Category: Disaster Recovery

Recently, Andy Osborne, one of the Business Continuity Management industry’s most prolific writers, published a blog lamenting the common practice of writing BC Plans to please auditors – rather than to function as guides for Recovery. Many Business Continuity Plans (BCP’s) are written to comply with Regulatory requirements (FFIEC, NERC, ISO22301, NFPA, etc.).  Plans are […]

Business Continuity Planners, don’t have the ability to predict the future.  That doesn’t mean they should ignore current industry findings about the future either.  Far too many organizations continue to plan for the “Big 4” (Loss of Building, Loss of People, Loss of IT, and Loss of Vendor) just as they have been doing for […]

Let’s suppose that – to protect your family – you decide to build an ark in your garage.  (An ark is a large wooden ship, like the one Noah used to save pairs of animals during the biblical “Great Flood”)  Where would you start?  Would you purchase lumber and simply start sawing and hammering?  Would […]

Organizations in which emergencies, crisis and disruptions are, if not common, frequent, are likely to have an Emergency Management department, team or group.  Public Utilities, Energy, Transportation (especially aviation) and Government agencies, among others, are all likely to maintain Emergency Management functions. Emergency Management (EM) and Business Continuity Management (BCM) have principles in common.  You […]

What can you do when Business Continuity Plan owners fail to update their Plans? I previously discussed why some organizations struggle – or simply neglect – to update their BIA data.  A BIA can be like a Platypus (an Australian mammal – part duck/beaver/reptile – that lays eggs).  Designed by a committee, a BIA may […]