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Mastering Business Continuity Exercises: Best Practices, Scenarios, and Tools for 2025

BCP Builder

A business continuity exercise is a simulation or activity designed to test an organisations response to potential disruptions. Key Steps: Evacuation plans, backup site activation, and communication strategies. Supply Chain Disruptions Simulate a scenario where a key supplier fails to deliver critical materials.

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

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. During the most challenging times, they must be the most vigilant of phishing, malware, and scams. This is hazardous thinking.

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Are You Protecting Your Reputation With A Plan?

Bernstein Crisis Management

Allow me to expand a bit… While most organizations we speak with have some level of emergency planning – basic natural disaster response plans, for example – far fewer are prepared to engage in the communications and operational maneuvering that accompanies a serious threat to reputation.

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Proactively preparing for civil unrest during U.S. elections

everbridge

Scenario planning and simulation Preparing for civil unrest isn’t just about reacting to events as they unfold; it’s also about anticipating potential scenarios and planning accordingly. The mobile safety button allows employees to quickly signal for help if they find themselves in a dangerous situation.

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Dynamic Risks: Working Definitions and Implications for Risk Management Teams

On Solve

Strategically, plan for new types of risks. In a given week , the ultimate harm to the business or operation was not the active focus of the risk team or response team the week prior. As a result, our risk planning, mitigation and control activities followed suit, identifying the volcano as the greatest risk. Monitoring.

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A Checklist for the Loss of People

Plan B Consulting

Create scenario plans for working with reduced staff and how you will deal with this operationally. Review your supply chain and outsource activities. Remember, when 10% of people are off, it is more likely to be concentrated in one area, line or department rather than randomly across the whole organisation.

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A Checklist for the Loss of People

Plan B Consulting

Create scenario plans for working with reduced staff and how you will deal with this operationally. Review your supply chain and outsource activities. Remember, when 10% of people are off, it is more likely to be concentrated in one area, line or department rather than randomly across the whole organisation.