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Ultimate BC/DR Educational Event Less Than One Month Away
Continuity Insights has announced that there’s still plenty of time to register for the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference scheduled for April 25-27 in Louisville. This unparalleled networking and education event represent your final opportunity to network, learn, and exchange ideas with subject matter experts and industry thought leaders during 2022. This year’s conference features six learning tracks and more than 55 sessions dealing with today’s most compelling resilience issues. The six educational tracks feature case studies (including ask the experts panel discussions), program development & advancement, emerging technology, trending topics, professional development, and measurement, metrics & maturity. More than 75 featured speakers will give business continuity professionals a chance to discuss resilience at a critical and strategic level. Keys sessions include: Operational Resilience – The New Frontier Rebuilding for Speed in the Post-Pandemic Era Ensuring ROI From Your Mass Notification Solutions Privacy Is a Business Continuity Issue Too Focusing Your Executives’ New Appreciation for Business Resilience Post-COVID Conducting Joint BC/DR Testing With Third-Party Service Providers and What to Do if They Don’t Offer Joint Testing How to Set a Solid Foundation for Operational Resilience Success Breaking the Mold – Innovative Perspectives on Leadership How to Transform Your BCM Program with Digital Process Automation: Decision, Implementation, and Launch Delivering a Crisis Management Exercise That Challenges the C-Suite! Evolve! Real World Steps to Leverage Today’s Crises for Tomorrow’s Resilience ISO 22301 and Its Suite of Standards to Evaluate Business Continuity Program Performance Building the Plane While Flying It: Advancing the Enterprise ... Read more
Explore Louisville During the 2022 Continuity Insight Management Conference
Let’s Go Downtown – Fourth Street Live! A short walk from historic hotels, Fourth Street Live! is Louisville’s premier dining and entertainment destination, located in the heart of downtown. The Kentucky International Convention Center, Waterfront Park, the KFC YUM Center, Slugger Field, and much more, Fourth Street Live! offers something for everyone! Learn more.
Top Continuity Threats Businesses Will Face in 2022, and What Businesses Can Do to Improve Their Chance of Surviving
From the BCI: A simple look at the state of business continuity suggests not enough firms are prepared for the challenges to their economic survival and resilience. According to the latest PWC Global Crisis Survey, as many as 95 percent of business leaders report that their crisis management capabilities need improvement. This article originally appeared on the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) website and is reprinted here with permission. And though the pandemic has spurred on business leaders seeking to build up their organizational resilience capabilities, the low level of crisis readiness (before COVID) has made that effort exceedingly difficult. Indeed, more than 30 percent of business leaders report that they did not have a designated core crisis response team when the pandemic first struck. Only 35 percent had a crisis response plan they deemed “very relevant.” Data also shows that organizations built up crisis management and business continuity muscle memory, thanks to the pandemic. Senior management, for one, has become more attuned to the importance of resilience, according to the Future of Business Continuity Report. But the threat landscape has only degraded, putting late adopters at a distinct disadvantage. What can they do? Getting staff to take business continuity and resilience seriously is one place to start. However, those abstract concepts only motivate staff if they fully understand the specific threats they face. Many of those threats are also becoming (more) interrelated, as they unfurl in bunches, compounding the individual effects of each. What are the key continuity threats to ... Read more
Early Bird Registration Savings Ending for the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference
There are still a few days left to secure the Early Bird registration rate for the 20th Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference. This will be your last chance to save $100 on your conference registration as this special rate will expire on March 20, 2022 at midnight. The 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference is taking place live, in-person April 25-27, at the Omni Hotel in Louisville, KY. The expanded 2022 conference program will challenge BC professionals with tracks devoted to Case Studies, Trending Topics, Program Development & Advancement, Measurement, Metrics, and Maturity, Emerging Technology, and the highly-anticipated “Ask the Experts” panels. Continuing education credits and certifications are available to all conference attendees. The conference program featuring information on more than 60 sessions is now available via download here. The main conference will commence on Monday, April 25 and the educational program concludes on Wednesday, April 25. Learn more about the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference here.
Explore Louisville During the 2022 Continuity Insight Management Conference
Churchill Downs: Opened in 1875 on Central Avenue in south Louisville, Churchill Downs is the home of the famous Kentucky Derby and the Kentucky Oaks, two of the longest continually running sporting events in America. The thoroughbred racetrack hosts three race meets each year and has hosted the Breeders’ Cup World Championship no less than eight times. The race track covers 147 acres of ground, featuring a seven-furlong turf racecourse and a one-mile dirt race track in the shape of an oval. Churchill Downs also boasts a venerable grandstand topped with the Twin Spires (the world-renowned symbol of the race track) and beautifully designed clubhouse with private luxury suites and The Big Board – the world’s largest 4k video screen. Learn more.
