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Continuity Insights 2017 New York Conference Set for Monday
The sixth annual Continuity Insights New York Conference will kick off Monday, October 23. The two-day event will take place at the TKP Conference Center in New York City. The event will feature presentations by business continuity and resilience professionals… Read more… →Program Announced for 2018 Continuity Insights Management Conference
Continuity Insights has announced the full conference program, including speakers, sessions, plenaries, and panel discussions for the 2018 Continuity Insights Management Conference, taking place April 23-25, at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Miami, Florida. The preliminary schedule kicks off on Sunday,… Read more… →FEMA Releases Updated National Incident Management System
FEMA has released a refreshed National Incident Management System (NIMS) doctrine, providing a common, nationwide approach to enable the whole community to work together to manage all threats and hazards. Lessons learned from exercises and real-world incidents, best practices, and… Read more… →Resilience Networks & Real Time Situational Awareness
New York University's International Center for Enterprise Preparedness (INTERCEP) is the first academic center dedicated to strategic risk management and organizational resilience and agility. The center maintains a global outreach with a special focus on multi-party collaboration, including business-to-business and public-private partnerships. Acknowledging… Read more… →New Weather Data Technology Notifies Public Safety Officials Ahead of Extreme Events
By Glen Denny, Baron Services, Inc.: Advance location alerting helps leaders know when to trigger emergency response plans. Lately, on an increasingly frequent basis, weather events seem to dominate much of our news, with rising numbers of severe occurrences presenting… Read more… →Cyberattacks Bringing Down the Electric Distribution Grid is a Growing Threat
Interruptions to the power supply from cyberattacks tops the list of concerns of utility executives over the next five years according to the findings in Accenture’s new report, Outsmarting Grid Security Threats. And while nearly two-thirds of global executives surveyed believe… Read more… →Second Edition Business Continuity/Resiliency Program Maturity Study Now Live
BC Management’s second annual Program Maturity Study will be used to assess how organizations are measuring the effectiveness of their Business Continuity/Resiliency program, what standards are programs being measured to, and how to best gain executive support in elevating the… Read more… →Gaining Traction for Your BCM Program – A Simple, Strategic, Service-Oriented Approach
Is it time to completely change your approach to the problems of “BCM buy-in?” Rachelle Loyear, MBCP, AFBCI, CISM, PMP, and author of The Manager’s Guide to Simple, Strategic, Service-Oriented Business Continuity, stands amongst those who think you should. Loyear,… Read more… →Data Security and Encryption in the Cloud
By Zeb Ahmed, CLOUD, XaaS & BCDR Leader - IBM: In Wikipedia’s words, Encryption is the process of encoding messages or information in such a way that only authorized parties can read it. On a daily basis, I meet customers… Read more… →Full Program and Faculty Announced for Philadelphia Workplace Violence Conference
Continuity Insights has announced the full conference program for the one-day educational event Workplace Violence: A Multidisciplinary Perspective taking place December 5, 2017 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Philadelphia. This one-day workshop comprised of seven interactive sessions will feature… Read more… →Benchmark Your Career & Plans at Continuity Insights New York Conference
Here's your chance to further define your career roadmap, assess your current credentials/certifications, and fine-tune a career strategy for that next promotion or job search. Join Firestorm and BC Management "At the Table" as they offer confidential, one-on-one career benchmarking… Read more… →
New White Paper Highlights the Fours Stages of Active Shooter Incident Recovery
Psychological, social and economic damage done by a shooting incident can continue to impact individuals, families, organizations and communities for decades after the incident. However, much less attention has been given to understanding and proactively planning to manage the post-incident… Read more… →Lipscomb University Offers Professional Development Program Series
The Department of Communications and Journalism at Lipscomb University has partnered with the Forum for Crisis and Consequence Management to offer a number of professional development and continuing education programs for professionals to better handle challenges related to disaster, crisis,… Read more… →
Deciphering Overlapping Standards and Requirements, Using the BCP Genome Why focus on just one standard, when you could comply with any or all of them? Discover a better way to interpret the alphabet soup of ISO, FFIEC, COBIT, COSO, NFPA,… Read more… →FACULTY – Workplace Violence: A Multidisciplinary Perspective
Norbert “Bert” J. Alicea Bert Alicea is a Licensed Psychologist with more than 27 years of experience in the EAP field. Bert specializes in assisting with difficult workplace situations and is a premier trainer in Employee Assistance. Bert specializes in… Read more… →
The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) has been a staple of business continuity (BC) for decades. In that time, the BIA has grown, expanded, and become rather nebulous in its scope, objectives, and value. By exploring both its initial purpose and… Read more… →Here’s What I Mean By “Business Continuity” – 5 Steps to Success
By Bryan Weisbard, CPA, CFE: When family and friends ask me what I do for a living, I’m almost always greeted by the same blank, confused stare when I respond with “Business Continuity.” To me and others in our profession,… Read more… →New Thinking, New Tips, New Advice
