Zerto

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

Business continuity planning helps to identify risks via risk assessment and BIA activities. The resulting business continuity plans (BCP) address these risks from these three aspects of resilience and are therefore essential to enable business resilience. The Business Continuity Solution to Keep You Resilient.

Resilience 97

Resilience Cyber Resilience Continuity Planning BCP 97

everbridge

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Businesses must ensure that they have the infrastructure, plans, and operational capacity to manage polycrisis events. Think beyond single scenario planning. Too many organizations view business continuity planning as a compliance exercise: “If we have a cyber breach plan on the shelf, we’re covered.”

Malware 52

Malware All-Hazards Response Plan Cybersecurity 52

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan. Savvy organizational leaders employ corporate strategies such as disaster recovery and business continuity to nimbly navigate through such emergencies and maintain functionality in the face of disasters. What is a Business Continuity Plan?

BCP 95

BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 95

everbridge

JANUARY 10, 2025

This concept, as defined by the European Banking Authority, emphasizes ensuring that essential services continue to function amid challenges such as cyber-attacks, natural disasters, regulatory changes, or supply chain disruptions. Make continuous adaptation a priority, recognizing that risks and operational landscapes constantly evolve.

Resilience 52

Resilience Financial Services Vulnerability Business Continuity 52

IT Governance BC

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Any downtime can be unacceptable given the pace of modern life, so it is essential for organisations to plan for disaster. Business continuity planning and disaster recovery planning. However, no organisation can afford to think it is safe, and ought to make plans for both business continuity and disaster recovery.

Disaster Recovery 77

Disaster Recovery BCM Retail Business Continuity 77

MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Capacity limitations. We often see that efforts to recover critical apps are derailed by limitations in computing or storage capacity. In today’s environment, you cannot just go out and buy capacity. If your solution is “cloud” and your environment is not running in the cloud, just recovering in the cloud is not possible.

Vulnerability 98

Vulnerability BCM Capacity Outage 98

CCEM Strategies

JANUARY 10, 2024

For example: Risk assessments and emergency and business continuity plans now need to consider Indigenous knowledge, climate change, cultural safety, and impacts on vulnerable persons, animals, places or things. Build on and reference existing risk assessments, plans, and other program elements.

Management 64

Management Capacity Strategic Risk Reduction 64

Disaster Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

. Due to COVID-19, businesses may not be operating at a normal capacity. Some may still be vacant, while others are operating at a reduced capacity or with strict COVID protocols. DEVELOP COVID-TAILORED BUSINESS CONTINUITY AND EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS PLANS FOR WINTER WEATHER.

Capacity 59

Capacity Backup Pandemic Vulnerability 59

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Making matters worse is the fact that this sensitive information is usually shared in some capacity with other entities that may not employ adequate cyber protection. Supply chain disruptions are nothing new, and any Business Continuity Plans will undoubtedly consider them. Business Continuity Management. 22 Articles.

BCM 52

BCM Continuity Planning Impact Analysis Business Continuity 52

Erwood Group

OCTOBER 27, 2020

The first and most obvious to many is that business continuity planning helps organizations obtain reduced premiums on insurance. Increased Efficiency : Business Continuity Planning encourages the organization to perform deep-dive analysis into their processes. Let’s look at each of these and others in more detail.

Business Continuity 59

Business Continuity Continuity Planning Insurance Insurance 59

MHA Consulting

OCTOBER 19, 2023

This means that in the blog when I talk about negative consequences, I’m limited to saying, “Believe me, I’ve seen it over and over again: Companies that neglect business continuity planning frequently live to regret it.” Inadequate or nonexistent IT/DR planning is a problem that rears its ugly head everywhere we go.

Disaster Recovery 102

Disaster Recovery Application Crisis Management Consulting 102

Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

CIOs can use the capacity required immediately via OPEX, manage costs over time based upon discounting, and have the ability to burst into the type of high IO (a.k.a. It is reasonable to expect that increased telecommuting could trigger certain elements of your business continuity plan — either due to outage or load.

Disaster Recovery 122

Disaster Recovery Architecture Pandemic Business Continuity 122

Disaster Safety

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Activate your business continuity plan. Monitor your roof’s snow load to ensure it does not exceed its maximum capacity. Designate times for key staff members to call into conference calls for situation overviews. After a winter event. A business sign that says Open on cafe or restaurant hang on door at entrance.

Alert 80

Alert Insurance Insurance Outage 80

IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Having a business continuity plan [BCP] is invaluable, but you can’t foresee every type of event. Back in 2020, most organisations hadn’t planned for a pandemic, for example. Find out what your critical suppliers’ business continuity plans are – how proactive are they about service availability? And if so, how?

Business Continuity 91

Business Continuity Insurance Insurance Outage 91

CCEM Strategies

JUNE 5, 2023

Have a strong business continuity plan Having a strong management plan for your business’s continuity, specifically for when your organization’s capacity and capabilities are limited, is imperative. Include work arounds, alternatives, and redundancies in your planning this summer, rain or shine.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Outage Hazard Continuity Planning 52

BCP Builder

JUNE 16, 2020

How do virtual companies do business continuity planning and what should they be particularly concerned about? He has company issued capability including internet capacity. Virtual companies with people working from home in multiple locations have a natural resiliency. They have an intranet as well as internet.

BCP 52

BCP Continuity Planning Vulnerability Internet 52

BCP Builder

JUNE 16, 2020

How do virtual companies do business continuity planning and what should they be particularly concerned about? He has company issued capability including internet capacity. Virtual companies with people working from home in multiple locations have a natural resiliency. They have an intranet as well as internet.

