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 …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #45: Small Business Continuity Planning
On this week’s episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes a look at small business continuity planning Inspired by a question from Meg Cumby, in this episode we discuss the consequences of disruptions for small businesses, disaster recovery challenges, evaluating risks to your business, and small business continuity planning …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #40: Why we exercise our plans
Why do crisis or business continuity exercises? Are exercises really that valuable to maturing a crisis management or business continuity strategy? In this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser takes on that topic and more. Topics discussed include effective exercises, tabletop exercises, simulation exercises, integrated exercises, business continuity, crisis …
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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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Looking back at the 2017 Hurricane Season
The 2017 hurricane season brought attention to a glaringly obvious fact: businesses, communities, and individuals in the United States need to do more to prepare themselves for these types of catastrophic disasters. The effects of the natural disasters that struck the country in 2017 were devastating. According to The Washington Post, the hurricanes that rocked …
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 …
Managing Uncertainty – Episode #35: Alternate Workplace Strategies for Business Continuity
What happens when you find yourself in the middle of a crisis, some of your facilities are impacted, and suddenly you need to relocate several critical teams to an alternate workplace for an indeterminate period of time. If you have planned well, then you’re ready to execute your plan. But if you haven’t…. In this …
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Managing Uncertainty – Episode #29: The Courses are Mini
Last year we provided two free mini-training courses: Active Shooter 101 Crisis Communications 101 On this episode of the Managing Uncertainty Podcast, Bryghtpath Principal & CEO Bryan Strawser announces the launch of two new mini-courses that round out our free mini-course offerings: Crisis Management 101 Business Continuity 101 Both courses are completely free with lessons delivered via e-mail each day. …
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