“Mathias Thurman,” a real security manager whose name and employer has been disguised for obvious reasons, wrote in the May 21 edition of Computerworld [www.computerworld.com/s/article/9227254/Red_Alert_for_Child_Pornography] that an administrator, during a training session with an employee on how to manage the organization’s antivirus infrastructure while reviewing the reports of machines with infected files, spotted what appeared… Continue reading IT Strike Force: Establishing a Cyber Forensic Response Strategy

So here I am, brushing the shavings off my fresh certification. I’ve got four to six years of BC/DR experience under my belt. I have a good job as a planner-analyst that I have been working at for a while. I feel like I’m ready for a new challenge. Now what? Logically, I would start… Continue reading The Great Swamp of the Mid-Career Professional

As technology’s strategic importance to the business has grown, so have the costs and risks for disruptions. Today, there is a wide range of disruptions that could take place such as an accident, a malicious attack, or many other reasons like out-of-commission technology that shuts down e-commerce sites, billing and payment systems, supply chains, or… Continue reading Operational Resiliency: The New Imperative for Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

When you first get up in the morning, before the first cup of coffee you hear on the radio or see on television that some disaster has occurred. You express your condolences out loud and are thankful the disaster was not in your neighborhood. On the way to work you see an accident or a… Continue reading Three Ways To Achieve True Enterprise Resiliency

In difficult times of economic crisis, business continuity management often goes by the wayside, and I don’t think it should. At first glance, it would seem that the survival of the company at the present time depends entirely on the skills of effective operational management. After all, the current problems require immediate action, and it… Continue reading BIA Probably the Most Important Analysis

Congratulations, you have worked hard to reach your current position as a senior executive, so it is only fitting that you have been handed accountability for one of the most important capabilities for the future of your organization – to build and maintain resiliency across the entire enterprise. Resiliency, or resilience as it is more… Continue reading Why True Enterprise Resiliency is the Responsibility of Top Executives

The time has come for business continuity to align with the broader risk management culture of the enterprise. Business realities are challenging our traditional notions of business continuity and disaster recovery. Objectives are changing, and the business value you provide is being defined in new ways. Starting with the concept that “vulnerabilities and threats are… Continue reading The Time Has Come For Continuity Risk Management

It is really easy to lose sight of the big picture. We spend so much time participating in meetings, writing emails, building relationships, and developing/improving/tracking documentation that sometimes we need to take a step back and think about our real purpose in the organizations where we work. How do you judge the success of your… Continue reading The Other ‘D’ (Not Documentation)

It is hard to believe it is already the last quarter for Disaster Recovery Journal. Our fall edition is always a time of reflection. This has been a very busy year at DRJ and in business continuity companies in general. The economy is rebounding and budgets are loosening, but we still have a long way… Continue reading 2012’s Disasters, Issues Require Training, Awareness