BCM Basics: Modern IT/DR Strategies
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Organizations today have more options than ever when crafting […]
BCM Basics: The BC Professional’s Role in Data Protection
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. Data is a critical asset for almost every organization […]
Omission Accomplished: When Front-Line Workers Are Excluded from BCM Training
Many organizations seem to go out of their way to provide business continuity training to everyone—except the front-line workers who would most likely be the ones tasked with responding to a disruption. […]
BCM Basics: Inherent Risk vs. Residual Risk
This post is part of BCM Basics, a series of occasional, entry-level blogs on some of the key concepts in business continuity management. If you spend any time at all in the […]
Say Hello to VOI: The Best Way to Assess the Value of Your BCM Program
There’s a good reason business loves the concept of return on investment (ROI); it expresses the worth of an activity in terms everyone understands: dollars. However, in evaluating intangible assets such as […]
Data Preservation: What to Include in Your Data Protection Policy
Most companies have solid overall default data backup plans; however, many do not have sufficient processes or controls for ensuring proper data protection based on business requirements. To avoid the development of […]
A Sample Threat and Risk Assessment: The Case of Acme Widget Corp.
A picture is worth a thousand words, and an example might be worth a thousand pictures. In today’s post, we present a sample Threat and Risk Assessment. The original of this TRA was for […]
The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty
You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element of all […]
Staying Current: Why You Need to Keep Your BCM Plans Up to Date
Many organizations bring great energy to the job of creating new business continuity plans, then they put them on a shelf and allow the passage of time to make them obsolete. In today’s post, we’ll look at […]
Checking It Twice: The Corporate Risk Mitigation Checklist
In recent posts, we’ve been talking about how important it is for organizations to reassess their risks as the economy opens up. Today, we provide a tool to help in doing that: […]
Know Your Gaps: Manage Residual Risk to Keep Your Company Safe
Over the past 18 months, most organizations have made changes to their business continuity plans to increase their resiliency. Unfortunately, few have taken the critical next step of measuring and managing the […]
Who Does What: The Most Critical Job Roles in IT Disaster Recovery
There’s a lot more to IT Disaster Recovery than backups and recovery. In today’s post we’ll look at the IT/DR job functions that must be performed in order to ensure that any […]
