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High Water: Dam Failure

At a glance

High Water: Dam Failure is an upcoming simulation from iluminr in the Natural Hazards & Climate category for Business Continuity, Operations and Crisis Management. It will test 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.

A dam failure upstream sends floodwater toward sites, data centers and communities you serve. Your team must protect people and assets, relocate operations and support customers through the recovery.

What it will test

  • Protect people and critical assets with limited warning time.
  • Relocate operations and recover critical services after flooding.
  • Support affected customers and staff through recovery.

Questions about High Water: Dam Failure

What will High Water: Dam Failure test?

High Water: Dam Failure will test whether your team can protect people and critical assets with limited warning time, relocate operations and recover critical services after flooding and support affected customers and staff through recovery.

Who is High Water: Dam Failure for?

It is designed for Business Continuity, Operations, Crisis Management, People & HR and Executive & Board.

Which regulations and standards does High Water: Dam Failure support?

High Water: Dam Failure 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.

When will High Water: Dam Failure be available?

High Water: Dam Failure is in development. Register your interest and we will contact you when it is ready, or about running a customized version sooner.

Can it be run individually or as a team?

It will run as a team exercise in a shared event room, and can be extended into a full-scale simulation.

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