Planning a Mock Disaster Exercise
Listen to Michael Herrera speak on how to plan and execute a Mock Disaster Exercise.
Availability
The goal of availability is to maximize the access and uptime of the designated system and applications – in essence, to make them fault tolerant. To achieve higher availability there are several […]
20 Tips for Developing Telecommunications Continuity Plans – Part 2
To continue our list on the points to consider when developing an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Disaster Recovery Plan, we will begin from where we left off in a previous blog. […]
10 Steps to Assess Your Disaster Recovery Plan
After you have created an effective recovery strategy, the ability to execute that strategy is of primary importance. Along with training and testing, the documentation and procedures required to perform a practical […]
20 Tips for Developing Telecommunications Continuity Plans
Instituting an Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Disaster Recovery Plan will help ensure the availability of communications hardware and services and will help minimize the impact on the company if a disaster […]
Prevention, Containment, and Recovery
Prevention is all about risk mitigation, removing single points of failure, having continuity and availability plans and performing ‘what if’ exercises in order to strengthen plans and find the right solutions to […]
Protecting Critical Information
There are countless reasons why it is important to protect critical information. Some may include: regulation and compliance, protect organizational reputation, enhance security and protect against loss of trade, to control costs, […]
What is the Objective of Risk Evaluation?
The objective of a risk evaluation is to determine the events that can adversely affect an organization and the damage that such events can cause. In this blog we will cover the […]
Things to Keep in Mind with Business Continuity Management
Many problems happen because everyone thought that someone else was responsible for the area that failed. The Business Continuity Management (BCM) awareness program should emphasize the responsibility of everyone to manage threats […]
Choosing the Best Crisis Management Leader for your Organization
Your company has a crisis looming. Do you have a Crisis Management Team Leader who can effectively lead your organization out of this mess and back to recovery? If so, will he […]
Heightening Corporate Risk Mitigation with the Operational Risk Management Lifecycle
To manage operational risk we must determine a way to measure, prioritize, monitor, and reduce exposure. The Operational Risk Management (ORM) lifecycle is divided in to five sections. Program Design: ORM is […]
Multilateral Continuity Plan
Contingencies, alternatives and interim solutions during a crisis will ultimately impact all areas within your organization. It may also impact vital operations of your customer, supplier and business partners. Consideration will need […]