Is Your Toolbox Missing Consultants?
Efficiently Building a Preparedness Capability While You Manage the Program Consultants are a key staffing tool that should be part of every organizationâs toolbox to address resource constraints. Clearly, some… Continue reading Is Your Toolbox Missing Consultants?
Standards of Progress
DRI International has been highly involved in the development of standards in emergency/disaster and business continuity management in the US and abroad. As part of our mission DRI International serves… Continue reading Standards of Progress
Maintaining Efficiency in a Mission-Critical World
Energy consumption has become a hot topic in the data center industry over the past few years. According to survey results from the Data Center Usersâ Group â an organization… Continue reading Maintaining Efficiency in a Mission-Critical World
Preparedness and Testing: Key to Survival
Testing Plans: The Challenges
Recently I was having a discus- sion with a fellow crisis manage- ment and business continuity profes- sional regarding the challenges that organizations face with respect to testing plans. Testing… Continue reading Testing Plans: The Challenges
The Unique Role of Business Continuity in Police Operations
The root of business continuity planning relies heavily on external emergency assistance in event response. This is prevalent in all planning functions where often one of the first tasks is… Continue reading The Unique Role of Business Continuity in Police Operations
The Debate About Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
In February 2010, Forrester Research found that 86 percent of surveyed North American and European IT professionals were categorically not interested in or had no plans to implement hosted cloud… Continue reading The Debate About Disaster Recovery in the Cloud
Innovative Enterprise Risk Management Tools
Risk Potential for exposure to loss which can be determined by using either qualitative or quantitative measures Risk Assessment Process of identifying the risks to an organization, assessing the critical… Continue reading Innovative Enterprise Risk Management Tools
Adirondack Adventure
I know this is a bit unusual, but let me tell you a story of a recent experience. A few months ago, in upstate New York, our family gets together… Continue reading Adirondack Adventure
Enhancing Mass Notification Through the Power of Location
Emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. Some impact just a few people; others can crash an entire organization. Regardless of the nature or scale, one important key to maintaining… Continue reading Enhancing Mass Notification Through the Power of Location
