This is the final installment of our 5 part blog series exploring the value of an Incident Management Framework within a Business Continuity Management program.  This installment – the 4th P – focuses on Program Management: Building an effective Enterprise-wide Business Continuity program requires much more than BIAs and some Plans.  Successful implementation of an […]

Previously, this series focused on Planning & Plan Development- the first 2 of the 4Ps of the Incident Management Framework-. This blog explores the 3rd P: Preparedness. Planning enables Plan development.  Plans should help carry out those strategies in response to outages.  But Plans should not be the end-state of a BCM program. The next […]

(This is Part 3 of a multi-part blog examining the “4Ps” of Incident Management Framework) The previous blog in this series focused on Planning.  One of Planning’s critical outcomes should be identification of critical products and services – and what strategies are likely to successfully restore or resume each service. In their simplest terms, Plans […]

(This is Part 2 of a multi-part blog examining the “4Ps” of Incident Management Framework) Before creating Business Continuity plans, an important Planning process must occur.  This Planning process helps identify criticalities (ranking or tiers – including dependencies) and impacts on Reputation, Customers and Regulatory requirements.  Planning results should also unearth gaps, vulnerabilities and single […]