Hi All,
The White House recently published the National Resilence Strategy.
The United States faces an increasingly dynamic risk landscape for which we must build resilience to anticipate and respond. The challenges facing our communities - including, but not limited to climate change, emerging technologies, strategic competition, global pandemics, and the disproportionate effects of wealth inequality - have never been greater, and this is precisely why even stronger national resilience is needed.
Meeting these challenges will require communities to work together to find solutions that protect, enhance, and invest in four pillars of resilience: Governance, Social and Community, Economic, and Infrastructure. Achieving greater resilience demands a unified, whole-of-society approach that includes all levels of government, diverse community leadership, international institutions and partners, the private sector, and individuals.
We need to proactively build community capacity and capabilities to benefit, protect, and provide means for recovery for all Americans, including those who are most vulnerable, while also creating solutions that comprehensively address shocks and stressors today and for future generations. Moreover, systems must be adaptable, and able to withstand whatever humancaused and natural shocks and stressors the nation may face and recover from the consequences of disruptions that cannot be successfully managed. We must proactively prioritize activities and investments that account for complex risks, like cascading impacts and concurrent events, as well as approaches that account for differences in vulnerability and response capabilities within and across communities. As we focus on the four pillars laid out in the Strategy, we must intentionally invest in resilience initiatives that honor the social, ecological, cultural, and equitybased contexts of our communities. Through this approach, the population will be dynamic, adaptive, informed, and able to effectively address the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risks and recover from disruptions.
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Michael Roza CPA, CISA, CIA, CC, CCSKv5, CCZTv1, MBA, EMBA, CSA
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