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Business Continuity’s role in Supply Chain ResilienceUntil relatively recently, business continuity management for most companies focused primarily on the risks associated with IT failure or the loss of a building. The increasing reliance upon outsourci...Read More >>Business Continuity’s role in Supply Chain Resilience
What is Missing From Your Disaster Recovery Program?For many years, your company has worked on getting what you would need to get your company back up and running after a disaster happened.  You more than likely have purchased computerized equipme...Read More >>
Monday Morning Quarterback Review of the Indianapolis Colts and Risk ManagementWhile a debate regarding who is the best quarterback in the National Football League would certainly include multiple viewpoints, there is little disagreement among those close to the sport about whic...Read More >>
School Bus Enhances CDP Mass Casualty ExerciseHands-On Training Provides Mass Triage Scenario The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) in Anniston, Ala. is known for its realistic, emergency response exercises. Responders attending the Hands-O...Read More >>
Public and Private Sector Relationships in Emergency ManagementWhen studying the field of emergency management and how it has evolved over the years, it is virtually impossible to analyze it without also researching the role of the private sector. Charities such...Read More >>
Social Media and Crisis Management: 10 Common MistakesIf your organization is already on its social media journey, you may want to think of yourself as a traveler. It can be an exciting time out there on the road, but it can also be a challenging time...Read More >>
The benefits of BDR in SMBsYour business is running smoothly, with customer orders coming into your website, emails from suppliers promising delivery times, and quotes from service providers on the next expansion to your busine...Read More >>
Big Data Disaster Recovery in the CloudIt should come as no surprise, the explosion of digital information is real and continuing to grow at a much faster pace than our ability to capture, preserve and use it effectively. Analyst firm IDC...Read More >>Big Data Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Choosing Between the In-House Option or a Service Provider for Disaster Recovery/Business ContinuityWhile there is no denying the importance of disaster recovery/business continuity (DR/BC) planning for any enterprise that wants to minimize the impact of unplanned disruptions, it is also a given tha...Read More >>
Advantages of Business Continuity Software Expand as Analysis MaturesThe debate over the use of software for business continuity planning is typically focused on the perceived value of the system functionality. Software vendors champion their automation features whi...Read More >>
An Update on TC 223 and ISO 22301 (Updated November 11, 2011) [EDITOR'S NOTE – Brian Zawada is a member of the US Technical Advisory Group to ISO Technical Committee 223. Zawada participated in the June 2011 Berlin and November 2011 Beijing meetings as a m...Read More >>
RAD Operations Training Improves Radiological ResponseThe recent earthquakes and subsequent radiological impacts in Japan have increased the awareness and interest in how communities respond to radioactive incidents. Despite the recent increased atten...Read More >>RAD Operations Training Improves Radiological Response
Disaster Proofing Your Business with an Electronic Document Management SystemCritical Backups and Data Protection in the Event of a Disaster Nearly 18,000 businesses were dislocated, disrupted or destroyed by 9/11. Thousands more were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Accordin...Read More >>
The Cloud is a Cost-Effective Option for Disaster RecoveryDisaster recovery is all about trade-offs: you need to find a cost-effective solution that is always active and makes it as easy as possible to recover your data and restart your business if something...Read More >>
Disaster Recovery Assurance: The often forgotten factor in data protection planning Untitled Document When you think of data protection, what do you think of? I’ll bet that you think of daily backup windows, restore SLAs, tuning back-up systems and off-site archiving. It is e...Read More >>
Small Business Disaster PreparednessPlanning Preparedness Tips For Small Businesses: The Products and Services Catalog In light of what has occured in the Midwest and Southern states this spring, disaster preparedness is now on the min...Read More >>Small Business Disaster Preparedness
Getting Your Business Back: Pulling Together Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Disaster RecoveryI have talked to many organizations about their recovery programs, and an observation that I have made that seems to be a common thread is that the responsibility for recovery seems to lie in several...Read More >>Getting Your Business Back: Pulling Together Business Continuity, Crisis Management and Disaster Recovery
Virtualization Can’t Guarantee Data Availability
Virtualization Can’t Guarantee Data AvailabilityVirtualization platforms such as those from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix can provide for advances in high availability (HA) for most enterprises. By extending this concept to non-company-owned server...Read More >>Virtualization Can’t Guarantee Data Availability
Everyday Leadership
Everyday LeadershipWe hear the word “Leadership” so often in our daily lives that sometimes you have to wonder whether the context in which it is used justifies the usage. Take for example any sound bite we read or...Read More >>
