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Storm system seen from above, illustrating the Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster Microsimulation
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Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster

At a glance

Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster is a simulation from iluminr in the Natural Hazards & Climate category for Business Continuity, Operations and Crisis Management. It tests how your team protects branch, contact center & claims, with indicative mapping to OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, FFIEC BCM Handbook and UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience.

Activate a multi-team response to a natural disaster impacting your infrastructure and staff safety, focusing on communication protocols and validating roles in essential service delivery.

What it tests

  • Validate your organization's stakeholder management strategy.
  • Validate your organization's communication protocols for managing an unfolding critical event.

How you can run it

MicrosimulationRun as a team in a shared event room.
Full-Scale SimulationExtend it across teams, functions and partners.
Expert-FacilitatedOur team designs and runs it with you.

Questions about Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster

What does Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster test?

Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster tests whether your team can validate your organization's stakeholder management strategy and validate your organization's communication protocols for managing an unfolding critical event.

Who should take Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster?

Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster is designed for Business Continuity, Operations, Crisis Management, People & HR and Executive & Board.

Which regulations and standards does Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster support?

Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster supports testing expectations in OCC / Fed / FDIC Sound Practices, FFIEC BCM Handbook, UK PS21/3 Operational Resilience, APRA CPS 230, ISO 22301, Basel Principles for Operational Resilience, MAS BCM Guidelines, ISO 22320, ISO 22316, AU SOCI Act, US NIPP, SEC Regulation SCI, CPMI-IOSCO PFMI, ISO 22398 and NIST SP 800-84. Mapping is indicative, so confirm scope against your own obligations.

Can Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster be run individually or as a team?

It runs as a team exercise in a shared event room. It can also be extended into a full-scale simulation across teams and partners.

Can we customize Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster?

Yes. You can tailor the roles, plans, critical services, injects and objectives in the iluminr builder, or have our team customize it for you.

How do we get access to Crisis Mode: Natural Disaster?

Request it from this page. If you are an iluminr customer, we will set up access in your account. If not, we will contact you and either provide access or facilitate it for you.

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