Outsourcing (paying another company to do some portion of work your own company doesn’t want to, or can’t do itself) can be a tricky proposition.  It may make sense when another company already has expertise, experience and capacity to perform tasks you need to add or expand.  It may also – sometimes – save money. […]

For all our supposed ‘maturity’, the Business Continuity industry can’t agree on some of the simplest things – like terminology.  When it comes to proving the worth of BC and ITDR plans, getting the terminology right should be easy.  Do you test – or do you exercise? There’s a simple way to look at the […]

The term “Resiliency” has become commonplace in discussions about Business Continuity Management (BCM).  Resiliency is often portrayed as the goal of BCM.  But Resiliency is usually ill-defined.  It means one thing to the CIO, but may mean something quite different to the CRO. If Resiliency is the “new normal” (as some have proclaimed), it is […]