This is my first post on the DRJ blog, I appreciate the invitation to contribute and hope the readers derive some value from my contributions. My primary aim will be to promote, or at times provoke, discussion. So I am going to link together an “opinion piece” on the blog with a discussion on the… Continue reading Getting off the Roundabout

Business Continuity Management (BCM), like most corporate programs, is often plagued by common mistakes; these common mistakes also apply to the Business Impact Analysis (BIA. The following are some common mistakes that need to be addressed to ensure that the BIA is effective: 1. Minimal Management Support – Senior management must buy in to the… Continue reading 12 Tips, Trips & Traps: The Business Impact Analysis (BIA)

By Andy Osborne, Consultancy Director at Acumen It’s fairly standard practice to hold some form of debrief at the end of an exercise or test, which is a very sensible thing to do. It helps to ensure that any issues and actions arising are captured and it’s a good way to obtain feedback from the… Continue reading A pair of debriefs

When did data protection get to be such a pain? We all know that data is growing quickly and that the types of data are constantly changing, but that doesn’t change the basics of storage management. The old rules still apply, leaving some IT professionals wondering what really has changed and how those changes affect… Continue reading Welcome to the revolution: Data protection the easy way!

By Stacy Gardner, Avalution ConsultingOriginally posted on Avalution Consulting’s Blog Why “Chicken Little” and “Black Swan” Planning is NOT the Way to Respond to Recent Catastrophic Events It seems that every week there’s a story in the news about a catastrophic disaster happening somewhere in the world, as the last five to ten years have… Continue reading Planning for Every Scenario is “for the Birds”

In yesterday’s operational risk seminar that I teach at the University of Washington, our guest speaker was UW seismologist and information scientist Bill Steele.  In the first hour of class, he used a presentation he had recently made to state government on the development of an alert system that could mitigate certain types of public… Continue reading Earthquake planning

When disaster – or a crises – strikes, organizations must be able to refer to a plan to help guide them through the tasks they need to consider executing to respond, restore and recover, systems and operations. All to often when a BCM / DR plan is pulled off the shelf or printed from a… Continue reading 12 Things NOT to Include in Your BCM / DR Plan

To most people a crisis is bad and for the most part, they’d probably be right. However, an organization can do good things when they are hit with a crisis; some may even say there is an opportunity. The situation itself might be bad enough but it it’s not being managed correctly or communications aren’t… Continue reading 8 TIPS for COMMUNICATING DURING A CRISIS