come a board-level conversation . Yet , senior-level decision-mak- ers are still in the dark about the importance of achieving organizational resilience .
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This overconfidence and un- der-preparedness can make it difficult to maintain business continuity . Organizations need to shift their thinking to be prepared for the expected , and the unexpected , by proactively mitigating risk .
Taking the correct steps to stay ahead of these threats is cru- cial to keeping your stakehold- ers safe and your operations running smoothing in a world where crises happen every day .
Here are three steps organi- zations can take right now to stay ahead of physical threats in 2022 :
1 . Create a holistic view of organizational risk
What does true risk look like across all your organization ’ s de- partments ? Every leader , whether business continuity , physi- cal security , IT , etc ., will have a unique viewpoint .
However , what may be a threat to your physical security team may also be a threat to your reputational threat team .
Learning where these gaps are , and how to mitigate effectively and holistically can strengthen organizational resilience . Yet , many organizations keep this information on risk manage- ment and the impact of risk si- loed and scattered .
When it comes to preparing for dynamic risk , organizations need to bring all disciplines to
the table to assess what is a true
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