Of templates & check lists
Of templates & check listsLately I've seen pleas, some from people claiming to hold "senior" business continuity titles,  asking for templates. Usually the request is for a very specific template; a call center or IT dep...Read More >>
Insight – The Intuitive Foundation of Contingency Planning
Insight – The Intuitive Foundation of Contingency PlanningWhy is contingency planning such an alienated concept?  Now, some of you may be thinking, “Alienated, but we have our business continuity plans in check, our disaster recovery exercises were co...Read More >>Insight – The Intuitive Foundation of Contingency Planning
Configuration Knowledge Must Be Collaborative: Disaster Recovery Depends on Configuration KnowledgeThe weakest link in most disaster recovery strategies is the one most easily and often over-looked. Configuration documentation is the single element that can make or break business continuity in many...Read More >>
Data Center Infrastructure Management: A New Tool for Disaster Recovery Planning and ResponseAdministrators are constantly assessing data center and network capacity needs in preparation for a potential disaster, but are often at a loss to respond in an optimal way to balance capacity and per...Read More >>
Continuous Application Availability: Strategy for Business Resiliency
Continuous Application Availability: Strategy for Business ResiliencyContinuous Application Availability: Strategy for Business ResiliencyThe Internet has transformed the landscape of business. Traditional high availability is no longer good enough; key applications must be accessible at all times for businesses to survive and thrive i...Read More >>
Art as Risk Mitigation
Art as Risk MitigationThe Internet is a wonderful thing. It provides a fast, low cost means to share ideas. Couple that with a business continuity planner's innate ability to think of "off-the-wall" relationships and you...Read More >>
Understanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery Strategy
Understanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery StrategyUnderstanding High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Your Overall Recovery StrategyWhen developing a disaster recovery strategy, customers frequently ask me to clarify the difference between disaster recovery and high availability. And now with the rise of cloud computing, they a...Read More >>
STATE OF MIND: Exercising Over Testing
STATE OF MIND:  Exercising Over TestingSTATE OF MIND: Exercising Over TestingIt can take a lot of time and effort to establish something to a point where one is happy with the results but does that mean that no more time and effort is required? That’s a question organizat...Read More >>
Observing the Survivor Response
Observing the Survivor ResponseObserving the Survivor ResponseAlthough data is relatively scarce on the process of living through a disaster, we know from what has been published that survivors often separate themselves from victims by accepting the new realit...Read More >>
A Mile in My Shoes
A Mile in My ShoesEvery culture and language has a story that includes a bit about walking “a mile in my shoes.” Typically the story encourages insight into another’s behavior and struggle.We have all heard about...Read More >>
Buyer Beware – PS-Prep Auditor Training and Organization Certification
Buyer Beware – PS-Prep Auditor Training and Organization CertificationBuyer Beware – PS-Prep Auditor Training and Organization CertificationIt’s happening again, organizations are making claims about “lead auditor” training and certification, as well claims about their ability to certify companies to standards. Unfortunately, there...Read More >>
The Perfect Storm - Filling Critical Gaps in Communications with Instant Information
The Perfect Storm - Filling Critical Gaps in Communications with Instant InformationADVERTORIAL Imagine a warm, sunny day along the coastline. Tourists walk the beaches. Employees are hard at work, and children are in school. Life is normal. Now imagine, a large, potentially dangero...Read More >>
Observing the Survivor Response
Observing the Survivor ResponseAlthough data is relatively scarce on the process of living through a disaster, we know from what has been published that Survivors often separate themselves from victims by accepting the new realit...Read More >>
Mitigating Wildfire Disaster: Early Detection and Commitment
Mitigating Wildfire Disaster: Early Detection and CommitmentMitigating Wildfire Disaster: Early Detection and Commitment This article presents a discussion on wildfire and the technical and organizational efforts to mitigate wildfire disasters. Wildfire not only causes loss of life, property, and ecosystems but create...Read More >>
11 Steps to a Better BIA
11 Steps to a Better BIA11 Steps to a Better BIA For anyone who has performed a BIA, you know that there are many choices to make in how it is structured. This article will give you some insight into decisions that are critical and may impact th...Read More >>
Exploring the Interrelationship Between Risk Management and Business Continuity: An Interview With David Kaye
Exploring the Interrelationship Between Risk Management and Business Continuity: An Interview With David KayeOn October 18, 2008, Dr. Thomas Phelan and the Elmira College graduate class in Emergency-Disaster Preparedness Management conducted a telephone interview with David Kaye, FCII, FBCI, MIRM, FRSA, co-a...Read More >>
What Do I Do If My Business Continuity Program Is Failing?
