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The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing 

MHA Consulting

Promising Innovations and an Enduring Importance Fifteen years ago, as highlighted by that old blog of mine, IT disaster recovery testing was all about meticulous preparations, quarantined environments, and multi-day exercises. Boy, have things changed. Reading that now was like looking at a message in a bottle written a hundred years ago.

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Failing to plan is… The importance of contingency planning – The quarantine

Plan B Consulting

In the exercise, we simulated the loss of the depot and simulated the staff and vehicles operating from their designated alternative sites. Therefore, the plan written was that each depot had 2-3 designated depots it would split its parcels across. The plan was great until we exercised it!

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

In many countries, healthcare is under strain, and with the added complication of a cyber attack where staff can lose access to records, notes, their normal operating systems and have to divert patents to alternative sites, it is much more likely for them to make mistakes, leading to increased mortality. Figure 1.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

Relocation Sites Work area recovery centers (hotels where businesses can relocate following a disruption) will be a hard sell after this crisis ends. One assumption that goes out the door is far shore alternate sites and all those travel plans. And this means a change in technology and support required.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

One assumption that goes out the door is far shore alternate sites and all those travel plans. Work area recovery centers (hotels where businesses can relocate following a disruption) will be a hard sell after this crisis ends. We now need to look at enabling “work from where you are” rather than trying to travel.

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

Loss of Workplace : Only one primary site or location is impacted or disrupted at any time. Alternate sites & locations are not impacted and are available for recovery use. In the meantime, please check the following articles on the Erwood Group Blog. Disruption Specific Assumptions. Annual Review and Maintenance.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Note : Some sections of this article were previously published in our blog archives. We hope that this guide will help demystify the business continuity planning process and give you a few practical tips and guidelines on how to implement it in your organization.