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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
- Supply Chain, Legal Liability, Business Reporting, Rating Agency and Insurance Incentives Addressed in Draft Proceedings Released from Five Working Groups on Resilience & the PS-Prep Program
February 2, 2010
Building on and incorporating InterCEP’s ongoing research on the business case for resilience and enterprise risk management, five Working Groups of stakeholders convened to each focus on a particular area of business benefit that could potentially be enhanced by the...
Continue reading » - InterCEP Comments on PS-Prep Program Based on Working Group Insights & Related Research
January 15, 2010
The following was submitted to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in addition to the diversity of other communications to the department regarding the Private Sector Preparedness Program (PS-Prep): The International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (InterCEP) at New York University...
Continue reading » - Supply Chain Resilience Working Group Proceedings Released;
December 16, 2009
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“Homeland security and national preparedness... begin with the private sector” -The 9/11 Commission Report