Author: Jim Mitchell

A frequent speaker at Business Continuity conferences, many of Jim Mitchell’s blogs can be found elsewhere on eBRP’s website and has published articles in DRJ, Continuity Insights and Continuity Central. Jim has more than 20 years of experience in Business Continuity; if you don’t agree with his opinions – he won’t be surprised.
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January 21, 2016 |
by Jim Mitchell
Jan 21, 2016

Business Continuity Plans and Capabilities are not Equals

The old conundrum “which came first, the chicken or the egg?” reminds me of an often-heard Business Continuity statement: “We’ve got a Business Continuity Plan, so we’re covered.” Perhaps you don’t see the similarity.  The chicken/egg question is largely unanswerable (although there are always those who believe they know the…
By Jim Mitchell
January 14, 2016 |
by Jim Mitchell
Jan 14, 2016

A BIA is not Cheese (or Wine)

Most of us have gotten used to our rapidly-changing world.  OK, perhaps ‘gotten used to’ is the wrong term; maybe “learned to live with’ would be more appropriate for non-Millennials.  It wasn’t that long ago that PC’s had memories measured in Mb’s; today’s Smart phone has more memory than the…
By Jim Mitchell
January 12, 2016 |
by Jim Mitchell
Jan 12, 2016

A Business Continuity Acronym that Makes Sense: AQAP

Recovery Time Objective.  Anyone who deals with Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery – as a planner, responder or auditor – is familiar with the term.  It appears in every Business Continuity Management (BCM) ‘Standard’.  It is the generally-accepted benchmark by which BCM programs measure both goals and achievement. Recovery Time…
By Jim Mitchell
December 22, 2015 |
by eBRP Thoughts
Dec 22, 2015

Understanding the Incident Horizon – and How to Be Prepared

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  For all Business Continuity programs, an effective response to an incident requires many things.  Our recent blog series “Incident Horizon” breaks those requirements into five phases: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and…
By eBRP Thoughts
December 15, 2015 |
by eBRP Thoughts
Dec 15, 2015

What You Must Do to Sustain Your Recovery Process

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the…
By eBRP Thoughts
December 10, 2015 |
by Jim Mitchell
Dec 10, 2015

Can You Plan for a Black Swan?

Someone recently asked if was possible to plan for a Black Swan event.  I’m not sure if he was serious, but I suppose it’s a question that’s occurred to many planners.  Can you plan for a Black Swan event? To answer that question it’s important we agree on what constitutes…
By Jim Mitchell
December 8, 2015 |
by eBRP Thoughts
Dec 8, 2015

You Can Plan Your Response to any Disruption

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the…
By eBRP Thoughts
December 3, 2015 |
by Jim Mitchell
Dec 3, 2015

Work from Home: Strategy or Wishful Thinking?

When contemplating Business Continuity strategies, one of the foremost scenarios to consider is (and should be): what if the building is not accessible? Twenty years ago the only viable answer would have been to transfer people to an unaffected building (or to a predetermined 3rd party ‘work space’).  Ten years…
By Jim Mitchell
December 1, 2015 |
by eBRP Thoughts
Dec 1, 2015

Initial Response – Putting Preparedness into Action

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the…
By eBRP Thoughts
November 24, 2015 |
by eBRP Thoughts
Nov 24, 2015

Planning is Good – Preparedness is Essential

Every organization faces risks – and some of those risks may result in disruptions or other ‘incidents’.  An effective response to an incident requires many things.  We’ve combined them into a 5-part “Incident Horizon”: Planning, Preparedness, Initial Response, Planned Response and Extended Response.  In this blog we look at the…
By eBRP Thoughts