BCP 52

BCP Continuity Planning Vulnerability Internet 52

IBM Business Resiliency

MAY 20, 2021

There’s only so much capacity in the market, but you can improve your competitive position by simply identifying the risks and leveraging those insights to consistently deliver on your promises to customers. Once you have this information, you can drive immediate supply chain actions and begin to craft your supply chain risk strategy.

Risk Management 96

Risk Management Resilience Management Benchmark 96

eBRP

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

This resilience defines an enterprise’s capacity to restore its operations, assets, and services to ensure uninterrupted delivery of products and services. The choice of recovery strategies, like split production or high-availability configurations, is vital to minimize downtime and maintain business continuity.

Resilience 52

Resilience Impact Analysis High Availability BCP 52

KingsBridge BCP

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Really, you don’t have a choice but to afford Business Continuity Planning. While plans aren't free, the costs to your business will be much lower than if you have to clean up after a disaster when you don't have a plan. Without a Business Continuity Plan, you won’t have three years… Convinced?

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCP Outage Continuity Planning 52

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.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Manufacturing Continuity Planning Capacity 52

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.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Manufacturing Continuity Planning Capacity 52

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Druva customers can reduce costs by eliminating the need for hardware, capacity planning, and software management. InterVision also provides Virtual Cloud Computing by way of IaaS , where users have the option to subscribe to their chosen amount of computing, storage, and bandwidth capacity.

Disaster Recovery 98

Disaster Recovery Backup Failover Cloud Computing 98

Solutions Review

JANUARY 31, 2022

Druva customers can reduce costs by eliminating the need for hardware, capacity planning, and software management. InterVision also provides Virtual Cloud Computing by way of IaaS , where users have the option to subscribe to their chosen amount of computing, storage, and bandwidth capacity.

Disaster Recovery 98

Disaster Recovery Backup Failover Cloud Computing 98

AWS Disaster Recovery

APRIL 5, 2021

DR is a crucial part of your Business Continuity Plan. A warm standby maintains a minimum deployment that can handle requests, but at a reduced capacity—it cannot handle production-level traffic. DR objectives. Like the pilot light strategy, the warm standby strategy maintains live data in addition to periodic backups.

Disaster Recovery 101

Disaster Recovery Architecture Failover Backup 101

Stratogrid Advisory

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The integration of BCM must start at the top of the governance structure and then work its way into all the other levels in various capacities. Achieving this commitment will usually require the Business Continuity professional to spend time communicating directly with at least some of the executives assigned as a BCM Program sponsors.

BCM 52

BCM Government Impact Analysis Business Continuity 52

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

For example, reductions in production capacity overseas due to government quarantines left many components in shorter supply. Overseas port capacity was restricted because of quarantines and worker shortages due to illness. This reduces reliance on any single supplier or oversized exposure to geographical catastrophe risk.

Logistics 45

Logistics Transportation Pandemic Capacity 45

everbridge

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The blueprints for bringing a company back from the brink are there when a department is operating at reduced capacity — as, for instance, it might when a natural disaster prevents all people from performing their jobs. The longer the company functions below capacity, the more it costs — and the investment in BC/DR becomes more attractive.

Capacity 52

Capacity Outsourcing Business Continuity Disaster Recovery 52

Zerto

APRIL 6, 2023

Since the BIA is used to create business continuity plans, SLAs, and disaster recovery plans, as well as designate RTOs and RPOs, you also need to review and update these documents. When a risk control measure successfully eliminates or mitigates an operational risk, you should review and update your risk assessment reports.

Risk Management 98

Risk Management Management Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 98

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Case study – Courier company plans verified by exercises When writing this bulletin, I was reminded of some work we did for a courier company. We were rolling out business continuity plans for their parcel operation. Part of our business continuity planning was to look at what the company would do if it lost a depot.

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Logistics 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Case study – Courier company plans verified by exercises. We were rolling out business continuity plans for their parcel operation. Part of our business continuity planning was to look at what the company would do if it lost a depot. They were then delivered to the customer the next morning.

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

We all know that supply chains are very fine-tuned and there is very little access capacity within them. Shops and other retailers should, as part of their business continuity plan, impose rationing on panic buying items as soon as they see it happening. In the supermarket business, this is especially true.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Capacity Retail Transportation 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

We all know that supply chains are very fine-tuned and there is very little access capacity within them. Shops and other retailers should, as part of their business continuity plan, impose rationing on panic buying items as soon as they see it happening. In the supermarket business, this is especially true.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Capacity Retail Transportation 52

AWS Disaster Recovery

APRIL 27, 2021

Our business needs in this scenario required us to build high availability to prevent 30 minutes of continuous downtime (RTO) and prevent persistent user data loss (that is, a few minutes RPO). This allows us to adjust capacity needs by forecasting usage patterns along with configurable warm-up time for application bootstrap.

Architecture 74

Architecture Resilience Backup Application 74

Pure Storage

JULY 8, 2022

It’s not surprising that enterprises have accelerated demand for cloud capacity far beyond that prior to 2020. This pushed clients’ business continuity plans—and its own storage solutions—front and center. One IT service provider foresaw demands increasing due to the current environment.

Banking 52

Banking Publishing Capacity Architecture 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Large capital investment is not needed as services are rented and they are easy to scale up if your organisation needs more capacity. I worked for a German data centre provider and wrote a business continuity plan for them. This is usually a higher level of infrastructure and resilience than individual organisations can afford.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Backup Business Continuity Resilience 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Large capital investment is not needed as services are rented and they are easy to scale up if your organisation needs more capacity. I worked for a German data centre provider and wrote a business continuity plan for them. This is usually a higher level of infrastructure and resilience than individual organisations can afford.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Backup Business Continuity Resilience 52