How Hospitals Can Heal Their BCM Programs
There are around 5,500 hospitals in the U.S., and sometimes I feel like I have been to every one of them to consult with their staff about their Business Continuity Management (BCM) […]
Which Aspect of Business Continuity Is Most Important?
People often ask which aspect of business continuity management is most important. Is it crisis management? The recovery of critical business processes? Data recovery? Some people don’t even bother to ask the […]
How to Go from Adopting a BC Standard to Knowing What to Do to Comply with It
I live in Arizona which is of course the Grand Canyon State. And if you’ve ever stood on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and looked across at the North Rim, […]
Data Loss Is Inevitable: These Tips Will Help You Recover
If Ben Franklin had been around in our day, he might well have expressed his most famous quote a little bit differently. He might have said: “Nothing is certain but death, taxes, […]
Why You Should Schedule BIAs the Same Way You Do Dentist Appointments
Over the twenty years or so that I have been professionally engaged in the field of business continuity, I have noticed that most organizations fall into one of two categories when it […]
How Business Continuity Is Like a Tree: BCM and the Corporate Hierarchy
Managing a business continuity program is a job that puts unique political burdens on its practitioners, as you will be well aware if that’s what you do for a living. Few other […]
The Secret to a Successful BIA Interview: Get Their Information Ahead of Time
Once upon a time, there was a business continuity consulting firm that held business impact analysis interviews with their clients WITHOUT first getting them to gather and provide basic information about their […]
The 4-3-3 Rule for Writing Business Recovery Checklists
When it comes to your organization’s recovery plan, your business recovery checklists might just be the single most important ingredient. They are the engine of your recovery plan. As we state in […]
