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6 Ways to Elevate Your Testing and Exercising Program

Fusion Risk Management

The effectiveness of these plans hinges on regular testing and exercising , without which teams might find themselves unprepared and reactive during actual events, instead of responding with confidence. By simulating potential disruptive events, organizations can identify gaps in their BCPs and refine their strategies.

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The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing 

MHA Consulting

An Obsession with “Acing the Test” Also striking in those days was the amount of effort we used to put into “acing the test,” even though the artificially perfect environment we created to ensure we did so would not exist in the event of a real disruption.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

Here are the main things to consider in this phase: Before you carry out any restoration activities, conduct an assessment of the situation, risks, and impacts of the event. Is there a chance they might be impacted as the event develops? Identify the potential processing impacts at the alternate site.

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Three to Get Ready: The 3 Key Areas of Business Continuity

MHA Consulting

These are the three most important aspects of BC—the areas every company should devise recovery plans and conduct exercises for in advance in order to reduce their vulnerability to disruptions and ensure they can quickly return to normal operations after an event. This is the order in which they should be prioritized.

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Why the Business Continuity Plan Must Be a Living Document

Diligent

The business continuity plan – sometimes known as a disaster recovery plan – is an essential document for all organizations, designed to ensure their operations can continue with minimal interruption in the event of an unexpected disruption. Alternative sites. Your business needs to act swiftly in the event of any disruption.

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

In the exercise, we simulated the loss of the depot and simulated the staff and vehicles operating from their designated alternative sites. Therefore, the plan written was that each depot had 2-3 designated depots it would split its parcels across. The plan was great until we exercised it!

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

In the exercise, we simulated the loss of the depot and simulated the staff and vehicles operating from their designated alternative sites. This seems to be a theme from the government, in that there has been little future contingency planning for events which can possibly be foreseen. The plan was great until we exercised it!