This 2026 edition of the DRI Glossary for Resilience contains the perspective of a remarkable Glossary Committee drawn from the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States.
DRI is the source entity for its Glossary termsThis 2026 edition includes new terms drawn from a workgroup representing the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United StatesDefinitions are harmonized with the 2022 update of the DRI International Professional Practices and new/updated DRI coursesFor ease of use, definitions appear in alphabetical order rather than nested within related terms (multi-word terms are alphabetized by their first word)
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Todd, it will be and we will use this as a starting point for our Operational Resilience Glossary as part of our FUTURE Ops Center Framework sub-committee. We will also look at ESRM and other protective disciplines (EM/CM, EH&S, Cybersecurity, etc.) to have a compendium of glossary resources for our combined operations approach.
Great resource. I shared it with my emergency management/resiliency group. Speaking on the same terms definitely avoids ambiguity and confusion. Will be a good tool to check the language in some of our dox in case terms have evolved. Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
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