History has proven the importance of a business being prepared for what might appear to be an unlikely event. As the following major business continuity incidents from the 2016-2018 demonstrate, even businesses that should be well prepared for disruption have had opportunities along the way. 2017 – Atlantic Hurricane Season Over a five-month period from June …
ISO 27031: Looking at ISO’s Disaster Recovery Standard
As a business professional, executive, or business leader, you are always thinking of ways to connect with your team and improve your business or organization. If you’re not already, you should be concerned about business continuity and disaster recovery before disastrous events occur. As Bill Gates said, “Treatment without prevention is simply unsustainable,” and the …
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Key risk scenarios that require crisis or business continuity planning
Essential for protecting the integrity of operational functions, minimizing financial and data loss and safeguarding the well-being of personnel, business/crisis continuity planning constitutes a foundation on which businesses can quickly maintain, monitor and recover most, if not all, processes when a high-risk event unexpectedly occurs. Business continuity planning also establishes a rigorous agenda to ensure …
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Validating your Business Impact Analysis Results
In an earlier post this year, I talked about the importance of validating the Business Impact Analysis (BIA) results. In today’s post, I want to address the actual validation process. In small to medium-sized organizations, a Business Continuity Manager will have easier access to senior leaders in order to gain alignment on BIA results. If you …
A look at women in Business Continuity
As a woman who has spent nearly her entire career in the field of Business Continuity – and now as a Business Continuity Consultant – I’ve always been interested in how few women have risen to executive positions in business continuity and related fields. A couple of studies around Women in Business Continuity Management (BCM) …
Why failing to validate your business impact analysis results is a huge mistake
You may have missed our Managing Uncertainty Podcast episode from December 26th on To BIA or Not to BIA, where my colleagues discuss the trend of not completing a Business Impact Analysis (BIA). This was a follow-up podcast to a previous episode of Managing Uncertainty that discussed the Traditional BIA. Both podcasts are great and really …
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An overview of the NFPA 1600 Standard
Published in pamphlet, handbook, and eBook editions by the National Fire Protection Association, NFPA 1600’s full title is “Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity/Continuity of Operations Programs, 2016 Edition.” Anyone working in or having overall responsibilities for an emergency management standard in their organization should be familiar with NFPA 1600. It is a comprehensive, yet …
Presentation: Leading in an Active Shooter Situation – BCPA July 2017
Yesterday, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser, along with Senior Consultant Jennifer Otremba, presented at the monthly meeting of the Business Continuity Planners Association (BCPA) in Edina, Minnesota. We described the presentation as: Orlando, San Bernardino, Toronto, the Washington Navy Yard. Active shooter incidents are at the top of every senior executive’s list of threats …
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