Vendor presentations offer plenty of opportunities for networking, learning about new trends and technologies, and being exposed to case studies that present new thinking, advice on how to tackle the latest challenges facing BC professionals, and tips you can apply… Read more… →How You Can Help Those in Puerto Rico
Nearly all of the U.S. territory’s 3.4 million residents need assistance recovering from the storm. Here’s how you can help. Cash. Most organizations are asking for cash, rather than supplies, so they can route help to where it’s needed most more… Read more… →The Importance of Staff Welfare During a Disaster
As business continuity professionals, we focus on the importance of a variety of factors and one of the keys to embedding business continuity in your organization is staff welfare. Staff welfare is ensuring that your staff not only feel supported… Read more… →
Is Your Company Prepared for the Worst? Why Business Continuity Must Be Part of Your Strategy
By David Nolan: You may think your company is prepared for adversity – but if you believe these 7 common misconceptions, it’s not. Imagine a runner on a treadmill following a preset workout program. Even as the treadmill speeds up… Read more… →The Case for Integration – Converting the BCM Silo into an Enterprise Risk Foundation
New demands are being placed on the Business Continuity organization to provide more services to the enterprise, often with little or no resources to support them. Higher levels of productivity, meeting new regulatory mandates, and providing coverage for new corporate… Read more… →Workplace Violence One Day Conference December 5, 2017
Save the date and make plans to join your colleagues and Continuity Insights for Workplace Violence: A Multidisciplinary Perspective. The event will take place on December 5, 2017 at the Doubletree by Hilton in Philadelphia. This one-day workshop will feature some of… Read more… →A Methodological Approach for Developing a BIA
From defining the boundaries, to assessing financial and operational impacts, to identifying critical processes, to determining RPOs for critical activities, there is a true methodological approach for developing a business impact analysis (BIA). The BIA allows organizations to identify the… Read more… →CPAC Symposium Call for Papers
The Call for Presentations is now open for the annual CPAC (Contingency Planning Association of the Carolinas) Symposium. Topics for breakout sessions, workshops, and panel are being accepted until November 30. Speakers at the 2018 Symposium will gain access to… Read more… →
POS1 - BCI Good Practice Guidelines Training Course (CBCI) Wednesday, April 26, 2018, 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., Thursday and Friday, April 26-27, 2018, 8:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday, April 28, 2018, 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (three-plus… Read more… →
PRE1 Super Leaders: An Assessment and Development Workshop for Crisis Management Leadership Sunday, April 22, 2018, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (full-day workshop) Leadership is the most influential and critical element of successfully managing a contingency or crisis. Effective leaders… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
A19 - Nationwide's Crisis Management Journey Joni McLean, Manager, Nationwide Learn how Nationwide, a leading insurance and financial services company, implemented their crisis management program throughout the company for senior executives, board members, the business and remote locations. Nationwide will share… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 10:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
A17 - The Mary Kay Way - How the Culture Leads To Our Program Success Joel Navarro, Global Manager, Business Continuity, Mary Kay Inc. Mary Kay Ash started the company by stepping outside of the standard practices and created something new… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
A15 - Implementing Adaptive Business Continuity at Brink's Mark Armour, Director Global Business Continuity, Brink's Inc. This will be a comprehensive look at exactly what was done at Brink’s to align the company with Adaptive BC Principles. Whether you are already… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
A13 - Building Resiliency in 12 Months or Less Dov Gardin, Associate Director Risk and Resiliency, Allergan You’ve been tasked with building a business continuity program, you have to show results now, and you have limited resources. Join the presenter, head… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
A11 - How to Engage C-Suite Team Members Using Bite-Size Training Christopher Sarcletti, Specialist, Enterprise BCM, BMO Harris Bank, and Eric Thompson, CEO, Crisis Guardian Getting time with C-Suite executives to train them on their role and their responsibilities in a… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 9:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
A9 - What Works: Cisco Services Supply Chain Risk Management Don Hall, MBCP, CBCLA, ARMP, Cisco Services Business Continuity Program Manager, Cisco Systems, Inc. This presentation shares Cisco Services’ supplier BC processes highlighting assessment scoping, questions, risk dialogue, metrics, and supporting… Read more… →
Plenary Session, Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Business Interrupted – Cyber Risk Gets Physical Dr. Nader Mehravari, Chief Scientist , and David White, Founder and Chief Operating Officer, Axio Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world. Ginni Rometty, IBM's chairman, president and… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Monday, April 23, 2018, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
A7 - Implementing a Global Travel Security Program at T. Rowe Price Blaise D’Ambrosio, Global Business Continuity Manager, T. Rowe Price T Rowe Price recently implemented a global Travel Security program utilizing a leading in industry vendor. Attendees will learn the… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Monday, April 23, 2018, 2:30 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.
