Business Continuity Risk

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 [...]

Most organizations continue to devote insufficient thought and resources to the task of assessing and managing risk in their supply chains. This leaves them vulnerable to disruptions in their [...]

When you’re completing a jigsaw puzzle, it is a lot easier to grasp how the pieces fit together if you have a picture of the completed puzzle to go by. By the same token, it would be easier for [...]

Do you know how, in your non-business life, there is a difference between “friends” and “Facebook friends”? There is something similar in business continuity when it comes to third-party vendors. [...]

Do you wear your seatbelt when driving or riding in a car? If you are like over 85 percent of the people in the United States, then you do, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety [...]

Last week we talked about the importance of finding out management’s risk tolerance and creating a business continuity program which will keep risk for the organization within those limits. [...]

When your organization isn’t risk literate, the result can often resemble a horror movie; when it is, you can save the day. In some ways, being a business continuity management consultant [...]

The data breach at Equifax that was revealed in September affected up to 143 million consumers. It is considered one of the worst such breaches ever, based on the sensitivity of the data that was [...]

Manage business continuity risks more effectively using the concepts of inherent and residual risk.

Are your third party vendors as serious about business continuity as you are? Here’s how to check.