Business Continuity Planning

Most people think it’s easy for employees to work from home, but the reality is otherwise. In today’s post we’ll look at seven questions every organization should ask itself before sending its [...]

Whether you’re an independent consultant or work on staff, life as a BCM professional can sometimes make you feel like Rodney Dangerfield: you get no respect from senior management. In today’s [...]

Few organizations think about risk in a rational manner, which commonly leads to unnecessary expenditures and dangerous gaps in their business continuity planning. In today’s post, we’re going to [...]

Good documentation is one of the pillars of a strong business continuity program, but it’s one that often gets left out. In today’s post, we’ll look at how to create BC documentation, which parts [...]

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 [...]