BIA On-Demand (BIAOD) | Business Impact Analysis Software
BIA On-Demand Business Impact Analysis Software A comprehensive Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is at the foundation of any world-class BCM program. With BIA On-Demand, we have you covered at the company, […]
Business Impact Analysis (BIA): BCM’s First Step
Creating a functional Business Impact Analysis (BIA) can be a daunting task for any organization. As a foundational requirement of any continuity program, it must be completed in order for you to […]
Benefits of Business Continuity and Recovery Testing
Business Continuity and Recovery Testing is critical to ensuring that your plan documentation is functional and accurate. As part of our responsibilities as Business Continuity professionals, we spend a significant amount of […]
When A Good Recovery Strategy is Better than a Perfect Recovery Strategy
Your recovery strategy does not have to be perfect, but it does need to be good enough. Remember, perfect is the enemy of good. When I worked in the IT department at […]
Is Business Continuity Broken?
There has been a lot of talk lately in the Business Continuity industry about a “next generation” of Business Continuity planning. In a recent article from Continuity Central, David Lundstedt asserts that […]
What is the Residual Risk of Your Critical Recovery Plans?
What is the “residual risk” of your critical recovery plans? The first thing to understand is, what is a residual risk? Residual risk is the risk that remains after an organization has determined its risk tolerance […]
I Have a BCM Policy…Why Do I Need Standards?
You have a documented and approved BCM policy. You’re done, right? Well, not really. You told your stakeholders in the policy that they have to play in your BCM game; but what […]
BIA Alignment? We Don’t Need NO Stinking BIA Alignment!
Industry best practices recommend that the BCM Office align its organizations Business Impact Analysis (BIA) derived Recovery Time Objectives (RTOs) and Recovery Point Objectives (RPOs) with Information Technology Disaster Recovery (DR) capabilities […]
Common Trends in Low to Moderately Compliant BCM Programs
The BCMMETRICS self assessment tool and its real time reporting revealed a number of common trends affecting the successful implementation of “low” to “moderately” compliant BCM programs: 1. MANAGEMENT ROADMAP/REPORTING INCONSISTENT OR LACKING – […]
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 […]
Effective Leadership Response to a Crisis
According to Helio Fred Garcia of Logos Consulting, effective crisis response is a competitive advantage; ineffective crisis response causes a competitive disadvantage, and can even put an enterprise’s existence in jeopardy. But […]
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 […]