What Do I Do If My Business Continuity Program Is Failing?What Do I Do If My Business Continuity Program Is Failing? Most organizations experience a lack of effectiveness in their program execution at one time or another – there’s no shame in this! The important thing is to not point fingers or assi...Read More >>
Datacenter Energy Regulation: It’s Real, It’s Coming, It’s Expensive
Datacenter Energy Regulation: It’s Real, It’s Coming, It’s ExpensiveDatacenter Energy Regulation: It’s Real, It’s Coming, It’s ExpensiveIn the energy market, carbon regulation goes by many names— cap and trade, carbon reduction commitments, CO² reduction and more—but they all mean one thing: higher costs for power. Mo...Read More >>
The Next Generation of Mass Notification Software: How to bring your EN strategy up to date
The Next Generation of Mass Notification Software: How to bring your EN strategy up to dateThe Next Generation of Mass Notification Software: How to bring your EN strategy up to date In the early morning hours of Feb. 27, 2010, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake rocked the Republic of Chile. It was the fifth largest earthquake recorded since the beginning of the twentieth century. Over...Read More >>
What can your BCM Tool do for you?
What can your BCM Tool  do for you?What can your BCM Tool do for you? blockqoute { margin-left: 20px; font-style:normal; } How to demonstrate measurable ROI from the implementation of an effective BCM tool. Introduction In the economic landscape...Read More >>
Business Continuity in Emerging Markets
Business Continuity in Emerging MarketsBusiness Continuity in Emerging MarketsAs emerging markets have taken center stage in the global economy, so too have the associated risks. Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) as well as Africa are seeing more growth while the US econom...Read More >>
Fraud: An Overlooked Risk
Fraud: An Overlooked Risk When we cobble together a risk list for an enterprise risk management (ERM) program, we round up the usual suspects. The major headings are weather, technology, and human. All standard concerns for...Read More >>
Words Count in Emergency Notification
Words Count in Emergency NotificationWords Count in Emergency Notification The benefits of an emergency notification system are easily diminished with the wrong choice of words – whether too many or not enough, imprecise wording can lead to panic and confusion rather...Read More >>
Commercial Weather Company vs. National Weather Service
Commercial Weather Company vs. National Weather ServiceCommercial Weather Company vs. National Weather Service Advertorial Commercial Weather Company vs. National Weather Service Written by MICHAEL R. SMITH Recently, we were asked by a regular contributor of Disaster Recovery Journal...Read More >>
‘Auld Lang Syne’ - Forging the Link and Building the Chain
Auld Lang Syne  - Forging the Link and Building the Chain'Auld Lang Syne' - Forging the Link and Building the Chain As we end 2009 and usher in 2010, the famous “Auld Lang Syne” originally written by Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1788 comes to mind. For those of you who are unfamiliar with the s...Read More >>
Crisis Communications – Planning for a Data Security Breach
Crisis Communications – Planning for a Data Security BreachCrisis Communications – Planning for a Data Security Breach When your company experiences a security breach, whether it’s a result of fraud, theft, or human error how you respond can make a world of difference to your shareholders, your customers, and...Read More >>
Working from home since 1980
Working from home since 1980Working from home since 1980 As I sit here on my fiery little laptop using high speed internet I remember the days when working from home meant something a little different. I’m not quite as old as dirt, I&rsqu...Read More >>
Executive Commitment to BCP
Executive Commitment to BCP Whether it’s the public or private sector, there’s no more important critical factor that determines the quality and success of business continuity and disaster recovery programs than ex...Read More >>
Remote Access Preparation Pays Off: A Business Continuity Guide
Remote Access Preparation Pays Off: A Business Continuity GuideRemote Access Preparation Pays Off: A Business Continuity Guide Download in PDF Format Remote Access Preparation Pays Off: A Business Continuity Guide Do you have a plan in place that allows your business to continue operations if there&...Read More >>
How do Mature BCM Programs Stay Ahead of the Game?
How do Mature BCM Programs Stay Ahead of the Game? Not every business continuity program is exactly the same. There are different programs for different organizational cultures. Knowing that programs do not typically mirror each other, there are obv...Read More >>
Proactive Communications for Education, Security and Restoration in the Wake of Pandemic Influenza
Proactive Communications for Education, Security and Restoration in the Wake of Pandemic InfluenzaProactive Communications for Education, Security and Restoration in the Wake of Pandemic Influenza With H1N1 now present in all parts of the world and the annual flu season underway, health experts believe as much as 40 percent of the global workforce could be affected at any given time. Not sinc...Read More >>