Business Continuity Tools to Help Your BCM Program Succeed
Having the right business continuity tools can make the work you do on your BCM program easier and more consistent. In this post, we’ll explore categories of tools that will make your […]
The Three Phases of Disaster Recovery
When disaster strikes, you want to get back to normal as quickly as possible. It’s important to go through these three phases of disaster recovery. What are the three phases of disaster recovery? […]
Disaster Recovery Strategy Execution, or Will It Really Work?
Do you know how to actually execute a recovery using your defined disaster recovery strategy, or will your team have to figure it out? We’ve discussed developing a disaster recovery strategy at length, but […]
Top 10 Resources to Help You Become a BCM Ninja
We are living in a golden age in terms of the easy availability of high-quality information on how organizations can make themselves more resilient. In today’s post we’ll look at the top […]
Employee Readiness – Do Your Employees Know What To Do?
Your organization’s actual ability to respond to and recover from an event is directly related to employee readiness across the organization. It is important to note that too many times we train only […]
Your Data Recovery Plans are (Probably) not Functional
If your data recovery plans are lengthy, detailed, and/or “bare metal” based, requiring comprehensive operating system, database and application recovery steps, then they are almost certainly out of date and not functional. […]
Developing Disaster Recovery Strategies
The right disaster recovery strategies can mean the difference between a swift recovery and a business-imploding We know. Disaster recovery isn’t a fun subject. Sometimes it can When developing functional disaster recovery […]
Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery Testing and Training Guidelines
Business continuity or disaster recovery testing and training are critical and too often mishandled parts of many business continuity programs. Keep your program strong with our guidelines on BC/DR training and testing. […]
The Drawbacks of Planning for a Worst-Case Scenario
While the worst-case scenario approach is a good one to use in order to reflect on organizational needs and the impacts of a disaster, it often brings an improper sense of safety. […]
Emergency Operations Centers: What You Need to Know
In this post, we’ll outline what an emergency operations center is, why it’s important, how it functions, and where to put it. An Emergency Operations Center (EOC), sometimes called a “war room” […]
10 Steps to Assess Your Disaster Recovery Plan
After you have created an effective recovery strategy, the ability to execute that strategy is of primary importance. Along with training and testing, the documentation and procedures required to perform a practical […]
Human Factors in Crisis Management
The “Human Factor” stands as the most critical and variable element in the effectiveness of your Business Continuity Planning (BCP) program. Despite the presence of meticulously crafted plans, strategies, and multiple backup […]