How do you explain what it is you do? Do you use words like continuity, recovery, planning, contingencies, and resiliency? Are you sometimes confused over what term you should be… Continue reading It’s What You Do

The resounding success of more than a hundred BCP/DR drills that I have done with my clients actually worries me! In delivering business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) services… Continue reading Let’s Get Real About Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery

Disasters seem all around us nowadays. Not a day goes by without some sort of disaster or terrorist attack occurring somewhere in the world filling the news. The New York… Continue reading Resilience

Regardless of what it is you have to say, there has never been a better time for any person or organization to have something to say. You have more options… Continue reading The Message Critical Crisis Communications Criteria

Your company’s risk landscape is constantly changing. There’s a wide scope of factors to take into account, from weather-induced regional risks to the potential chaos provoked by cybersecurity breaches. Two… Continue reading 7 Easy Steps to Weather any DR Storm

When organizations decide to outsource a critical service, business continuity (BC) leaders must increase vigilance over third-party contractual obligations related to recovery. Recovery time objective (RTO), one of the most… Continue reading Analyzing RTO for Outsourced Capabilities

Automats – those fast-food vending machines – were before my time. I wasn’t born in Gotham. I wasn’t raised in the Windy City. I grew up hopelessly suburban and automats… Continue reading Automats of Readiness

It is hard to pick up a paper or listen to the news without being reminded of the ever-increasing amount of natural and manmade disasters occurring in today’s world. Currently,… Continue reading Communicating During a Disaster

With several standards being developed and some areas overlapping, compliance requires significant effort and is mandatory. If compliance is costly, then we need to think of the cost of non-compliance,… Continue reading Compliance a Problem, But Still Mandatory

At this time of year, many of us are scrambling to get plans exercised to meet a calendar year commitment or deadline, so I’d like to explore the issue of… Continue reading Continuity Plans Can You Actually Use Them?