BC/DR Project initiation
Project initiation is one of the most important elements in BC/DR planning, because without full organizational support, the plan will be incomplete. As a planner, there may be limits to what you […]
What Hazards Can Affect My Business?
In many cases an organization does not consider the disasters that threaten them on a daily basis. It would be in each planner’s best interest to focus on regional threats that are […]
Building an Effective Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Team
In the face of a crisis, the performance and resilience of your organization hinge on the capabilities of your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) team. This team’s composition is crucial—not only must members […]
Pros and Cons to using an Emergency Notification System (ENS)
There are both Pros and Cons to using an Emergency Notification System (ENS). This week we will discuss the advantages of implementing and using an Emergency Notification System, and next week we […]
Incident Command System (ICS) – The Time is Now Corporate America
Over the years, there has been talk in our industry about transitioning corporate America to the Incident Command System or ICS. ICS consists of a standard management hierarchy and procedures for managing […]
5 Things Every Crisis Team Leader Should Know
When a crisis occurs it is important for the Crisis Team Leader to communicate with affected sites and/or critical stakeholders, authorize key actions, distribute internal and external communications, and ensure the appropriate […]
The Quandary of the Recovery Point Objective (RPO)
Recovery Point Objective (RPO) is the maximum tolerable data loss expressed in time (e.g. minutes, hours, days, weeks, etc.) that a business process can stand to lose before it is critically impacted. […]
Are IT DR Budget Comparisons Always Indicative of a Good Spend?
We are often asked by our clients to compare their Disaster Recovery spend and staffing to like organizations and industries as part of our Disaster Recovery Assessment engagements. This spend comparison typically […]
The Conundrum of Aligning Business DR Needs with Information Technology
We have been involved many times this year in attempting to align business recovery needs with the IT function. Many times this effort has been at the behest of the IT organization […]
What Applications Should You Regularly Exercise?
We have found that a majority of DR Offices do not have a formalized process to identify what applications they should exercise and what applications do not require regular exercises to be […]
Aligning Business Recovery Efforts with IT Disaster Recovery
In many organizations, Information Technology Disaster Recovery strategies and capabilities are not aligned with the needs or expectations of the business. This isn’t always the fault of Information Technology personnel and in […]
Are Near Misses a Prelude to a Catastrophe?
The April 2011 edition of Harvard Business Review was dedicated to “Failure” and “How to Understand It”, “Learn From It” and “Recover from It”. In the article “How to Avoid Catastrophe”, authored […]