Be a Hard Target: Train Your Employees in Security Awareness
Most organizations today are justifiably obsessed with cybersecurity, but many overlook their greatest IT vulnerability: their employees. The best way to strengthen a company’s defenses is by providing every employee with security […]
The Human Factor: BCM Team Roles and Skill Requirements
Knowing what roles should be represented on the business continuity management (BCM) team and what kind of people should fill them is an overlooked key to success in making organizations resilient. In […]
Recovering Right: How to Improve at IT Disaster Recovery
Far from relieving organizations of the responsibility of recovering their IT systems, today’s cloud-based and hybrid environments make it more important than ever that companies know how to bring their systems back […]
Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team
The cost of not having an IT disaster recovery team can range from being unable to recover from a disruption, to overspending. In today’s post we’ll look at the right way to […]
Weathering the Storm: Tips for Coping with a Disrupted Climate
The current ongoing disruption in long-standing weather patterns means that organizations everywhere are at risk of being struck by punishing natural disasters. Today’s post looks at how companies can ensure they will […]
BCM Basics: the Difference Between Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. For business continuity newcomers, few topics are as confusing […]
Write or Wrong: Five Common BCM Documentation Mistakes
Having quality documentation is an important part of a sound business continuity management program, but it’s not the most important part. In today’s post, we’ll look at this and four other mistakes […]
The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery
The rise in the use of third-party computing services has given many companies a false sense of security regarding the recoverability of their IT systems. In today’s post we’ll look at why […]
Navigating Resilience: How to Create a BCM Roadmap
The business continuity management roadmap is a simple but powerful tool that can help organizations strengthen their BCM programs and enhance their resilience. In today’s post, we’ll lay out an eight-step process […]
BCM Basics: “Continuity” Defined
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. People new to our field are often puzzled by […]
Risk Management as a Career: A Guide for BCM Professionals
For those with a suitable temperament and skill set, a career in risk management can be rewarding due to the field’s broad scope, consequential nature, and rising prominence. In this week’s post, […]
The Only Guide to Crisis Management Training You’ll Ever Need
Many executives think practice is for grinds and star performers do things by the seat of their pants, but when it comes to crisis management, this approach is a good way to […]