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6 Ways to Elevate Your Testing and Exercising Program

Fusion Risk Management

Functional Exercises : These involve the actual execution of certain tasks or processes, such as sending employees to work from an alternate site. They are excellent for building relationships and understanding roles but may lack the depth provided by more hands-on tests. They validate specific strategies but can be resource-intensive.

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

MHA Consulting

Any organization that invests time and effort into improving its resilience is to be commended, but unfortunately many companies prioritize the wrong things in their business continuity endeavors. In today’s post we’ll look at the three most important aspects of business continuity—and share a bonus fourth item that applies to all of them.

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Did Your Emergency Response Team Survive the Pandemic?

FEI

In the past, when planning tabletop exercises and full-scale drills with emergency response teams, I would pose the following questions: Do you have an alternate site for the EOC if the current one becomes unusable? This will result in a more resilient team that is ready to take on the next crisis. Are you prepared?

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

Many professionals in senior roles did not understand, nor even care to understand business continuity and organisational resilience strategies. Relocation Sites Work area recovery centers (hotels where businesses can relocate following a disruption) will be a hard sell after this crisis ends.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

Many professionals in senior roles did not understand, nor even care to understand business continuity and organisational resilience strategies. One assumption that goes out the door is far shore alternate sites and all those travel plans. Some businesses will be more resilient now than they were before it all started.

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What is a Business Impact Analysis (BIA)?

Stratogrid Advisory

Although BIA execution has to follow industry-leading standards and methodologies, it has to be completed in a way that will leverage your organization's size, culture, business style and operational resilience requirements. Alternate site and technology requirements (including the ability to work remotely).

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Why did we write this guide?