Business Intelligence Experts Form Resilient Corp. with Former FEMA Director Michael Brown.WASHINGTON -- Firm Provides Multipoint Business Intelligence Solutions to Companies Facing New Government-Imposed Standards and Seeking Industry Best Practices for "Business Resiliency" Industry and government continue to search for better ways to protect the investments of their shareholders and the national infrastructure in the face of more complex vulnerabilities, interdependencies and threats. Understanding this, Mark Gembicki and Darryl Moody announce the formation of Resilient Corp., a firm that will provide multipoint business intelligence solutions to publicly traded companies publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. and critical infrastructure owners facing government imposed standards and seeking industry best practices for 'business resiliency.' "In today's highly competitive and terrorism-rich society, it is understandable for a company not to be 100 percent secure. However, it is simply inexcusable for it not to be resilient," said Darryl Moody, who serves as chief operating officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "At Resilient Corp., our focus is on helping organizations determine where their structure, systems and plans fall short of being resilient, and developing strategies and solutions to improve." Robert Housman, director of legal and regulatory compliance and former assistant director at the White House, added, "We advise companies who recognize the board-level challenges of governance, risk and compliance management. Especially those concerned with Sarbanes-Oxley-like requirements for resiliency under proposed reforms and standards including the pending United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Emergency Management Authority Act of 2006." The Act calls for the protection and resiliency of key resources and critical infrastructures, both cyber and physical, against natural or man-made disasters. Former FEMA FEMA, n.pr See Federal Emergency Management Agency. Director Michael Brown Michael or Mike Brown may refer to: In politics:
The firm has developed a patent-pending and highly confidential Resiliency Posture Assessment(TM), which will deeply analyze a client's business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets and technical infrastructure, and generate an integrated Resiliency Score(TM). "The score represents a vital source of actionable intelligence Having the necessary information immediately available in order to deal with the situation at hand. With regard to call centers, it refers to agents having customer history and related product data available on screen before the call is taken. missing in today's board room, governor's office or emergency management operations center The facility or location on an installation, base, or facility used by the commander to command, control, and coordinate all crisis activities. See also base defense operations center; command center. to gauge its resiliency, as opposed to its traditional unmeasurable level of protection," said Brown. "Resiliency is the new international measure for preparedness and represents a greater return on investment for shareholders and stakeholders Stakeholders All parties that have an interest, financial or otherwise, in a firm-stockholders, creditors, bondholders, employees, customers, management, the community, and the government. than typical security preparedness models." This new ability to dynamically score a company's resiliency will drive business predictability, increase shareholder confidence, and enhance overall competitiveness. "America is lagging behind the U.K., France, Italy, Israel and Singapore in the research and roll-out of a National Resiliency Plan," said Mark Gembicki, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Resilient Corp. "Considering that 88% of America's critical infrastructures are owned or operated by corporations, the obvious over dependency on the classic protection model is not effective in an economy where shareholder value consistently outweighs national security. Every CEO should ask, 'Am I a resilient corporation?'" About Resilient Corp. Resilient Corp. is a business intelligence provider of integrated resiliency solutions using performance management and improvement, legal and regulatory compliance, infrastructure evaluation, and training programs. Resiliency is an organization's capability to maintain its functions and structure in the face of internal or external change and to respond positively when it can or to degrade TO DEGRADE, DEGRADING. To, sink or lower a person in the estimation of the public. 2. As a man's character is of great importance to him, and it is his interest to retain the good opinion of all mankind, when he is a witness, he cannot be compelled to disclose gracefully when it must. www.Resilient.com. |
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