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Let’s explore the transformative role of innovations and emerging technologies in shaping the future of business continuity, along with crisismanagement and disaster recovery to enhance organizational resilience.
This week, Charlie discusses why scenario-specific plans are an important addition to business continuityplans. Firstly, rewriting the Business Continuity Institutes’, ‘ Good Practice Guidelines ’ (GPG). Secondly, the ISO 22361, which will be titled ‘CrisisManagement – Guidelines for a Strategic Capability’.
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Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency responseplans and continuityplans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?
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Many organisations, especially those in oil and gas, manufacturing and transport industries, have emergency responseplans in place. You might also have business continuityplans in place, but there is often a gap between where the emergency responseplans end and the recovery can start.
Does your curriculum provide training for employees to make them aware of your emergency responseplans and continuityplans? Exercises and tests: Are program plans and procedures evaluated through periodic exercises and tests? Training and education: Does your program have a curriculum?
Whether it’s a result of technology changes related to remote workforces or it’s a lack of focus away from the day-to-day as organizations keep their attention on crisismanagement, attackers know there are new opportunities to infiltrate organizations and they’re taking full advantage. Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide.
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Business ContinuityPlanning Guide for Smaller Organizations Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 26 minutes We all live in an unpredictable world. We recognize that many business continuityplanning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization.
Business ContinuityPlanning Guide for Smaller Organizations. We recognize that many business continuityplanning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program. ARTICLE SECTIONS.
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