Continuity Insights has announced that there’s still time to take advantage of the early bird registration rates for the 2021 Continuity Insights Management Conference scheduled for October 4-6 in Minneapolis. The special rate will save you $200 on your conference registration. The rate expires on August 1. The Continuity Insights Management
Disaster Recovery
Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning
By Shannon Gallo, OnSolve: No business is immune to disruption. Organizations across industries are at risk for cyberattacks, natural disasters, workplace violence, supply chain interruptions, mechanical failures and countless other disturbances. Disruptions are often more than a mild inconvenience because they typically cost companies significant money and long-lasting damage to brand
Disaster-Proofing Your Business: Practical Tips
By Grace Murphy: Some business-related disasters can’t be prevented. Instead of helplessly hoping things will get better, you should constantly be taking measures to protect your company. Last February, 15% of businesses were reportedly at risk of permanent closure by April, highlighting just how fast luck can change. Many other firms faced
Guiding Your Company with Business Continuity Planning
Business continuity is a tool for handling the transfer of a business to a different owner when the original owner leaves, dies or becomes incapacitated. A continuity plan protects short-term and long-term business interests and is one of the most important components to business exit planning. In this post from Nasdaq contributor
Key Considerations for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Provisions
Planning for major service disruptions and disasters, such as prolonged power failures, fires, flooding, and other extreme weather events, is an important element of strategic technology and service agreements. This post discusses five key considerations for BCDR-related provisions in strategic technology and commercial transactions: identify and define the scope of BCDR
Zerto Places in 2021 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions
Zerto, an industry leader in cloud data management and protection, today announced that the Zerto Platform has been positioned by Gartner as a Niche Player in the Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Backup and Recovery Software Solutions.1 The evaluation was based on specific criteria that analyzed the company’s overall completeness of
Addressing the Front-Line Needs of Today’s BC Professionals
Conferences are key to gathering information and learning new techniques from your peers and experienced professionals within the business continuity community. The 19th annual Continuity Insights Management Conference, scheduled for October 4-6, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis, will bring together an innovative network of leading business continuity and resiliency
New Webinar: The Fatal Flaw in Your Emergency Plan
Continuity Insights has announced the Wednesday, August 4, 2021 broadcast of The Fatal Flaw in Your Emergency Plan: Effective Command/Control/Communications, a new webinar scheduled for 2:00 p.m. ET, when we’ll be joined by Bo Mitchell, President of 911 Consulting. All the crisis plans your workplace is supposed to have require emergency
Ransomware Totals: 304 Million Attacks in 2020
The Colonial Pipeline ransomware attached definitely opened some eyes when it hit earlier this year. It was a wake-up call for companies across all industries. According to various studies, there were 304 million ransomware attacks worldwide in 2020. The financial cost of an individual recovery was well over $700,000 last
