The Skills and Expertise of a Qualified Business Continuity Expert
Whether you’re looking to hire a business continuity expert, or you’re training to become one, this guide will help you determine the qualifications and experience that are required. Before we get into […]
Power Outage Procedures For Businesses
Your business isn’t ready for a power outage unless you’ve considered these key things.
Business Continuity vs. Disaster Recovery
Here’s why you can’t have disaster recovery without business continuity—and vice versa.
BIA and Risk Assessment: Why Both Are Important
Can you describe the differences and benefits of the BIA and Risk Assessment? Today’s short blog may help you provide answers when the questions arise. You just spent time completing a Business Impact […]
What Goes Into A Business Impact Analysis (BIA) Report?
Every Business Impact Analysis report should have these six essential elements.
Convincing Management To Do a BIA
Those of us with feet on the ground understand the value BIA (Business Impact Analysis) data brings when it comes to strategy development and prioritization, but how can we convince resource/financial decision […]
A Business Impact Analysis Guide
Considering a business impact analysis? Here’s everything you need to know before you decide.
Evaluating DRaaS Providers
Learn to select from today’s wide range of DRaaS providers, including what questions to ask and how to be sure they fit into your overall recovery strategy. The use of various “cloud” […]
Lessons from 150 Years of Business Continuity Experience
Take a look at top lessons learned from our staff’s combined 150 years of business continuity experience. Use our knowledge to benefit your BCM plans. When I look at my children and […]
Cyber Security Planning
In today’s digital business climate, it’s critical to stay up to date with cyber security. In 2012, FEMA released a presentation “designed to increase understanding of cyber threat alerts, warning, and information […]
Enterprise Risk Management – When Was Your Last Security Incident?
In Risk Management, preparation and information are our best tools. One of my mantras is “Hope is not a strategy.” This mantra is particularly the case for security issues. Other than people, data […]
Common Business Continuity Disasters
We should always be performing risk analysis, even if it is ad hoc or a thought exercise. As the new year is now well underway, we have forgotten about our New Year’s […]