A6 -Turn Up the Volume PART 2: Developing and Implementing a Global BCM Training Program in a Busy, Distracted World Lisa Trousdale, EY, Global Business Continuity Leader Last year we talked about the challenges of training employees and leaders in… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Monday, April 23, 2018, 1:00 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
A4 -Crisis Management Event Forecasting Michael Keating, VP, Business Continuity Management, RGA Reinsurance Company Probably the biggest change in the way RGA thinks about crisis management, especially at the strategic level, is the introduction of what we call Crisis Risk… Read more… →
Breakouts Sessions, Monday, April 23, 2018, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
A2 - Metrics and Measures in a Large Enterprise Robin Martin, Second Vice President - Risk Management, Ameritas Using metrics and measurements to demonstrate how prepared a company is to recover from a business continuity incident. Metrics, measures, and KPI's… Read more… →
Breakout Sessions, Monday, April 23, 2018, 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.
A1 - So You Have a Disaster… Now What? Tom Serio, Verizon Wireless The presenter will walk you through a real disaster that impacted a large business and forced them to enact ALL of their business continuity plans. What's the reality… Read more… →
Shadow IT – More Vital Than You Might Think . . . 5 Self-Help DR Steps to Take Now!
By Jon Murphy Love it or hate it, with the consumerization of IT and rapid adoption of all things cloud computing, most organizations are loudly demonstrating their need for new tools to do more – faster and more efficiently than… Read more… →Cyber Breaches and Business Resilience . . . Industry Observations
One of the top concerns for every company is cyber security. In order to effectively address the issues, organizations must have the right plans, processes, and security policies in place to avoid business disruptions. Robbie Atabaigi, Lead Specialist with KPMG… Read more… →BCI Good Practice Guidelines Training Course to Be Offered
The BCI Good Practice Guidelines Training Course (CBCI) offers a solid description of the methods, techniques and approaches used by business continuity (BC) professionals worldwide to develop, implement, and maintain an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program. The three-day-plus course… Read more… →New Crisis Management Platform Simplifies, Centralizes Response Team Coordination
Groupdolists, a new cross-platform SaaS solution built for security operations and emergency management teams responsible for protecting employees and assets, has been developed to simplify crisis response team coordination and recovery. Today’s Groupdolists launch instantly creates a common operating picture… Read more… →Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Are You Prepared?
By Zeb Ahmed, CLOUD, XaaS & BCDR Leader – IBM: While the importance of choosing the right disaster recovery solution and cloud provider cannot be understated, having a disaster recovery runbook is equally important (if not more). I have been… Read more… →Get Serious: How to Drive Cultural Buy-In for BCM
How strong is your organization’s BCM culture? Do you struggle with buy-in for your program? Many organizations face this challenge and are looking for strategies that both ensure a commitment to continued process improvement and acknowledge the reality of continuity… Read more… →
In the wake of the devastation of Hurricane Harvey, and now Hurricane Irma, the topics of preparedness, land-use regulations, and catastrophic insurance are coming to the fore and signaling a need for change as we try to learn from these… Read more… →Will You Be Ready When Disaster Strikes?
Businesses are under siege from an increasing number of natural and man-made disruptive events. One crisis can destroy your business and impact the lives of all involved. The recently published book, The Ultimate Business Continuity Success Guide, demonstrates how cutting-edge… Read more… →How to Help Those Affected by Hurricane Harvey
The devastation left behind in the wake of Tropical Storm Harvey will take years of recovery. American Red Cross volunteers are on the scene working tirelessly to help the thousands of people along the Gulf Coast who have been affected… Read more… →Surviving a Business Continuity Audit
Comprehensive business continuity audits will traditionally inspect virtually every aspect of a program by evaluating risk-based planning, observing BCP/DR tests, and assessing the entirety of the BIA. Can your business continuity/disaster recovery plan withstand the rigors of an audit? Jacob… Read more… →Struggling With Records Management for BCP
Feeling overwhelmed when it comes to records management for your Business Continuity Planning? Whether it’s printed documents, Word documents, spreadsheets, images, emails, or even hand-written notes, it can easily become a struggle to keep your head above water as you… Read more… →New Name for CPO; Fall Summit Dates Announced
As it strengthens its relevancy in today’s business climate and to reflect the changing nature of the business continuity profession, the Contingency Planners of Ohio has announced its name change to Continuity Professionals of Ohio (CPO). The non-profit professional association… Read more… →The Global Business Continuity Management Program Benchmarking Study
The Continuity Insights and KPMG LLP Global Business Continuity Management Program Benchmarking Study, which surveyed 349 executives from more than 30 countries, is a comprehensive analysis of the current state of BCM programs and the drivers for further program development.… Read more… →Principles of Managing Through Extraordinary Change
We are all accustomed to operating in an environment of change; e.g. organizational, regulatory, changes in executive appetite, budgetary, and evolving standards. But, how would you cope with change that is coming so quickly from within your organization? There is… Read more… →Tips for Evaluating a Business Continuity as a Service Provider
