Category: Financial | Continuity Insights

10 BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid: Part 1

by Editorial Staff - July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

By KingsBridge BCP: Wondering if your business is going to get your through the next wave of Covid-19 or some other business interruption? Make sure your planning efforts aren’t going to waste by learning about these 10 BCP mistakes you’ll want to avoid in your business continuity plan or program which

Turbocharge Your BCP

by Editorial Staff - July 30, 2020July 30, 2020

COVID-19 is ravaging your business, it is ravaging customers, and is ravaging your family life. While business continuity planning was important before, it is now playing a much bigger role in your day-to-day, eating away at the precious hours you have to devote to it. Maybe it’s time to get

Business Continuity: Planning for the Next Pandemic

by Editorial Staff - July 9, 2020July 9, 2020

COVID-19 continues to change business operations in ways that would have been unimaginable at the start of 2020. Some of these changes will be permanent, while others are just for now until our “new normal” emerges. One change that is certain is the importance of business continuity and the need to

Weekly COVID-19 Pandemic Report

by Editorial Staff - July 6, 2020July 30, 2020

Continuity Insights and the Disaster Recovery Journal are collaborating on these resources to ensure that business continuity/disaster recovery professionals are well-informed as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. We will be updating this resource center with new information and links weekly. July 30, 2020 COVID-19: Making Return-to-Work Smooth for Workers By Sara Robertson, Veoci: As

ISO 22301 and Its Suite of Standards to Evaluate Business Continuity Program Performance

by Editorial Staff - June 25, 2020June 25, 2020

Despite the utmost importance of having a working Business Continuity Management program in place, there is yet no consensus among BCM practitioners on which metrics to use to evaluate program performance and how to implement them successfully and cost effectively. During ISO 22301 and Its Suite of Standards to Evaluate Business

How to Develop a Business Continuity Plan

by Editorial Staff - June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

We’ve all seen this statistic before. According to FEMA, 40% of small businesses never reopen after a disaster, and another 25%, that do reopen, fail within a year. And with the rise in the number of catastrophic events – data breaches, natural disasters, healthcare crises, etc. – these incidents can

Strategies to Increase Supply Chain Resilience

by Editorial Staff - June 18, 2020June 18, 2020

All supply chains face risks. The more complex and global those supply chains, the greater their exposure. If something can go wrong, it probably will. There are different parts of your organization for managing risk to its supply chain, ensuring continuity of its supply chain, and improving the security of

BCP on a Budget Part 2

by Editorial Staff - June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

By KingsBridge BCP: Earlier this month (BCP on a Budget Part 1) we set you up with six tips for getting your business continuity plan started without breaking the bank. In BCP on a Budget Part 2, we continue the series with six new ideas to get your plan off the

8 Steps to a Perfect Business Continuity Plan

by Editorial Staff - June 11, 2020June 11, 2020

Every company needs to make sure it creates both a solid and effective Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP). A beefed up BCP isn’t enough. While your BCP will outline the processes and procedures necessary to move an organization forward during a disaster, the DRP will go