These Top Risks Can Threaten A Company’s Business Model

Of particular interest to executive management and the board of directors are normal and ongoing business management risks, emerging risks, and critical enterprise risks. In this column, we focus on the last category, which we define as the top five to 10 risks that can threaten the viability and/or execution of the company’s strategy and… Continue reading These Top Risks Can Threaten A Company’s Business Model

Recovering Yesterday’s Business Processes Tomorrow

In today’s wireless world, change is rapid and inevitable.  Look at your personal life to see how rapidly technology impacts your relationships, home life, recreation and communications.  On a business level, the pace of change can be even greater.  Organizations shift their business focus, launch (and withdraw) new products, explore new markets and change investment… Continue reading Recovering Yesterday’s Business Processes Tomorrow

In cyberspace, no-one can hear you scream (or snore)

On Friday I presented a webinar, on scenario-based exercising, as part of the Business Continuity Institute’s Business Continuity Awareness Week 2013. And I have to tell you, it was one of the most nerve-wracking things I’ve done for a long time.    Which is a bit bizarre, really, as I do presentations all the time,… Continue reading In cyberspace, no-one can hear you scream (or snore)

Solving a Communication Gap with Partners in Preparedness

When asked, leaders in communities everywhere will say that communication is by far the biggest problem during an emergency. Communication is such a broad term that it does not pinpoint the problem. Is it actual communication systems like phone lines and cell towers? Is it the communication you receive or try to obtain in an… Continue reading Solving a Communication Gap with Partners in Preparedness

What Makes a Great Recovery Plan?

By Glen Bricker, Avalution ConsultingArticle originally posted on Avalution Consulting’s Blog The goal of any recovery plan, regardless of the size or nature of the organization, is to protect life, minimize damage from an event, and quickly resume the delivery of critical products and services to meet customer requirements.  How this is accomplished, however, not… Continue reading What Makes a Great Recovery Plan?

Big Trouble in the Little Enterprise: Information Security and Middle-Market Firms

One of the truly unfair things about information security is that the scope of risk doesn’t scale downward with the size of the organization. A large global enterprise has to deal with all sorts of potential threats: APTs, phishing, malware incursion, insider threats, compliance mandates, and more. Unfortunately, the small enterprise or middle-market business must… Continue reading Big Trouble in the Little Enterprise: Information Security and Middle-Market Firms

Financial Services Firms At Risk Due To Poor Management Of Business Critical Data

Research by ClusterSeven on C-level executives and senior managers working in financial services in the UK has revealed dangerously poor attitudes to business critical data managed in spreadsheets and similar databases. Half (51%) of C-level executives say there are either no usage controls at all or poorly applied manual processes over the use of spreadsheets… Continue reading Financial Services Firms At Risk Due To Poor Management Of Business Critical Data

7 Tips for Delivering Effective Emergency Notifications

Last month, the Northeast blizzard Nemo dumped as much as 40 inches of snow in some areas and knocked out power to 659,000 people across nine states. Overall, more than 40 million people were affected.  In President Obama’s 2013 State of the Union, he cautioned, “Heat waves, droughts, wildfires and floods – all are now… Continue reading 7 Tips for Delivering Effective Emergency Notifications

Elderly Need Special Plans To Be Ready For A Disaster

PURVIS, Miss. – Elderly people, especially those with medical issues and limited mobility, can be especially vulnerable should a natural or manmade disaster strike. Local, state and federal officials are urging all Americans, in particular the elderly, to review, update and rehearse their disaster plans. Those living in a group setting, such as a nursing… Continue reading Elderly Need Special Plans To Be Ready For A Disaster