Category: Business Continuity

Perhaps we’d like to think that Business Continuity ‘standards’ is all that we need to assure our organization is prepared to meet whatever fate and mother nature throw its way.  That’s a nice thought – but not very realistic.  There are as a many variations in what organizations require as there are regulators who oversee […]

When holidays roll around, or summer shines on the horizon, it is human nature to slack off a bit – as your mind begins its own slow descent into holiday mode. Unfortunately, Business Continuity never takes a day off.  Business Continuity Plans are dependent upon people – those critical team members with special skill sets, […]

Before there were automobiles, people traveled only a few miles from their homes – because travel by horse, or on foot, was slow.  For centuries, that limited horizon satisfied most people’s needs.  With the advent of the bicycle, followed by the internal combustion engine, individuals could travel further and faster than ever imagined.  The transition […]

Every Business Continuity Management (BCM) “standard” uses RP0 (Recovery Point Objective) as a key metric, and nearly every BCM program includes that metric – but few understand it, and even fewer know what to do about it.  Should you care? By definition, RPO is the maximum targeted period in which data might be lost from […]

Agencies of the US Federal Government (but Canadian, EU and most other Government agencies as well) have a ‘civic duty’ to provide Continuity of Operations (COOP) to assure the delivery of services to their citizens (as well as other Government operations). In many ways this mandate is no different than the goals or objectives of […]

For more than two decades, products, services and generally accepted practices have been in a nearly constant state of change.  Gone are telegrams, analog phones, mid-range computers, pagers, secretaries, and standing in line to get a boarding pass.  Yet some still cling to technologies, products and practices long after their value has been leap-frogged. Why […]

The world grows more complex every day.  New technologies, global competition, instant communications; every new opportunity presents new risks.  Yet countless BCM planners follow “Loss of” scenarios for their Plans. I know from experience that many BCM professionals understand those “loss of” planning templates may not be good enough, yet continue to use those old […]