Business Continuity Planning

When clients issue RFPs for business continuity services that are vague and contradictory, the result is a disappointment for the client and bewilderment for prospective BC service providers. In [...]

A surprisingly large number of executives think that practice of any kind is for grinds and that star performers do things by the seat of their pants. When it comes to crisis management, this [...]

A quality business continuity management (BCM) program is made up of six separate plans covering everything from emergency response to IT disaster recovery. In today’s post, we’ll explain what [...]

2019 promises to be an exciting year in business continuity and IT/disaster recovery. Below is my take on the new developments we are likely to see in management, budgeting, threats, software, [...]

There is much to feel positive about in today’s world of business continuity. Here are a handful of things we can all give thanks for when it comes to BCM in 2018.   Those of us who work in [...]

Increase your business continuity (BC) knowledge and expertise by checking out this list of an even dozen top BC resources. Business continuity is a sprawling, fast-changing, and challenging [...]

Would you find it useful to read a cheat sheet setting out some of the main themes in business continuity management now? Well, here is my quick take on the main issues in our field right [...]

I love metrics, as any regular reader of this blog knows. I think they are the only way to obtain a clear, objective view of the health of a business continuity management (BCM) program and the [...]

In last week’s blog, we talked about the importance of identifying the right BIA impact categories for your business impact analysis. As a reminder, these are the six categories appropriate to [...]

We’re helping you streamline your BIA, cutting it down from 8 to 4 hours or less for each business unit and maximizing your BIA interview. In last week’s post, I mentioned that we [...]