The Magic of Metrics: How Using Metrics Can Transform Your BCM Program
Metrics are a down-to-earth tool that can have an almost magical impact on your organization’s business continuity management (BCM) program. However, getting their full benefit requires differentiating between meaningless volume metrics and […]
Risk control: The Four T’s Process
Determine your risk control strategy with our easy-to-follow “4 T’s Process.” Risk control is the process by which an organization reduces the likelihood of a risk event occurring or mitigates the effects […]
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 […]
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 […]
What is the Value of Operational Risk Management?
Most companies only test their backups after a system fails. They buy Disaster Recovery provisions for computers only after a catastrophic event has impacted the business and only buy CCTV after a […]
Why Continuity Planning Must Go Beyond the Corporate Borders
For many organizations their Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are based on a worst-case scenario, meaning the loss or inability to access their primary location for an extended period of time. While this […]
Benefits of Implementing the ERM Framework
In the last blog we discussed the components of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Framework, and today we will look at what the benefits of implementing the ERM Framework are. Organizations that […]
Strategic & Tactical Issues Surrounding Critical Corporate Information
In the digital age, information is the lifeblood of business, fueling everything from strategic decisions to day-to-day operations. However, this indispensable asset is under constant threat from a variety of risks. Companies […]
Hurricane Sandy Effects – How Far Away Should My Backup Data Center Be?
The basic tenant of primary and backup data centers is that they both cannot be affected by the same event. You MUST analyze the locations of the primary and backup data centers […]