Incident Management – Planning for Incident Response

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans often rely on assumptions (read more about them here).  Some Business Continuity plans are very effective response plans but assume that, during an incident, it will be the only plan invoked.  That’s a highly blinkered view. Lessons learned from disaster events such as Super storm Sandy prove that when.. read more →

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 →

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 →

NextGen Enterprise BCM Software in Dubai

eBRP will be in the United Arab Emirates during the week of May 27th for the 2nd Annual Middle East BCM Summit taking place May 28-29 at the Crowne Plaza Dubai. While there, we will showcase our Award-Winning eBRP Suite – the NextGen of Enterprise BCM Software to organizations looking beyond the traditional BCM deliverables.. read more →

A 6 Step Method to the Madness

No one can predict when a disruption will happen, nor what the impact will be, what resources will be available, or who might be available to execute the restoration plans. Yet that is the reality of Incident Management planning.  So how do you plan for what you don’t know? Scenarios are often used as planning.. read more →

eBRP Named Business Continuity Provider of the Year

Press Release - Toronto, Canada eBRP Solutions Network, Inc. (eBRP) has been named the winner of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) North American “Business Continuity Provider of the Year (Product)” Award for 2013.  The awards were announced at the Disaster Recovery Journal Spring World Conference in Orlando, Florida on March 19th. The award was given  to.. read more →

When do you DR?

At a recent Business Continuity Management conference, one speaker spoke about his experiences and the theme: “the value in the BCM program”.  He had worked at a retail supermarket chain that had a robust BCM program with both management buy-in and excellent business user participation.  They had created Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery and Crisis Management.. read more →

Planning for Business Continuity in Istanbul

In partnership with a global management consulting firm, eBRP Solutions is excited to be implementing its Business Continuity Management software – eBRP Suite – for one of the largest financial institutions in Turkey. eBRP’s Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery consultants will work with the BCRS consultants and the bank’s program managers to help create a.. read more →

12 Reasons to choose eBRP Suite

No Limits: Licensed for unlimited Users. No restrictions. Manage your Program, not Licenses. Resilient: High availability. Guaranteed 99% uptime. 24/7 access from anywhere.  If you can reach Internet, you’re in! Intelligent: All the Planning tools you need – plus simple-to-use modeling tools to create business intelligence: dependency information you need to assure your response to.. read more →

Beyond BCP: Shape of Things to Come

eBRP’s first Beyond BCP: The Shape of Things to Come Roadshow focused on the challenge facing Business Continuity Planners today and in the foreseeable future. Our perspective on the objectives of Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning provided a fresh take that veered from the many BCM industry standards and practices – for good reasons... read more →