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The International Center for Enterprise Preparedness is the world’s first major academic center dedicated to private sector crisis management and business continuity. Businesses and other private sector organizations set the initial mission of the Center and remain engaged on an ongoing basis in its evolution. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security provided the core funding for this initiative to create a truly international resource for education and research in this vital area.
Post September 11th, businesses and other private sector organizations have increasingly acknowledged the need for organization-wide emergency management and business continuity programs. In the United States alone, this need has been validated well beyond the terrorist threat by recent events including devastating hurricanes in America’s southeast, the blackout of the Northeast, tornadoes throughout the Midwest and wildfires in the Southwest. Corporate preparedness can mitigate the impact of emergencies on both people and property. Ultimately, preparedness or the lack of it, can determine the ongoing viability of a firm.
All of these support the need for an “all hazards” approach to emergency management and business continuity. Clearly, corporate preparedness can mitigate the impact of emergencies on both people and property. Ultimately, preparedness, or the lack of it, can determine the ongoing viability of a firm.
Furthermore, since in the U.S. businesses and other private sector organizations own 85% of America’s critical infrastructure and employ the vast majority of the country’s employees, the private sector cannot be ignored in governmental planning for emergencies. Public-private communication and cooperation in emergency management is an important focus for Center activity.
Private enterprise can be a tremendously effective and innovative force when properly engaged, motivated and informed. The Center is committed to advancing private sector readiness through integration of its efforts with corporate, governmental and other organizational stakeholders.
International Center for Enterprise Preparedness
New York University
113 University Place, 9th floor
New York, NY 10003
212-998-2000
1-877-READY-06
intercep@nyu.edu
Latest News
- Update & Current Trajectory of PS-Prep Program (8/09/09)
August 9, 2009
To date, there have been significant outreach and vetting by DHS in seeking private sector input on the program. Key progress includes: • Accrediting body has been designated and funded: DHS has designated the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) as...
Continue reading » - InterCEP Testifies to Congress - Urges U.S. to "Prepare as it Repairs" and Forward New Certification
March 19, 2009
InterCEP Director Bill Raisch testified to the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection on March 11, 2009. He stressed the need for action in two key areas: 1) the new Private Sector Preparedness...
Continue reading » - Announcement & Request for Interest to Participate in Upcoming National Roundtables on Enabling Bottom-Line Impacts for Business Resilience through Certification
February 11, 2009
InterCEP is pleased to announce the upcoming series of National Roundtables on Enabling Bottom-Line Impacts for Business Resilience through Certification. These roundtables, supported by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, will build on continuing InterCEP Working Group activities and focus on five main economic and potential incentive areas that could be advanced through the new Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness Certification Program, currently in development by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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“Homeland security and national preparedness... begin with the private sector” -The 9/11 Commission Report