2022 Continuity Insight Management Conference Preps for Louisville
Continuity Insights is excited to return to a live, in-person event for it 2022 Management Conference. This year’s event is scheduled for April 25-27 at the Omni Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. “The level of enthusiasm we’re experiencing in putting together our 20th annual Management Conference makes returning to a live setting extremely rewarding,” said Continuity Insights Founder and Executive Publisher Bob Nakao. “We have been speaking to our past attendees, speakers, and business continuity/disaster recovery leaders and the appetite to get together again in a live setting has been tremendous.” The agenda will feature a robust selection of classes, workshops, panel discussions, plenary sessions featuring leading thinkers in the business continuity/resilience space, and networking events across three days of forward-thinking education. The conference faculty will feature a preeminent lineup of thought leaders, innovators, and experts from a cross-section of industries. At the same time, the team is closely monitoring all COVID-19 developments as part of its commitment to providing an event which will be fully compliant with safety measures advised or required by the state of Kentucky and the CDC. Details, including registration, travel and accommodations, conference schedule, and more can be found on the Continuity Insights Management Conference website.
Explore Louisville During the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference
Muhammad Ali Center: Located in the heart of historic downtown Louisville, Kentucky, the Muhammad Ali Center is a cultural attraction and international education center inspired by the ideals of hometown hero Muhammad Ali. The Ali Center features 2 levels of award-winning exhibits, a five-screen orientation theater film, historic Civil Rights era media footage, video of Ali fights, interactive boxing fun, two art galleries, children’s Hope and Dream wall, meeting and event space, retail store and more.
Risk Assessment: 3 Key Starting Points for Effective Business Impact Analysis
By Zerto: No venture is without risk. Assessing and managing risk and its potential impact on business is a critical role of business leaders. With the world becoming increasingly digital, IT departments must manage and mitigate more and more risk using both new technology and improved processes and practices. The varied risks to critical IT systems and data continue to evolve along with our political, economic, and environmental landscapes. A simple risk assessment definition identifies which risks your organization should prepare for. A business impact analysis then predicts the potential disruption from each type of risk to your continued ability to do business. I want to discuss the three key areas of risk from an IT perspective that all leaders should be assessing and managing in their business impact analysis plan. Unplanned Downtime In our current always-on business world, unplanned downtime impacts business not just in the form of lost revenue or lost productivity, but also in customer confidence and loss of reputation. Consumers have many options and may quickly switch to a competitor if your business is down, leading to a loss of new and longtime customers alike. The causes of unplanned downtime can range from natural disasters to a system administrator entering the wrong command to a cybercriminal exploiting a system vulnerability. The likelihood of any of these types of events happening to your business depends on many factors including your industry, your geographical location, and your preparedness, to name just a few. Assess the risks of downtime ... Read more
Emerging Issues Focus of 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference
New, perpetually evolving technology, cyberattacks, natural disasters, pandemics, and a global economy all present new risks. Every day, new issues emerge to test the plans and preparedness of business continuity professionals across the world. Join us April 25-27, 2022 in Louisville, KY for the Continuity Insights Management Conference as we address these topics and more. The 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference will feature several presentations from companies representing various industries that will focus on these emerging issues. Presenters will cover a wide range of topics that many BC pros will likely be faced with soon if they haven’t been working on them already. The following session will cover just a few of these key issues. Rebuilding for Speed in the Post-Pandemic Era Lynnda Nelson, ICOR As a result of the global pandemic, organizations have removed boundaries and have broken down silos in ways no one thought possible. Decisions and processes have been streamlined, front-line leaders have been empowered, and hierarchies and bureaucracies dismantled. It is vital that everyone understands why we can’t “return to normal,” but need to create a new normal that results in rethinking ways of working, re-imagining structure, and reshaping talent. During this session, attendees will gain an understanding of how agility and adaptive capacity impacts decision-making before, during, and after a crisis; strategies for building a more resilient organization; and the importance of learning from the remote working experience and how hybrid working will impact both the worker and the workplace. Will We Need Business Continuity in ... Read more
Explore Louisville During the 2022 Continuity Insights Management Conference
Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory: Batter up! It takes a special place to craft the #1 Bat in Major League Baseball. At Louisville Slugger Museum & Factory, experience history-in-the-making as you stroll through the actual factory where world-famous Louisville Slugger bats are created. The award-winning factory tour is a highlight of the visit here, but there’s plenty more to enjoy along with it. Admire the World’s Biggest Bat – stretching 120 feet into the sky. Hold bats actually used by baseball superstars like Mickey Mantle, Johnny Bench, Cal Ripken Jr., and Derek Jeter. Face down a 90-mph fastball hurled by a major league pitcher. Count the home run notches Babe Ruth carved into his Louisville Slugger bat for every home run he hit with it. Step into the batting cages and take some swings with a replica model of your hero’s bat. Guests even get a free miniature souvenir bat at the end of the factory tour. You can even create a bat with your own name on it, just like the pros. They make great gifts for all kinds of special occasions, from newborn babies, to groomsmen gifts, to team trophies and more. The museum store is also loaded with lots of sporty merchandise for every budget. Be sure to swing by! Learn more.