Business Continuity as a Service (BCaaS) continues to gain traction among organizations attempting to avoid the persistent issues associated with the adoption and operation of a business continuity management system. But as with any third-party service, there are a number… Read more… →Web Applications Weakest Spot in Network Defenses per 2017 Cloud Security Report
Alert Logic has released the 2017 Cloud Security Report which analyzes real-world security data to identify cyber-attack trends in attacker behavior and security practices. The report findings are based on data from more than 3,800 cloud, on-premises, and hybrid cloud… Read more… →BCM Service Provider/Critical Supplier/Supply Chain Management Assessment
BC Management is conducting its annual BCM Service Provider/Critical Supplier/Supply Chain Management Assessment. The survey will be used to assess BCM service providers (alternate site, software, notification and mobile recovery) and critical/ third-party suppliers. Key findings will determine: What is… Read more… →
10 Critical Indicators of a Sound Business Continuity Program
Is your business continuity program in good health? Does it include what many experts consider the most critical element of any business continuity program? These 10 indicators will help you make sure that your program is on track regardless of… Read more… →CI New York Conference “Millennial Spotlight” Session – Leveraging the Me Culture to Your Advantage
Let’s shed some light on the Millennial stereotype. This highly educated and technically competent generation is our future and should be capitalized upon. In this 2017 Continuity Insights New York Conference session, Victoria Healy, a Marketing Business Analyst with BC… Read more… →What Will Your New BC Program Look Like One Year Later?
How much can you expect to create, develop, and mature in your first year managing a new business continuity program? Sometimes the questions are more important than the answers. What is reasonable to promise? What do you prioritize? And how… Read more… →Nearly a Quarter of All Email Still Deemed Unsafe
A new report from cloud-based email management company Mimecast indicates that email remains the primary attack mode for delivering security threats for ransomware, impersonation, and malicious files or URLs. According to the report, 24% of all delivered email is considered… Read more… →Mail-Gard to Create New Advanced Recovery Center
Print-to-mail continuity and recovery services provider Mail-Gard has announced the creation of a dedicated recovery center which will be located at its Warminster, Pa campus. In combination with its existing dedicated recovery center in Hamburg, Pa, the expansion of Mail-Gard’s… Read more… →
Senior Level Support, Diligence, and Planning Keys to Critical Infrastructure Cyber Security
Operational resilience and cyber security is the foundation of critical infrastructure protection. Dr. Jim Kennedy, the chief consulting officer of Cyber/Critical Infrastructure Security Services for SecuritySolutions, has outlined a process to aid critical infrastructure operations, utilizing the CIPP Risk Management… Read more… →Your First 100 Days – Seven Steps to Maximizing Your BC Program
Business continuity professionals change jobs for a variety of reasons, often a new opportunity, significant challenge, or to find a different company culture. Regardless of the circumstance, a comprehensive, detailed roadmap will help you do things RIGHT!!… a second, third… Read more… →The Next Generation of Crisis Management + Business Continuity
How will Gen X and Millennials change the BC landscape? As the power base within companies continues to change include more of these professionals, crisis management and business continuity programs will need to adapt. Our industry must find ways to… Read more… →The Blind Spot in Workplace Violence Prevention Programs: Part Three
By Steve Crimando, Behavioral Science Applications Bringing It Home In this final installment in our three-part series addressing violence prevention for employees working from home, we will focus on strategies and techniques that employees can use to reduce the risk… Read more… →Creating an Effective Resiliency Program
Where does crisis management end and business continuity begin? Where does BCP report? What are the critical components of an effective resiliency program? Join David Strumpf, Senior Principal of the Promontory Financial Group, as he presents “How to Create an… Read more… →Preparing Your Company for Operations – Before, During, and After a Cyber Attack
Conventional cyber-security doesn’t address the broad range of business issues affected by cyber-attack. A comprehensive strategy must incorporate both basic and emerging cyber defenses that address technology, policy, and behavior. It also needs coordinated, detailed plans to continue operations after… Read more… →Integrating Enterprise Risk Management and BC Management
Business continuity management is an important part of enterprise risk management. They complement one another, and both are necessary in today’s high-risk business environment. ERM and BCM share the common goals of identifying, assessing, and managing interruption risks that could… Read more… →New Business Continuity Trending Report Released
BC Management has released the third edition of its Business Continuity Trending Report which assesses the direction of the business continuity management profession. The report summarizes data collected from more 4,000 respondents to BC Management’s International Business Continuity Management survey… Read more… →FEMA Region II Shelter-in-Place Workshop Scheduled for CI New York Conference
