The Business Continuity Institute On Friday 25th August 2017, Hurricane Harvey hit Texas, in the USA. The natural disaster has brought record levels of rainfall causing widespread flooding. The level of disruption in Houston has hit unprecedented levels, affecting health, homelessness and economy. Hospitals have had to be evacuated, homes have become damaged and uninhabitable… Continue reading BCI: Hurricane Harvey 2017 — Have Lessons Been Learned?

Companies today know they need to fully and effectively leverage all data—including the increasing digitization of human communications and the data being generated by everything from light bulbs to smartphones. They know they must capture a wide variety of data, store it in a way that makes it accessible, and query it based on the… Continue reading Five Challenges Companies Must Overcome to Make Use of All Their Data

“89 percent of IT leaders are planning in implementing more cloud-based disaster recovery in the next year.” -Lauren Cooke, Backup and Recovery Solutions News Within the decade, the adoption of cloud computing and hybrid-cloud computing applications in organizations has risen exponentially. Businesses are realizing the cost effectiveness of having business continuity and disaster recovery cloud-based solutions.… Continue reading BC/DR in the Cloud, Are You Behind the Curve?

An architectural risk assessment is not a penetration test or merely a vulnerability scan. It is an engineering process with the aim of understanding, defining, and defending all the functional output from customers, line workers, corporate staff, and client-server interactions. Architectural risk assessments include ethical hacking, source code review, and the formation of a new… Continue reading Conducting an Architectural Risk Assessment — Step 1

Establishing your business continuity strategy starts with considering your organization’s objectives, legal and regulatory requirements, personnel, and products or services, along with your customers and clients. Before jumping in to identify and develop your strategy and plans for business continuity, there are some preparations you can perform to help you successfully implement a functional program. These… Continue reading Establishing Your Business Continuity Strategy – Business Continuity 101

It’s a common misconception many businesses have that sever weather incidents won’t drastically change the way they operate even if this unexpected severe weather occurs in their geographic area. However, according to FEMA, this simply isn’t the case. In fact, FEMA estimates 40% of all businesses are forced to close immediately after a disaster and… Continue reading A Closer Look at How Severe Weather Can Disrupt Your Business