Global Turmoil Making You Ill? Try a Dose of Risk Management
For the past few years the news has been a drumbeat of threatening events—and the beat seems to be growing louder. In such times, the best thing an organization can do is […]
Strengthening the Chain: Four Steps to a More Secure Corporate Supply Chain
Supply chain insecurity has emerged as one of the leading threats to business, but most organizations continue to lag when it comes to protecting their access to critical goods and services. In […]
A Cool Job of the Future: Operational Risk Consultant
Our current environment of rising global uncertainty is spurring organizations’ interest in business continuity and operational risk management. As a result, the position of operational risk consultant appears likely to become one […]
Data Guardians: The BCM Pro’s Role in Helping Business Units Protect Their Data
Every organization backs up its data, but not all do so in a manner that is validated or rationally tailored to their needs. Business continuity professionals can help their organizations raise their […]
Powering On: How to Be Ready for a Power Outage
Extreme weather is making power outages more frequent, and work from home has not made the issue go away. In today’s blog, we’ll look at how you can help prepare your organization […]
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 […]
Calculated Risk: The Two Kinds of Risk Assessment
There are two kinds of risk assessment. In today’s blog we’ll look at what they are and why your company would benefit from performing one of each type, once every year. The […]
Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment
Too many companies go straight from conducting a Business Impact Analysis to devising recovery strategies and building plans, skipping the step of conducting a Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA). In today’s post, […]
The Corporate Supply Chain: BCM’s Ticking Time Bomb
The coronavirus pandemic has made one thing abundantly clear: the corporate supply chain is business continuity management’s ticking time bomb. In today’s post, we’ll look at the secret vulnerabilities hidden throughout the […]
Home Alone: When Disasters Affect Staff Who Are Working Remotely
As recent news events have shown, people working at home might be safe from getting COVID-19, but they are vulnerable to other problems that business continuity professionals have never had to think […]
Take It Easy: It’s OK to Go Slow With Your COVID-19 Back-to-Work Plan
Many companies have been running themselves ragged in trying to come up with and quickly implement a comprehensive plan for adapting to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, given the current uncertainties, this might […]
Chain Pain: Supply Chain Problems in the Age of Coronavirus
Our supply chains have come under pressure like never before during the coronavirus pandemic. In today’s post, I’m going to look at vulnerabilities in the supply chain as revealed by the pandemic, […]