Shelter-in-place workshops are intended to provide participants with the ability to exchange best practices and evaluate potential solutions to challenges associated with major disasters requiring shelter-in-place. The FEMA Region II Shelter-in-Place Workshop is a facilitated discussion that focuses on identifying… Read more… →The Evolution of Data Protection: Differences between Backup and Disaster Recovery
By Zeb Ahmed, CLOUD, XaaS & BCDR Leader – IBM: Having worked with many clients over the last 10-15 years in the data protection space, one of most common questions that I have been asked is "How is Backup different… Read more… →The Top 5 Ways to Modernize Your Business Continuity Program Now
As the pace of change in business and technology accelerates, business continuity management (BCM) continues to evolve rapidly within enterprises to meet increased market and regulatory demands. New strategies need to be assessed by the enterprise from many perspectives, including impact… Read more… →Aon Catastrophe Report Details Global Natural Disaster Loss for First Half of 2017
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has released its Global Catastrophe Recap: First Half of 2017 report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide in the first six months of the year. Global… Read more… →The Blind Spot in Workplace Violence Prevention Programs: Part Two
By Steve Crimando, Behavioral Science Applications In Part Two of our series on The Blind Spot in Workplace Violence Prevention Programs we will continue the discussion of workplace violence prevention for home office workers (A.K.A. telecommuters, remote workers, or employees… Read more… →CI New York Conference “Millennial Spotlight” Session – Building Your Crisis Communication Team
During a crisis, communicating to those impacted is just as important as how your organizing will work through and resolve an event. What you say will impact how others perceive your organization and could even make you vulnerable to litigation.… Read more… →ACP Seeking Candidates for National Board of Directors
The Association of Continuity Professionals (ACP) is now accepting nominations for positions on its 2018 National Board of Directors. Four positions are currently open, each with a term of three years. ACP National supports local ACP chapters as they strive… Read more… →Call for Editorial – Information Worth Sharing
For more than 20 years Continuity Insights has actively engaged with and sought contributions from thousands of business continuity professionals who exhibit the highest levels of expertise while fostering BC innovation, growth, and learning. Continuity Insights takes education and information… Read more… →
How to Keep IT Professionals Out of the Dark
By Yaniv Valik, VP Product Management & Customer Success, Continuity Software: Like the name says, the “information technology” business thrives on – information. IT people, by definition, are supposed to know what keeps the IT system in an organization going,… Read more… →Phishing and Social Engineering Top Drivers of Cyber Disruptions
The latest BCI Cyber Resilience Report, an analysis of cyber security incidents experienced by organizations across the world and how they respond to them, confirms that phishing and social engineering are maintaining their position as the top drivers of cyber… Read more… →2018 CI Management Conference Keynote Announced
Continuity Insights has announced that Gerard Braud, an international crisis communications expert, coach, trainer, and author, will keynote the 2018 Continuity Insights Management Conference, scheduled for April 23-25, at the Hilton Miami Downtown, Miami, Florida. Discover why the facts often… Read more… →Full Program Available for Continuity Insights’ 2017 New York Conference
Two-day educational event will take place October 23-24, 2017 at the TKP New York Conference Center: Continuity Insights has announced the full conference program, including keynotes, speakers, and sessions, for the 2017 Continuity Insights New York Conference, taking place October… Read more… →
By Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, Lipscomb University Leadership is the most influential and critical element of successfully managing a contingency or crisis. Effective leaders have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to inspire and impact their employees,… Read more… →Video: The Holy Grail – The Promise of Enterprise Risk Management
The Holy Grail. Mark Carroll, Income Research + Management Senior Vice President, discusses the promise of Enterprise Risk Management. →
2018 Continuity Insights Management Conference Keynote
Don’t Talk to the Media Until… Being an Effective Spokesperson in Today’s Digital Age Gerard Braud, CSP, Fellow IEC In Gerard Braud’s keynote session you will explore why speed is critical in both your event response and your communications response.… Read more… →
Call for Presentations – 2018 Continuity Insights Management Conference
Be a part of the premier event for exchanging ideas, best practices, and vital information for business continuity professionals. Continuity Insights is seeking qualified business continuity professionals interested in sharing their experiences and knowledge as a member of our faculty… Read more… →New KPMG Study Takes a Deep Dive on Cybersecurity Investment
According to the new KPMG 2017 CEO Outlook Study of 400 chief executives across the US, nearly half (46%) are confident about their organizations’ growth prospects over the next three years. They are investing in the future with an eye… Read more… →BCM Trends – Understanding the Impact to Your Program and Career
The Business Continuity profession has and will continue to evolve. With the convergence of risk management, security and cyber security, it’s important to understand the current trends and the potential impact to the visibility of your program and your career… Read more… →Cheyene Marling: Becoming a Multi-Disciplinary Champion Within Your Organization
Cheyene Marling, President of BC Management, stresses the importance of developing leadership skills and becoming a multi-disciplinary champion within an organization. →
