One of the most visible and essential elements of a business continuity program is exercising. Performing exercises enables the organization to validate and improve business continuity capabilities and plan documentation. It is typically [...]
Many organizations struggle to define the best method to meet business expectations regarding information technology (IT) recovery. ISO 27031 provides guidance to business continuity and IT disaster recovery professionals on how to plan for IT [...]
American novelist Thomas Berger once mused that, “the art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.” The quest for answers, searching beyond the surface and challenging currently accepted assumptions, provokes [...]
In business continuity and IT disaster recovery, the terms RTO and RPO are both often used in conversations about recovery requirements. While the terms are closely related, they have distinct meanings and uses. [...]
BC Management recently released its 2021 Business Continuity Management Event Impact Report in partnership with Witt O’Brien’s. The latest report takes an in-depth look at some of the top trends we’re seeing across the business continuity industry today, [...]
May 17 kicks off an important week—it’s Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW), a week led by the BCI and sponsored by Riskonnect (formerly Castellan), where we celebrate and encourage the spread of business continuity awareness to [...]
Building business resilience has risen to the top of the priority list to navigate today’s nearly constant flow of disruption. Over the past few years, businesses have had to keep up with a crush [...]
In a recent blog post, I talked about how operational resiliency is changing the way we approach business continuity, highlighting, in the simplest terms, how operational resiliency and business continuity work hand-in-hand to make organizations [...]
Business continuity is much more than making plans to deal with disasters and disruptions. It’s now an integral part of a broader resilience effort—not just during a crisis, but continuously, through all the ups [...]
This is part 1 of a two-part blog series about executive sponsorship for business continuity program success. In part 1, we take a look at the benefits of executive sponsorship, and in part 2, [...]
When it comes to building a business continuity management program that best suits your organization’s unique needs, there are a variety of frameworks from which to choose. Business continuity management frameworks form a foundation [...]
COVID-19 is changing the core of the American workforce. With federal social distancing mandates and local stay-at-home orders, many organizations are putting business continuity plans into action. Teams that once worked shoulder-to-shoulder have shifted [...]
