Business Continuity Management Software – Traction Control
I have worked in the Business Continuity Management industry, in many roles, since 1996. I have been a Disaster Recovery Coordinator for a financial institution, a Business Continuity consultant for several large organizations, a BCM Software designer, a trainer and a BCM industry ‘cheer-leader’. LinkedIn, Twitter and BCM tradeshows are constantly flogging ‘How to get.. 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 →
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 →
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 →
The Value in Business Continuity Planning – Beyond Preparedness
The goal of every Business Continuity Management program ought to be preparedness: creation of a state of readiness in which goals, objectives, participants, roles and responsibilities are known, and practiced. An increased level of preparedness which Business Continuity planning can create is only one of several benefits. Others include: Regulatory compliance. Even if your organization.. 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 →
2013 DRJ Spring World
eBRP is proud to be a Silver Sponsor 2013 DRJ Spring World! The eBRP Team has prepared our display booth and shipped it to the Disney Coronado Springs Hotel for this annual event. Exhibit Hall, Booth 615 Stop by and meet the Team in the Exhibit Hall. They’ll show you how eBRP Suite, Business Continuity.. read more →
The Two Goals of a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)
During the most recent Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Crisis Management and Business Continuity Management teams of a large enterprise assembled in their US Emergency Operations Center as the first rockets struck Tel Aviv. Their primary concern was not the safety of their 500 employees in Israel. On their mind was the knowledge that, in the potential.. read more →
You Can’t Write Business Continuity Plans for Every Event
So Address the Loss of Assets – Not Potential Threats Black Swans and Super Storms: It is impossible to create Business Continuity plans for every possible threat your organization could face. Not only are the possibilities complex (every hurricane differs from every previous one), but the list of possible disruptions is endless. While the risk.. read more →