Business Continuity

For Want of a Nail: The Art of Realistic, Believable Exercise Scenarios

Mark Carroll | November 19, 2024

Suddenly (or not so suddenly) it is that time of the year; the time for you to start to plan the annual senior management tabletop exercise. That’s the four- to eight-hour event where folks at the C-level assemble and wrestle a firm-wide crisis to the ground. Not a simple task, as it includes a host of individual details and the complexity of scheduling a group of diverse folks with demanding calendars and commitments. Developing an exercise scenario involving this level of management is itself a major undertaking. It entails formulating a situation to engage all parties continuously over an extended…
Leadership Series: Leading Through Change
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the fourth and final in a series of business continuity-related leadership articles from Nita Kohli, exclusively on www.drj.com....
READ MORE >
Smart Money: The Importance of Restoring BCM Professional Development Funding
The pandemic saw the slashing of corporate spending on professional development activities for business continuity staff. Most companies were glad...
READ MORE >
A Global Institute for Business Continuity and Resilience Professionals
If you are looking to kick-start and progress your career in business continuity, taking the CBCI Certification Course and passing...
READ MORE >
Are People Top of Mind in Your 2023 Business Continuity Strategy?
Traditionally, disaster recovery has focused mostly on the protection and recovery of data (still critical) – but data alone can’t...
READ MORE >