The Romans could evacuate 50,000 people from the Coliseum within fifteen minutes. A remarkable feat of architectural planning, business continuity and resilience understanding. All of it done without modern day techniques and computer programmes and Health and Safety statutes. The current equivalent of the Coliseum is the football stadium, the...
October 22, 2015
Leading corporate resilience expert joins Crises Control
Introducing Richard Barnes - Corporate Resilience Expert Following my roles as Statutory Deputy Mayor of London, Chair of the London Resilience Forum and Chair of the 7 July Review Committee, I have been searching for a communications system that has the potential to enhance the resilience of cities and corporations...