Stack Attack: A Brief Guide to the IT Stack for BC Professionals
Business continuity professionals need a minimal grasp of IT concepts in order to do their jobs, but many BC pros are in a fog when it comes to IT terminology. In today’s post we’re […]
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 […]
Think Defense: Learning from the Defense Dept. About Operational Risk
Business continuity professionals can learn a lot from the U.S. Dept. of Defense’s approach to operational risk management. In today’s post, I’ll summarize the DOD’s five-step approach to ORM and explain how […]
Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery
One definition of a myth is something you know for sure that happens to be untrue. Today we’re going to look at five commonly held myths about IT/disaster recovery. These are things […]
Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan
In the 25 years I’ve been in this business, one thing that has changed a lot is our ideas on what makes a good recovery plan. In today’s post, we’re going to […]
Table Service: 8 Ways Tabletop Exercises Can Benefit Your Company
Tabletop exercises are commonly associated with crisis management training; however, there are many other situations where they can provide significant value at modest cost. In today’s post, we’ll look at eight ways […]
The Face of Danger: The 5 Most Common Business Continuity Threats
The disasters that figure in the headlines change from day to day because the media love novelty. The events that cause business the most problems year after year tend to be the […]
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 […]