Threat Intelligence: A Key Capability for Our Turbulent Times
There was a time when only the military had to concern itself with scanning the horizon for potential dangers. But in our current period of an ever-expanding set of global threats, most […]
Risk Assessment: The Best Way to Identify Your Biggest Threats
The threat and risk assessment or TRA is one of the cornerstones of business continuity methodology. Today, we’ll talk about what it is, why it’s important, and how to do one. Related […]
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. Related […]
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, […]
Weighing the Danger: The Continuing Value of the Threat and Risk Assessment
The Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) is one aspect of business continuity that has come under criticism recently. In our opinion, this tool remains highly valuable, provided it is used correctly. Related […]
Risk Assessment: Completing a Threat and Risk Assessment
The process of performing a risk assessment, or Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA) is a complex endeavor if you have not performed one in the recent past. What is a risk […]