Continuity Insights Unveils New Website Design
We’re proud to announce the launch of a new, redesigned version of our website, www.continuityinsights.com. Key features of the site include a cleaner and more concise design, a more engaging user experience, and faster navigation. The site's refreshed and simplified… Read more… →
The Blind Spot in Workplace Violence Prevention Programs: Part One
By Steve Crimando, Behavioral Science Applications Out of Sight Cannot Mean Out of Mind Professionals concerned with safety, security and workplace violence prevention are likely to be familiar with Type IV workplace violence. In its well-worn four-type model, OSHA describes… Read more… →Fusion Raises $41 Million in Series C Funding
Business continuity risk management SaaS software provider Fusion Risk Management has announced an investment of $41 million in funding led by Catalyst Investors, a New York-based growth equity firm. Fusion will use the latest investment round to support product development,… Read more… →
Monday, October 23, 2017, 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
Corporate Smokejumper: Crisis Management Tools, Tales, and Techniques If you always wondered what it is like to be inside the conference room where executives wrestle with complex dilemmas, here are tales from behind the closed doors. Gil Meyer will share… Read more… →
Tom Serio: Wireless Communications in a Disaster Mode
Tom Serio of Verizon Wireless talks about the importance of wireless communications in a disaster mode. →
Frank Shultz: The Rapid Change of Information Within the BC Market
Frank Shultz, BC In The Cloud – catching up with the rapid change of information within the BC market. →
Monday, October 23, 2017, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
B8: Your First 100 Days - Seven Steps to Maximizing Your BC Program Phil Lambert Ripcord Solutions Business continuity professionals change jobs for a variety of reasons, often a new opportunity, significant challenge, or to find a different company culture.… Read more… →
Michelle Lowther: Guaranteed Housing for Critical Personnel During an Event
Michelle Lowther developed an innovative housing program focused specifically on business continuity & disaster recovery, in which hotel accommodations for critical personnel are guaranteed to be available if and when they're needed. →
Bruce Blythe: CIA: An Acronym for Responding to Critical Incidents
Widely regarded as a thought leader in the Crisis Management industry, Bruce is the chairman of R3 Continuum. →
Blaise D’Ambrosio: Why Moving Business Continuity to Enterprise Risk Management Works
Blaise D'Ambrosio is the Business Continuity Manager for T. Rowe Price. →
Michael Kadar: Business Continuity Management: Risk Index
Michael Kadar is the President of MK Continuity & Availability, LLC, and is currently on a business continuity planning assignment at DTE Energy. →Continuity of Supply a Growing Concern in Global Economy
Continuity of supply has become an increasingly important factor for resilience professionals as more organizations are beginning to rely on complex, global supply chains to deliver their products. Supply chain disruptions can be extremely damaging to a business, especially one… Read more… →Cloud Risk – Chance of Showers
by Pete O'Dell, CEO/Founder, Swan Island Networks Cloud computing is an increasingly important IT option for organizations of all sizes. There are many different ways of sizing, configuring and implementing cloud based solutions and new security methods are continually evolving. Like every… Read more… →Four Core Elements of an Effective Employee Personal Preparedness Program
by Jeff Hamilton An important part of any company’s emergency response plan, and overall business continuity approach, is encouraging employees to get prepared at home. If employees are prepared at home and know their families are safe, there is a… Read more… →Vendor Management Critical to Supply Chain Continuity
By Continuity Insights Staff Maintaining supply chain operations, especially across state and international borders, can be a major challenge for organizations. Part of what makes supply chain continuity such a challenge is the reliance on and management of vendors. Vendor management… Read more… →podRUNNER: First Time Exhibitor at the Continuity Insights Management Conference
High speed internet is the most critical operating and communications tool in today’s business environment. Without internet, you cannot access cloud based applications, data or use VoIP phones. High speed internet is essential in today’s business environment. Multiple pathways to internet… Read more… →Continuity Cares Supports the Denver Rescue Mission
Continuity Cares, as a result of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, we founded an ongoing initiative called Continuity Cares. It started with debris clean-up and drywalling to working at a Veterans homeless shelter in New… Read more… →Legal Aspects of Corporate Crisis Management
Your company may have considered the operational aspects of a crisis. But, has it considered how to handle the legal consequences that could include waiver of the attorney-client privilege, government or regulatory oversight, sentencing of the company or other wrongdoers, the… Read more… →Continuity Insights is Proud to Support Safe America
The mission at the Safe America Foundation is serving as your voice for safety. They do so by joining forces with media partners to promote our programs and events. The Safe America Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit chartered in 1994,… Read more… →Continuity Insights Partners with the New York Says Thank You Foundation
To build hope and provide healing to people around the world to continually “pay it forward” for the humanity, kindness, and volunteer spirit New Yorkers – and all Americans – experienced on 9/12. NewYorkSaysThankYou.org Love is stronger than hate The positive lessons of… Read more… →Steve Crimando: The Three Basic Types of Behavioral Reactions to Disasters
