Oz's Business Continuity Blog

JULY 7, 2023

I recently found myself on an early morning train to London. Aside from having to get up at a time starting with a four, an activity verging on the tortuous for an inveterate non-morning person, it was a tad unusual, […]

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Fusion Risk Management

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Activation of Business Continuity Plans Organizations should activate the business continuity plans that they have in place to minimize disruption to their operations. Emerge Stronger in Times of Crisis Geopolitical events have the potential to disrupt global organizations in numerous ways.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

On each delivery of the vehicles, the Engineering Unit gave a specific list of additional items they would like which could be placed in the vehicles as they travelled to Ukraine. We didn’t travel in convoy, but in packets of 2-3 vehicles, as some vehicles were spritlier than others. Fraser, you were a lifesaver!

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

I think this will further drive the work from home and reduced travel agendas. A pandemic was expected Senior leaders in organisations will take Business Continuity far more seriously than they did prior to COVID-19. I think that Business Continuity Certification will be made mandatory by Insurance Companies and Banks.

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BCP Builder

APRIL 20, 2020

I think this will further drive the work from home and reduced travel agendas. Senior leaders in organisations will take Business Continuity far more seriously than they did prior to COVID-19. I think that Business Continuity Certification will be made mandatory by Insurance Companies and Banks. A pandemic was expected.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 6, 2015

Within the plan needs to be a reminder to those responding to manage the expectation of those effected and make sure that you do not make false promises which you are unable to keep. In the Tunisian incident, the travel companies as well as the Foreign Office had response teams travelling to the scene of the incident within 24 hours.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 6, 2015

Within the plan needs to be a reminder to those responding to manage the expectation of those effected and make sure that you do not make false promises which you are unable to keep. In the Tunisian incident, the travel companies as well as the Foreign Office had response teams travelling to the scene of the incident within 24 hours.

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Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

In the last few years, that has meant dealing with and supporting remote, on-the-move, and traveling employees in a flexible work environment while ensuring both security and productivity. It is reasonable to expect that increased telecommuting could trigger certain elements of your business continuity plan — either due to outage or load.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2022

Try a Dose of Risk Management Getting Back in the Air This year, I’m glad to say, I returned to my prepandemic level of business travel. Working remotely as a business continuity management consulting firm worked while it had to, but there’s nothing like visiting organizations in person. as well as throughout the U.S.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Case study – Courier company plans verified by exercises When writing this bulletin, I was reminded of some work we did for a courier company.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

The news this morning was that the government is going to take 10 days to implement its plan for all incoming non-British travellers to quarantine in a hotel for 10 days. Case study – Courier company plans verified by exercises. We were rolling out business continuity plans for their parcel operation.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

Do you have mechanisms in place to ensure you know where your staff are when travelling and then can quickly account for them if a disaster occurs in the area they are visiting. What is the business continuity plan for nuclear fallout and contamination over a wide area? Accounting for staff.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 18, 2011

Do you have mechanisms in place to ensure you know where your staff are when travelling and then can quickly account for them if a disaster occurs in the area they are visiting. What is the business continuity plan for nuclear fallout and contamination over a wide area? Accounting for staff.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. Building an Incident Team Competence Framework This week I have been working on building an Incident Team Competence Framework for a client.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. In terms of responses, many business continuity plans contain several responses, they could typically be in response to: Loss of a building Loss of IT Loss of people Loss of a key supplier.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 31, 2014

In your business continuity plans, what assumptions have you made and in light of this incident will you be revisiting them? The plans for investigating air crashes are tried and tested. Even if you operate in only one country you may have staff travelling in another country and they may be involved in an incident there.

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Plan B Consulting

JULY 31, 2014

In your business continuity plans, what assumptions have you made and in light of this incident will you be revisiting them? The plans for investigating air crashes are tried and tested. Even if you operate in only one country you may have staff travelling in another country and they may be involved in an incident there.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Many organisations, especially those in oil and gas, manufacturing and transport industries, have emergency response plans in place. You might also have business continuity plans in place, but there is often a gap between where the emergency response plans end and the recovery can start.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Many organisations, especially those in oil and gas, manufacturing and transport industries, have emergency response plans in place. You might also have business continuity plans in place, but there is often a gap between where the emergency response plans end and the recovery can start.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

So, what can we learn from these two events and how should they inform our business continuity planning? The ‘Cajun Navy’, an informal ad-hoc volunteer group comprising of private boat owners, travelled from Louisiana, with their flat-bottomed boats ideal for shallow water rescue, to help out.

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

So, what can we learn from these two events and how should they inform our business continuity planning? The ‘Cajun Navy’, an informal ad-hoc volunteer group comprising of private boat owners, travelled from Louisiana, with their flat-bottomed boats ideal for shallow water rescue, to help out.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 22, 2013

With the incident in the West , it appears that the local responders did well at treating the aftermath of the immediate incident, but it has taken some time for the wider coordination of the incident, and the crisis communication apparatus to mobilise and travel to the scene of the incident.

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Plan B Consulting

APRIL 22, 2013

With the incident in the West , it appears that the local responders did well at treating the aftermath of the immediate incident, but it has taken some time for the wider coordination of the incident, and the crisis communication apparatus to mobilise and travel to the scene of the incident.

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