Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. The article can be found at – [link]. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. Charlie’s list is as follows: 1. Invocation criteria.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. The article can be found at – [link] Charlie’s list is as follows: 1. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. Invocation criteria.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 3, 2014

Presentations were given on a number of aspects of planning – including short plans, using business continuity software, the army way of planning and different ways to set out your plans. It was entitled “The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Continuity Plans” and I thought I would share the main points with you.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic.

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Disaster Recovery Journal

AUGUST 5, 2020

The investigation and cleanup activities forced changes in business operations. The common elements between the two businesses are a well-communicated business strategy, pro-active managers, and a lack of an established business continuity plan. Comments about this article may be sent to weberbr@msu.edu.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 6, 2019

This article will address the importance of the Risk Assessment as a general business tool, as well as in the context of Business Continuity Planning. Unsurprisingly, a Risk Assessment is one of the most important components of Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 6, 2019

This article will address the importance of the Risk Assessment as a general business tool, as well as in the context of Business Continuity Planning. Unsurprisingly, a Risk Assessment is one of the most important components of Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. It is an activity that will identify mission-critical business functions, processes or services in your organization, and the resources required to timely recover those activities. The BIA is an organization-wide activity.

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BCP Builder

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

If there is an existing Enterprise Risk Management framework in the organization, can you use that in your Business Continuity Planning? Or, should you create a new Risk Register and new Risk Assessments for each department inside the Business Continuity Plan? not the risk itself.

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KingsBridge BCP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

People are constantly cataloguing what is happening in their lives on social media with photos, news articles and trendy hashtags. It is very easy for rumours to spread; in the case where there might be an active shooter, rumours might pop up that there are actually 2 or 3 different shooters in different locations. Rumours spread.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently? Once you skip over a few Google ads and relevant, but not local, articles (e.g. Business Continuity is not a data backup. Business Continuity is not a data backup.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently? Once you skip over a few Google ads and relevant, but not local, articles (e.g. Business Continuity is not a backup. Business Continuity is not a data backup.

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Solutions Review

JANUARY 24, 2023

Solutions Review’s Expert Insights Series is a collection of contributed articles written by industry experts in enterprise software categories. In this feature, Barracuda ‘s SVP of Data Protection offers a disaster recovery plan checklist as an essential resource to consider this year. Tier 3 – Electronic vaulting.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. The scope of the information collected will vary based on the scope of the audit itself.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Business Continuity Management. 18 Articles. 6 Articles. 16 Articles.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

This program could include: The Business Continuity Manager attending key meetings (project meetings, progress meetings, quality meetings, service management meetings) to ensure Business Continuity considerations are included the activity or project specifications Placing Business Continuity Management as a standard item on meeting agendas General (..)

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. The first day he sent all staff home but on the second day he set up an office in the local hotel, as per his plan. This is living proof that business continuity does work!

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

The day after the storm I heard from one of our clients, who gleefully told us that he was using his business continuity plan. The first day he sent all staff home but on the second day he set up an office in the local hotel, as per his plan. This is living proof that business continuity does work!

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Diligent

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

In a recent blog, we looked at the difference between business resilience and business continuity – with the conclusion is that organizations need both immediate continuity plans, plus longer-term resilience, to thrive. But what about operational resilience vs. business continuity? How to Ensure Business Continuity.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Looking in the news today on the BBC website there is an article about Finders lasagna which has been alleged to contain 100% horsemeat. When I teach the BCI 5 day business continuity course, a key theme of the course is that “you can outsource the activity but not the risk”.

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everbridge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

In fact, according to an article published by IEEE , the threat of cyber attacks increases exponentially during natural disasters. This activity was so widespread that the FBI issued warnings regarding these scams targeting individuals and businesses involved in the recovery efforts. Think beyond single scenario planning.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 6, 2024

This program could include: The Business Continuity Manager attending key meetings (project meetings, progress meetings, quality meetings, service management meetings) to ensure Business Continuity considerations are included the activity or project specifications Placing Business Continuity Management as a standard item on meeting agendas General (..)

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Looking in the news today on the BBC website there is an article about Finders lasagna which has been alleged to contain 100% horsemeat. When I teach the BCI 5 day business continuity course, a key theme of the course is that “you can outsource the activity but not the risk”.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When COVID came along the BIA was not used as it was irrelevant, organisations were not prepared to stagger the recovery of activities. They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%. Many organisations that didn’t have business continuity plans made up their response as they went along and still survived.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For business continuity people I think this is a very good example of how to plan for an event or an incident which could affect your organisation. If you want to have effective business continuity plans, you have to put in the detailed planning work.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 18, 2015

I am in the first week of a five week business continuity programme, so the jury is out on how much of this awareness of natural disasters translates into enthusiasm for developing business continuity plans! In the UK natural disasters, on the whole, are not very wide-scale and haven’t caused many deaths.

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Fusion Risk Management

JUNE 13, 2022

According to an article in TechRepublic, “ In June 2021 alone, the total number of ransomware attack attempts (78.4 These professionals are adjusting their plans to account for these compound crises and are working to understand how their existing continuity plans can be impacted when faced with addressing multiple crises.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In Part 2 of Charlie’s blogs on Business Continuity Plans, he looks at the different audiences and how we can develop future plans. In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans.

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Erwood Group

MAY 17, 2024

The Pros and Cons of Outsourced vs In-House IT Disaster Recovery The Pros and Cons of Outsourced vs In-House IT Disaster Recovery In today’s fast-paced digital business age, IT disaster recovery is a critical component of any business continuity plan and proper business resilience planning.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 3, 2014

Mainly in business continuity we are looking at activities which can be transferred to take place in a different location and our plan is built around making sure that the recovery is achieved within the agreed recovery time objective. You may get this service with your insurance company.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2021

This week, Charlie goes into depth about different business continuity plans, how to know which plan suits which incident, and how to create a framework that works for you! I have spoken about the requirement for writing generic response plans in a previous bulletin.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The structured approach needed for business interruption risks is business continuity management – a process that analyzes an organization’s risk of business interruption and takes actions to reduce it. Also offered is a simple, straightforward process to initiate business continuity management, and a number of key success factors.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I have been in London this week, delivering the BCI Introduction to Business Continuity Management course to a great bunch of people, including Alain who is the very first person I have trained from the Congo! Desktop exercises are good at testing business continuity plans and some of the short, medium, and long term elements of a plan.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 7, 2017

I have been in London this week, delivering the BCI Introduction to Business Continuity Management course to a great bunch of people, including Alain who is the very first person I have trained from the Congo! Desktop exercises are good at testing business continuity plans and some of the short, medium, and long term elements of a plan.

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