Steve Crimando, an internationally known consultant and educator specializing in the application of the behavioral sciences in homeland and private security, violence prevention and crisis management. →Business Continuity Management: Global Best Practices (4th Edition) by Andrew Hiles
Discover new ideas and inspiration to build world-class Business Continuity Management from this masterwork that distills Hiles’ wisdom about what works and why from 30+ years’ experience in 60+ countries. First published in 1999, the new 4th Edition of Hiles’… Read more… →Kathy Lee Patterson: Involving Executive Management
Kathy Lee Patterson is the Business Continuity Manager for Independence Blue Cross in Philadelphia. →Business Continuity Planning: A Step-by-Step Guide with Downloadable Planning Forms
The author is a knowledgeable expert with 20 years of experience in business continuity planning. He uses straightforward, jargon-free writing and supplements it with checklists, tables and worksheets to illustrate the easiest path to your destination. There is an emphasis… Read more… →Mark Carroll: The Role of the Cloud Provider
Mark Carroll is a Senior Vice President with Income Research + Management in Boston. →The Manager’s Guide to Business Continuity Exercises: Testing Your Plan
Your challenge is to maintain a good and effective plan in the face of changing circumstances and limited budgets. If your situation is like that in most companies, you really cannot depend on the results of last year’s test or… Read more… →What to Do When… The Lights Go Out
As a business owner or disaster recovery planner, you probably have provisions in your disaster recovery plan for natural disasters or the loss of your data infrastructure because you expect those types of interruptions to cost you a lot of… Read more… →
Monday, April 23, 2018, Conference Agenda
7:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Registration Open Symphony Ballroom Registration Desk 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. BREAKFAST Symphony Ballroom Pre-Function Area 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. Plenary Session Symphony Ballroom IV 9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. Break Symphony Ballroom Pre-Function Area 9:45 a.m.… Read more… →
Case Studies Track to Present Proven Ideas, Challenges, Lessons Learned
Nine sessions and workshops have been scheduled for the featured Case Studies track at the 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference. The exchange of practical ideas that can help solve critical problems or improve the efficiency or effectiveness of an overall… Read more… →Sponsor Spotlight: BC in the Cloud
The BC in the Cloud team provides industry knowledge and expertise to help architect, implement, and execute an efficient business continuity program for its clients. Its focus is aligning the BC in the Cloud platform with the clients’ existing terminology,… Read more… →Sponsor Spotlight: Southwest Airlines®
Southwest Airlines is the Official Airline and Sponsor for the 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference. Southwest is a proud supporter of the 15th annual event and has supplied 10 $500 gift cards to be awarded to lucky conference attendees. Dallas-based… Read more… →Business Resiliency Health Index Implementation
Jeremy Adkins and Neeta Adkar, Lockheed Martin Evaluating business resiliency posture, highlighting areas of progress or regression, and objectively comparing results across business areas are some of the keys to identifying opportunities to improve preparedness. Lockheed Martin has developed and… Read more… →Howard Mannella: Key Messages for Executives on BC/DR and Operational Resiliency
Howard Mannella of Alternative Resiliency Services Corp discusses the five key messages business continuity practitioners should communicate to executive management, including how business continuity and insurance are different. →Innovations in Business Continuity Planning
Mark Armour, Brinks, Inc. Business Continuity should be considered more than just a series of sequential steps. There are ways of better preparing organizations for disruption that don’t follow the traditional, linear path. From exercising first to building ground support,… Read more… →Sponsor Spotlight: Rentsys Recovery Services
Rentsys Recovery Services provides comprehensive disaster recovery and business continuity solutions. The company offers professional planning services along with fully customizable and testable solutions, which include communications recovery, mobile recovery, quickship technology, colocation, managed data and cloud services, and business… Read more… →Southwest Airlines® Early Bird Contest Winners Announced
Continuity Insights is pleased to announce the winners of our 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference Early Bird Registration drawing. Each of the five individual winners will receive a $500 Southwest Airlines gift card. We would like to congratulate the following… Read more… →Are You Asking the Right Questions – Vendor Assessments
Vicky Kagler, T. Rowe Price, discusses in a time of static budgets, the need to perform extensive assessments of vendor’s BC/DR capabilities has stretched BC staffs to the limit. The typical BC due diligence questionnaire is bloated with ineffectual and… Read more… →Duplicating Institutional Knowledge When It “Walks Out the Door”
Every day when a good employee leaves their job, they’re “walking out the door” with a very valuable asset. They leave with the valuable information they learned about their jobs, or what you trained them on. Whether it be only… Read more… →Sharing the Best Resiliency Strategies and Advice
Well-respected industry leaders providing unique insights on the business continuity landscape will lead a series of “Ask the Expert” panels at the 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference scheduled for April 24-26 in Denver. The moderators are current business continuity and… Read more… →Giving Back to the Community – Continuity Cares Volunteer Project
