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10 Tips for framing your case for Business Continuity to Executives

BryghtPath

After a pandemic year like 2020—and 2021—executives get the importance of business continuity planning. The situation was the same in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. Management has a heightened sense of why business continuity is necessary. And in 2012, after Hurricane Sandy. And after mass shooting incidents.

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Towards a Taxonomy of Disasters

Emergency Planning

For example, business continuity management has a slightly different set of priorities which induces it to change the emphasis among triggering factors (Elliott et al. Business Continuity Management: A Crisis Management Approach (2nd edn). Caffrey 2005. Alexander, D.E. Journal of Emergency Management 11(1): 59-72.

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Mail terrorism

Plan B Consulting

In business continuity terms a white powder incident is something we should prepare for and staff should know what to do if they open an envelope containing it. For business continuity people there are some lessons to be learned from this. million to clean up government buildings in Washington D.C.

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Mail terrorism

Plan B Consulting

In business continuity terms a white powder incident is something we should prepare for and staff should know what to do if they open an envelope containing it. For business continuity people there are some lessons to be learned from this. million to clean up government buildings in Washington D.C.

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Strikes and Continuity

Plan B Consulting

Down tools everybody out…BC planning for strikes This week Charlie talks about strike action and the effect on Business Continuity. As business continuity people, I think we have been getting better at looking at scenarios concerning loss of staff.

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Strikes and Continuity

Plan B Consulting

This week Charlie talks about strike action and the effect on Business Continuity. As business continuity people, I think we have been getting better at looking at scenarios concerning loss of staff. One of the difficulties of being a business continuity manager is that of ‘whose side are you on?’

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The Dark Side of Incident Recovery

Plan B Consulting

As business continuity professionals, you have to be aware of this and take steps to ensure that unscrupulous people and organisations are not taking advantage of the situation. After the initial euphoria of the event and “everyone pulling together”, there can be a dark side to the incident.