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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 program’s maturity level. This year’s study also includes a scoring ... 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, who is Director of Program Management, Integrated Security Solutions for ... 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 from various verticals. Whether it is healthcare, financial, government, technology ... 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 some of the nation’s foremost authorities on this all-too-often occurring ... 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 at the Continuity Insights 2017 New York Conference. Visit Firestorm ... 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 consequences of an active shooter attack. In this white paper ... 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, and emergencies by acquiring the knowledge, skills, and abilities to ... Read more
ACP October Webinar Announced
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, NASD, DRI, BCI, Basel II and other standards to your ... 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 conducting trainings locally and on a national level on topics ... Read more
Away With the BIA!
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 current implementation, we can conclude that early benefits gained from ... Read more
