How We Use PagerDuty for Emergency Response

PagerDuty, a platform renowned for managing real-time work, is utilized to coordinate responses to emergency situations, such as the COVID-19 outbreak, by leveraging its incident response process originally designed for technical issues. The platform is adapted to address various business-impacting incidents beyond technical challenges, including high-profile customer support and security issues. Key components of PagerDuty's crisis communication plan involve promptly notifying the Crisis Communications team, which includes members from various departments, and keeping employees informed about major incidents. The configuration includes an escalation policy, multiple notification rules for redundancy, a conference bridge for real-time resolution, and Slack integration for stakeholder updates. For global communication, the setup involves multiple regional services with email integration and escalation levels, ensuring effective coordination and communication with leadership and employees. These structured workflows are designed to swiftly mobilize the appropriate teams and maintain communication with all relevant parties.