This year’s Continuity Cares volunteer effort will take place at the Denver Rescue Mission, Denver CO, on Saturday, April 22, 2017 leading off the pre-event activities for the 15th annual Continuity Insights Management Conference. Since its inception, Continuity Insights and… Read more… →Recently Acknowledged Authorities Join Recognized Subject Matter Experts at 2017 Conference
The 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference sessions comprise a well-rounded curriculum featuring timely and meaningful content. Featured speakers will give business continuity professionals a chance to discuss resilience at a critical and strategic level. “Our goal in procuring high-profile presenters… Read more… →Welcome to Denver – Mile High Resiliency
How can you achieve new heights of resiliency within your organization? The 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference scheduled for April 24-26 in Denver, Colorado, offers an inside track. More than 60 featured sessions and seven individual educational tracks highlight the… Read more… →Keynote Announced: Legal Aspects of Corporate Crisis Management
Stephen Williger, Esq., a partner in the Business Litigation practice group of Thompson Hine LLC, has joined the faculty of the 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference and will deliver the Tuesday, April 25 keynote, discussing Legal Aspects of Corporate Crisis… Read more… →When Doing the Right Thing is the Right Thing to Do
Models of Good Contingency Management Leadership Plenary Session P1: Robert C. Chandler, Ph.D. - Professor of Communication, Lipscomb University Leadership is the most influential and critical element of successfully managing a contingency or crisis. Despite this seemingly obvious fact – many executives… Read more… →Subject Matter Experts and Thought Leaders – Meet Your Keynote Speakers
The 2017 Continuity Insights Management Conference will have three featured keynotes sharing their experience and expertise on a range of topics that impact the resiliency and integrity of organizations large and small. These speakers will generate new ideas and discussion… Read more… →Biden to Host National Cancer Research Summit in Washington
Vice President Joe Biden will bring together scientists, oncologists, donors and patients for a national conference on cancer research in Washington, the White House said Tuesday. Dubbed the "National Cancer Moonshot Summit," the daylong conference is intended to galvanize Biden's… Read more… →
‘Next Gen Stats’ Offers New Insights for NFL Coaches
As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster? When Luke Kuechly collides with DeMarco Murray, who has more momentum? And which NFL players run slower in the fourth quarter than they did at the start of… Read more… →British Prime Minister to Pledge Investment in R&D
British Prime Minister Theresa May offered business leaders a trade-off Monday, pledging more investment in science and technology while insisting that the benefits of private enterprise must be more evenly spread around the country. May warned those attending the Confederation… Read more… →Amtrak: New Locomotives Have Cut Delays Nearly 25 Percent
The introduction of 70 new locomotives on Amtrak's most heavily traveled line three years ago has contributed to a reduction in engine-related delays of nearly 25 percent, the national passenger railroad said Thursday. The last of the ACS-64 locomotives, called… Read more… →Italy’s Premier Vows Help for 15,000+ Displaced by Quakes
Italy's premier pledged Monday to find temporary housing for all those displaced by a series of powerful earthquakes in a central mountainous region, as the nation's strongest temblor in 36 years pushed those needing assistance to more than 15,000. Sunday… Read more… →Budget 2017: As the world looks on, India moves slowly towards a cleaner economy
The government’s continuing thrust against corruption and its emphasis on regulatory compliance in the budget is welcome It was inevitable. In some ways, this budget was expected to be a quiet interlude. It was set against the big disruptions of… Read more… →NATO Adds Cyber to Operation Areas
NATO agreed Tuesday to make cyber operations part of its war domain, along with air, sea and land operations, and to beef up the defense of its computer networks. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said the decision to formally consider cyber… Read more… →Crisis or Speed Bump? What UK Vote Means for World Economy
Britain's vote to leave the European Union adds a heavy dose of uncertainty to a world economy that is still struggling to reach full speed years after the global financial crisis. The most immediate pain will be felt in Britain.… Read more… →Amazon S3 outage spotlights disaster recovery tradeoffs
Tuesday's Amazon S3 outage reverberated around the Internet, but cost and complexity will likely keep many users from scrambling to change their redundancy practices. One of the largest service disruptions to hit AWS in years would have had far less… Read more… →How to Control the Message in Today’s Connected World: Social Media and Crisis Management
Ted Brown, KETCHConsulting Social media has become a major channel for connecting with customers, but businesses are wary because ultimately it is harder to control the message on social than on other media. During a crisis, the stakes are even… Read more… →
The Future of Tactile Touch Screens
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Emerging next-gen Computing Paradigms
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Street Light Control System May Be Studied
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The Unexplained Mystery Into Uncovered
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Dramatic castaway as real life experience
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