Incident Management 101 – Assessment
This is the first in a series of articles highlighting the critical components of Incident Management. Every Business Continuity Management program ought to understand the requirements for effective Incident Management, and do the planning needed to assure their organization can respond to any disruption. When an “Incident” occurs, the only information that is immediately known.. read more →
Residual Risk – A Key Business Continuity Concept
Residual Risk: if you’re not familiar with the term, you should learn how it applies to your Business Continuity Management program. In pulmonary science (the study of lungs) there’s something called ‘residual volume’. That’s the amount of air that remains in your lungs after you forcefully exhale. No matter how hard you try, there will.. read more →
5 Factors Weakening Today’s BCM Programs
The livelihood of many Business Continuity Management (BCM) programs is subject to corporate budgets and resource availability driven by corporate objectives and the organization’s position in the marketplace. Many organizations budget for BCM programs but fail to keep them alive, even in the most prosperous of times. Here are 5 possible factors: 1. Lack of.. read more →
BCM Software – A Business Case
Suppose you live on an island. You’ve got to get to the mainland occasionally (for food, fuel, mail, medical care, etc.). How do you get there? You’ve got options: swim, row, sail, pay someone to take you, or hire someone to bring you what you need. Which one is the best choice? It depends on.. read more →
Business Continuity – Is Risk Assessment Relevant?
Risk Assessments have always been a ‘best practice’ in Business Continuity Management. That classic legacy approach has required a thorough examination of threats & vulnerabilities, probability & impacts – resulting in some manifestation of risk index. But at the end of the day, Business Continuity Planning is about the ability to respond to disruptions. Does.. read more →
Assumptions: Business Continuity Plan Killers
Assumptions are the IED’s (Improvised Explosive Devices) of Business Continuity. Anyone can create one and, once strategically placed (usually tucked among the Mission Statement and Objectives) they have the capability to destroy a Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery Plan in an instant. So what can a Planner do to protect against those roadside bombs? I’ve.. read more →
No More BCP Scenarios – Throw away those Crutches!
When you can’t put your full weight on your foot or leg because of an injury or surgery, you can still get around using crutches. It’s not hard, but it’s clumsy, it’s slow, and you can’t keep doing it forever (or at least you hope you won’t have to). The goal is to get healthy.. read more →
BCM Simplified: It doesn’t have to be Complicated
The Business Continuity industry, consultants and associations have created a long list of standards, best practices guides, methodologies and certification processes. Sometimes, implementing these recommendations as part of an organizations’ BCM program becomes an obsession or an end unto itself. Perhaps it is time to take a step back and change perspective. Simplifying the Business.. read more →
eBRP – A Global BCM Solutions Provider
As the winner of the BCI – North American “2013 Business Continuity Product Provider of the Year” award, we’re surprised by the responses we have gotten from companies on other continents (and elsewhere in North America!). So we’d like to set the record straight: • “We’re not a Canadian company, so eBRP can’t help us.”.. read more →
Attacking Business Impact Analyses from another Angle
Business Continuity Planning standards and recommendation place a high value on the BIA process. For Business Continuity practitioners this becomes a periodic touch point with business stakeholders; a chance to gather the data needed to rack & stack business process, prioritize recovery strategies and plan for resource allocation when the incident management plan is invoked... read more →