Disaster Recovery

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 LLPā€™s Southeast Cyber Practice, and Jodie Wright, Manager with KPMG ... 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. Todayā€™s Groupdolists launch instantly creates a common operating picture that harmonizes processes and procedures across any organization. The GroupdolistsĀ crisis ... Read more

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 from a wide range of industries. The conference includes sessions ... Read more

Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Are You Prepared?

By Zeb Ahmed, CLOUD, XaaS & BCDR Leader ā€“ 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 involved in multiple conversations where the customerā€™s primary focus was ... Read more

Get Serious: How to Drive Cultural Buy-In for BCM

How strong is your organizationā€™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 risk. Join Tracey Forbes Rice, Vice President of Customer Engagement ... Read more

Lessons from Hurricane Harvey

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 two catastrophic storms. Wharton School professors Howard Kunreuther and Robert ... 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 preparation techniques and tools can make your business unbreakable while ... 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 by providing shelter and distributing supplies. You can help those ... 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 Neufeld, Enterprise Resiliency Manager with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, ... Read more

Struggling With Records Management for BCP

Feeling overwhelmed when it comes to records management for your Business Continuity Planning? Whether itā€™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 attempt to keep track of everything. The following post presents ... Read more

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