About Time: Deciding When to Start Your RTO Countdown
Many organizations lack a clear, recognized understanding of when the metaphorical switch will be flipped to start the recovery time objective (RTO) countdown timer. There are two options, either of which can […]
A Home Away From Home: Crafting a Site Recovery Plan
If a disaster strikes one of your organization’s critical sites, you might need to temporarily shift its operations to a home away from home. To be ready for this eventuality, your organization […]
The Benefits of Stressing Out: Why You Should Stress Test Your Recovery Plans
In everyday life, stress is usually regarded in a negative light, but in business continuity management, stress testing your recovery plans can play a very positive role in improving an organization’s resilience. […]
The Science and Art of Writing an IT/DR Recovery Plan
There are two main aspects to writing a disaster recovery plan: The science of knowing what to include and the art of writing the content. Today’s blog takes a look at both […]
Hit or Myth: 5 Common Misconceptions About IT/disaster recovery
One definition of a myth is something you know for sure that happens to be untrue. Today we’re going to look at five commonly held myths about IT/disaster recovery. These are things […]
Sounds Like a Plan: The Elements of a Modern Recovery Plan
In the 25 years I’ve been in this business, one thing that has changed a lot is our ideas on what makes a good recovery plan. In today’s post, we’re going to […]
The Best Policy: The Core Element of a Good BCM Program Is Honesty
You can’t have a good business continuity management or BCM program without the core elements of BIAs, TRAs, recovery plans, and exercises, but it’s possible that the most important element of all […]
RTO and RPO: Making It Simple
Everyone involved in business continuity management knows that the concepts of RTO and RPO are important. Knowing exactly what they are, how they should be used, why they matter, and how to […]
Getting in Sync: Eliminating Recovery Strategy Gaps between BC and IT
Sometimes problems result when the IT department does its own recovery planning then BC comes along and conducts an analysis that shows IT’s plans to be inadequate. In today’s post, we’ll look […]
7 Reasons Your Recovery Plan Needs an Update
Have you ever had to bail out of an airplane?… Me neither, fortunately. But imagine if you did, and your parachute was too moth-eaten and tangled to support you because you hadn’t […]
Real-Life Uses of BCP (Business Continuity Planning)
Think about all the time and energy we spend preparing for emergency events. We develop strategies and plans, generate documentation, identify risks, and work to mitigate those risks. We’re going to help […]
Do You Know the Current Business Climate?
Understanding how the business climate is changing will allow to you start looking at how you may need to change your recovery and resiliency strategies. I was recently talking with my father […]
