{"id":7796,"date":"2025-11-03T22:00:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anchoramconsulting.com\/au\/?p=7796"},"modified":"2025-11-03T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:01:08","slug":"avoiding-catastrophe-through-security-and-operational-resilience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anchoramconsulting.com\/au\/blog\/2025\/11\/03\/avoiding-catastrophe-through-security-and-operational-resilience\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding catastrophe through security and operational resilience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many think \u2018it will never happen to us\u2019, but as seen by the recent incidents of sabotage at Sydney Hospitals, Urgent security review for all NSW public hospitals as patient dies after alleged gas sabotage<\/a>, Patient dies in Sutherland Hospital after critical services were allegedly cut off | 7NEWS<\/a>, with one sadly resulting in a fatality, we are moving into a world where a catastrophic event is more of a \u2018when\u2019 than an \u2018if\u2019.<\/p>\n

Whilst this has always been a reality, one of the challenges is that as we have become more reliant on technology and more complex supply chains, with the implications of the consequences and likelihood resulting in catastrophic events. And whilst those events in themselves are tragic and incur loss on many levels, the downstream impact of these incidents means significant disruption, with the need to not only make safe but to also prove to be safe. The NSW Department of Health is now aiming to do that through a statewide security audit of medical gases.<\/p>\n

There are two key facets in preparing for these events:<\/strong><\/p>\n