Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 5 minutes In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

In our previous articles , we outlined the reasons why the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program is essential to your organization. The conclusion was that to be successful and effective, Business Continuity Planning must be an organization-wide activity. Last Updated on June 15, 2020 by Alex Jankovic.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. The article can be found at – [link]. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. Charlie’s list is as follows: 1. Invocation criteria.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 8, 2015

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved in. The article can be found at – [link] Charlie’s list is as follows: 1. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. Invocation criteria.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 6, 2019

This article will address the importance of the Risk Assessment as a general business tool, as well as in the context of Business Continuity Planning. Unsurprisingly, a Risk Assessment is one of the most important components of Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 6, 2019

This article will address the importance of the Risk Assessment as a general business tool, as well as in the context of Business Continuity Planning. Unsurprisingly, a Risk Assessment is one of the most important components of Business Continuity Planning (BCP).

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 27, 2014

Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved. On many of the business continuity plans that I see it is not clear what the scope of the plan is. I believe it should be clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked.

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Erwood Group

MAY 17, 2024

The Pros and Cons of Outsourced vs In-House IT Disaster Recovery The Pros and Cons of Outsourced vs In-House IT Disaster Recovery In today’s fast-paced digital business age, IT disaster recovery is a critical component of any business continuity plan and proper business resilience planning.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 3, 2014

Presentations were given on a number of aspects of planning – including short plans, using business continuity software, the army way of planning and different ways to set out your plans. It was entitled “The Seven Deadly Sins of Business Continuity Plans” and I thought I would share the main points with you.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. The scope of the information collected will vary based on the scope of the audit itself.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Business Continuity Management. 18 Articles. 6 Articles. 16 Articles.

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Erwood Group

JULY 12, 2022

Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans. Business Continuity Plans. Chances are if you’re visiting this page, you are new to the concept of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and business continuity overall. Definition of Business Continuity Plan.

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KingsBridge BCP

DECEMBER 29, 2022

People are constantly cataloguing what is happening in their lives on social media with photos, news articles and trendy hashtags. It is very easy for rumours to spread; in the case where there might be an active shooter, rumours might pop up that there are actually 2 or 3 different shooters in different locations. Rumours spread.

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Fusion Risk Management

JUNE 13, 2022

According to an article in TechRepublic, “ In June 2021 alone, the total number of ransomware attack attempts (78.4 These professionals are adjusting their plans to account for these compound crises and are working to understand how their existing continuity plans can be impacted when faced with addressing multiple crises.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 11, 2021

When COVID came along the BIA was not used as it was irrelevant, organisations were not prepared to stagger the recovery of activities. They wanted all activities back NOW and at 100%. Many organisations that didn’t have business continuity plans made up their response as they went along and still survived.

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IT Governance BC

MAY 20, 2019

You’ll rarely get advance warning about disruptions, so you need to prepare for whatever might come your way with a BCP (business continuity plan). What is a business continuity plan? A BCP outlines the processes and procedures that an organisation must follow to continue operating in the event of a disruption.

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Castellan

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The structured approach needed for business interruption risks is business continuity management – a process that analyzes an organization’s risk of business interruption and takes actions to reduce it. Also offered is a simple, straightforward process to initiate business continuity management, and a number of key success factors.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 5, 2020

Remote Work and Business Continuity Planning Challenges. The work in the office going forward will be different, and in some aspects, it will introduce a new set of challenges for Business Continuity Planning efforts. Business Continuity Planning Challenges with a Distributed Workforce.

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Fusion Risk Management

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Many of our own customers have said that having a “tone at the top” from leadership is critical to get their business team’s buy-in, as no one really wants to take a time out to work on their continuity plans or risk mitigation strategy. Here are some examples of instances that may arise in the contracting process: .

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Looking in the news today on the BBC website there is an article about Finders lasagna which has been alleged to contain 100% horsemeat. When I teach the BCI 5 day business continuity course, a key theme of the course is that “you can outsource the activity but not the risk”.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

Analysis As we head, I think, inexorably towards full country lockdown, the ability to maintain all operations will be difficult and I think we will have to start to decide on what activities we will continue and which ones we might suspend. RTOs should also tell us the priority activities which we need to keep going.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 26, 2019

In today’s bulletin, Charlie looks at the purpose of Business Continuity Plans and what they are really used for. I thought this week I would allow Boris to Boris and leave the captured tanker with the Iranians, so instead I am going to talk about plans. Absolutely nothing?

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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.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

Looking in the news today on the BBC website there is an article about Finders lasagna which has been alleged to contain 100% horsemeat. When I teach the BCI 5 day business continuity course, a key theme of the course is that “you can outsource the activity but not the risk”.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 7, 2017

I have been in London this week, delivering the BCI Introduction to Business Continuity Management course to a great bunch of people, including Alain who is the very first person I have trained from the Congo! Desktop exercises are good at testing business continuity plans and some of the short, medium, and long term elements of a plan.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

I have been in London this week, delivering the BCI Introduction to Business Continuity Management course to a great bunch of people, including Alain who is the very first person I have trained from the Congo! Desktop exercises are good at testing business continuity plans and some of the short, medium, and long term elements of a plan.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 3, 2014

Mainly in business continuity we are looking at activities which can be transferred to take place in a different location and our plan is built around making sure that the recovery is achieved within the agreed recovery time objective. You may get this service with your insurance company.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

For business continuity people I think this is a very good example of how to plan for an event or an incident which could affect your organisation. If you want to have effective business continuity plans, you have to put in the detailed planning work.

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Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 18, 2020

The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) is a cornerstone of the Business Continuity Management (BCM) Program. It is an activity that will identify mission-critical business functions, processes or services in your organization, and the resources required to timely recover those activities. The BIA is an organization-wide activity.

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 18, 2019

If you look at most mature business continuity organisations, on the whole they will have an exercise programme and it usually consists of each plan being exercised once a year by the team. Some go a bit longer between them, but these are the main exercise activities.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

I worked for a German data centre provider and wrote a business continuity plan for them. The cloud is a great solution for many organisations but in outsourcing your IT hosting, you can “outsource the activity but not the risk” and so you need to ensure that you understand the risks associated with using a cloud provider.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 3, 2012

The solution of dealing with the fuel strike is the same as planning and dealing with all other potential threats. Identify your critical activities and concentrate your efforts on keeping them going and make use of the limited resources you have. Must dash off to refuel my car!

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Disaster Recovery Journal

AUGUST 5, 2020

The investigation and cleanup activities forced changes in business operations. The common elements between the two businesses are a well-communicated business strategy, pro-active managers, and a lack of an established business continuity plan. Comments about this article may be sent to weberbr@msu.edu.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently? Once you skip over a few Google ads and relevant, but not local, articles (e.g. Business Continuity is not a data backup. Business Continuity is not a data backup.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JULY 6, 2019

Have you tried to search for the terms “Business Continuity” or “ Business Continuity Planning ” on Google or Bing search engines recently? Once you skip over a few Google ads and relevant, but not local, articles (e.g. Business Continuity is not a backup. Business Continuity is not a data backup.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 14, 2014

Where large organisations have several entities and subsidiaries it should be clear whether the tactical and strategic plans cover these. I believe it should be fairly clear what sort of incidents should cause the business continuity plan to be invoked. Invocation criteria. Information from the BIA.

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