With the rise of digitization, the media and entertainment (M&E) industry is managing enormous amounts and types of data that it never has before. In addition to media content, which… Continue reading It’s a Wrap! How to Ensure Media Production Continuity, Even in the Face of Disaster

With major data breaches like Marriott’s making headlines and Facebook’s data privacy scandals shaking consumer confidence, data protection should be at the top of every business’s priority list. The cost… Continue reading Why You Can’t Gamble on Data Protection

Given the financial and reputational threats of unplanned data center outages, cloud-based disaster recovery (DR) is an approach that can minimize friction and ensure innovation scalability. It is time for… Continue reading Rethinking Disaster Recovery For The Cloud

In 2016, I went to see the doctor about a headache I could not shake. After a CT scan, I was in the car on my way home when the… Continue reading Out of Office Reply: When the CEO Takes Emergency Leave

A concept called adaptive business continuity was first introduced to readers in the Spring 2019 issue of Disaster Recovery Journal. That article explained adaptive business continuity (or merely “adaptive” from this… Continue reading Executing Adaptive Business Continuity

Caryn Helmandollar is group head of risk management for Ferguson plc (the world’s leading specialist distributor of plumbing and heating products) and oversees enterprise risk, claims, insurance, product integrity, and… Continue reading Ask the Executive: An Interview with Caryn Helmandollar

We have helped to build, manage, and improve hundreds of business continuity programs across just about every industry and organization size. Effective engagement with key stakeholders throughout the organization tends… Continue reading Increasing Energy + Engagement To Drive Program Effectiveness

To realize greater levels of success, businesses have become more specialized, concentrating on what they do best to achieve better margins. The more specialized the business, the more they must… Continue reading Vendor Continuity Management: From Risk to Resilience

As defined by the online encyclopedia Britannica, an island is “any area of land smaller than a continent and entirely surrounded by water.” When you live on an island, most… Continue reading Are You Living on an [Organizational] Island?

Disaster planning and recovery are often viewed as the need for backup systems to safeguard an organization’s data. Here’s a little hint for the survival of your company … it’s… Continue reading Counting on Disaster: What Every Financial Institution Should Know