Our webinars and videos are intended to help you learn more about business continuity, crisis management, disaster recovery, intelligence & global security, exercises, and crisis communications.
Webinar: Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) - a Comprehensive Approach to Resilience
Join Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser for an enlightening presentation on “Business Continuity as a Service” (BCaaS), also known as Business Continuity Managed Services.
This innovative solution offers a holistic approach to ensuring organizational resilience in today’s rapidly changing business environment.
This video presentation will explore the concept of BCaaS, its benefits, and how it can help organizations of all sizes mitigate risks, reduce downtime, and maintain smooth operations in the face of unexpected disruptions.
Webinar: Navigating the Ransomware Challenge – Lessons in continuity, crisis, cybersecurity, and leadership
Organizations of all sizes are confronted today by the continuity and reputational challenges inherent in the challenges we face with the ransomware threat. Some of these challenges include coordinating across multiple silos, effective high-availability and disaster recovery strategies, lack of investment in business continuity, the lack of crisis communications capabilities, and an ad-hoc crisis management process.
In this presentation, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser will shares the keys to successful ransomware preparedness and response, including how to cut across silos, enhance your organization’s resilience, leverage exercises to identify gaps in your planning and preparedness process, and how to lead your organization through the crisis.
Webinar: Leading your organization through a complex novel crisis: Lessons from the frontlines of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic is a significant human tragedy, impacting millions around the world and creating unprecedented business continuity & crisis management issues for organizations large and small.
In this presentation & discussion, athenahealth Director of Global Security and Services Bridger McGaw and Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser discuss athenahealth’s preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the impact on its teams and business operations, integration and information sharing with public health and emergency management agencies, their future approach to returning to the office, and lessons learned from this crisis.
Key topics discussed include:
- Leadership lessons for rapidly evolving novel crisis situations
- Continuity strategies for complex organizations with global operations and outsourcing
- Effective communications and storytelling strategies for internal and external audiences
- Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for businesses and non-profits
This webinar was presented at the 2020 Secure360 Conference.
Webinar: Crisis & Continuity Leadership in the time of Coronavirus
At the time of this webinar, conducted for the Business Continuity Planners Association in April 2020, we were just a few weeks into the fight against Coronavirus. We were already into unprecedented territory with how government and the private sector are engaged in the fight against Coronavirus.
In this presentation and open discussion, Bryghtpath Principal & Chief Executive Bryan Strawser led attendees through a number of related topics, including:
- Current situational briefing for the Coronavirus Epidemic, incorporating information from WHO, CDC, DHS, FEMA, and the states.
- Lessons learned from the private sector on strategies and tactics for crisis management and business continuity that have proven successful to date
- A forecast for what the next several weeks may look like for the private sector
- Q&A / Open Discussion
Webinar: Shots Fired - Leading in an Active Shooter Situation
Active shooter incidents are at the top of every senior executive’s list of threats across the United States. Much effort and attention have been paid to this issue, yet the vast number of organizations are not prepared for when an active shooter incident strikes their organization.
In this presentation, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser will share lessons learned for preparing for, responding to, and recovering from an active shooter situation in your workplace.
Topics discussed will include crisis leadership during an active shooter situation, the perspectives of an incident leader in the midst of the crisis situation, communicating and making decisions, and sound strategies that can be used to prevent situations from reaching the point that gunfire is involved.
Webinar: Leading Exercises that don't Suck
Most Crisis Management & Business Continuity exercises are slow-moving, ponderous affairs that might check the box on an audit report but do little to create the environment that enables a true test of the plan and build the “muscle memory” necessary to mature a crisis management process or a business continuity plan.
In this presentation and discussion, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser will share his experiences building and leading effective crisis and business continuity exercises that engage stakeholders from across an organization – from frontline managers to C-Suite executives and the board of directors.
Topics discussed will include developing a multi-year exercise strategy that builds upon previous exercises, scenario development, how to add realistic “pressure” to a scenario, incorporating third-party partners, effective facilitation, leading a “hot-wash” post-exercise discussion, and crafting an impactful after-action report.
Webinar: Lessons Learned from the 2017 Hurricane Season
What happened during 2017’s historic hurricane season?
How can you better prepare your company for the year ahead?
Join Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser and the Bryghtpath team for this engaging one-hour webinar and learn how to best prepare your organization for the next crisis.
Webinar: Global Risk - Strategies for Uncertain Times
The past decade has shown us a world shaped by enormous upheaval and uncertainty. In just the past year, we’ve seen organized terrorist attacks in France, Lebanon, Kenya, and other countries; wholesale regime change in many countries, and a new global threat in the form of ISIS. We’re also faced with a highly volatile economic climate and the rise of nation-state driven cyber warfare.
How should you position your company to be prepared for these risks? How can you stay informed?
In this discussion, Bryghtpath CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at the global risk landscape beginning with a macro view of the globe before highlighting several specific threats covering both geographic and domain-specific risk. Topics discussed will include global terrorism, travel risk and security, intelligence, cyber threats, economic espionage, and other current global risk challenges.
In addition, we’ll discuss how to stay informed through government sources, open-source intelligence, and proprietary resources.
Webinar: Rethinking Business Continuity - Applying ISO 22301 to improve resiliency, manage risk, and drive profitability in your organization
In this presentation, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser discusses how to use the ISO 22301 Standard for Organizational Resilience (Business Continuity) to improve resiliency, manage risk, and drive profitability in your organization.
Topics discussed include emergency management, crisis management, crisis communications, project management, program management, business continuity, crisis leadership, and how to prepare your business for a disruption.
This webinar was presented for the Professional Evaluation & Certification Board (PECB).
Webinar: Building an effective Business Impact Analysis (BIA) approach using ISO 22317
Many organizations have adopted the ISO 22301 standard for their business continuity management systems. Recently, ISO has released the new ISO 22317 Standard for Business Impact Analysis. In this webinar, learn about several different strategies to build an effective BIA that will help you advance your business continuity strategies.
In this presentation, Bryghtpath LLC Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser talks about the new ISO 22317 Standard for Business Impact Analysis (BIA) and how to build an effective approach for business impact analysis.
This webinar was presented for the Professional Evaluation & Certification Board (PECB).
Webinar: How to turn an incident into an opportunity for your business through effective incident management
In this presentation, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser talks about how to turn an incident into an opportunity for your business by effectively managing the incident or crisis you are faced within your organization.
Topics discussed include crisis management, incident management, crisis communications, crisis leadership, business continuity, and organizational effectiveness.
Key Points:
- Key skillsets for an effective incident leader or crisis manager
- Situational awareness during an incident: how to obtain information and intelligence throughout an incident
- Examples of crisis & incident management frameworks that enable rapid decision making, escalation, and communication
This webinar was presented for the Professional Evaluation & Certification Board (PECB).
Webinar: The Threat Lurking inside your Organization
Businesses today are challenged by individuals and state actors who seek to steal or misuse their intellectual property. In some cases, state actors spend decades working themselves into a position of trust inside an organization in order to exfiltrate your most important intellectual property.
In this insider threat webinar, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser discusses the insider threat that lurks within your organization – how you can prevent or mitigate that threat – and how to identify individuals most at risk for this type of action.
Key topics discussed include:
- How insiders steal intellectual property
- Basic mitigation actions to address insider threats
- The importance of strong law enforcement partnerships