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The RAAC Crisis – What Can We Learn?

Plan B Consulting

Once again, we have a business continuity incident dominating the headlines. When business continuity was first conceived in the 1990s, it focused on what we should do if the buildings our organisation worked in became unavailable. Until COVID-19, the loss of a building was the primary concern for business continuity.

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Have Cyber Attacks Killed People?

Plan B Consulting

When they called the local hospital to say that the ambulance was incoming, they were told that the A&E department was closed, and that they would have to take the patient to Helios University Hospital in Wuppertal, which was 32 kilometres away. Figure 1 shows hospital system services and departments disrupted by cyber attacks.

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

Plan B Consulting

This includes finding hotels and negotiating the rates, there is the transport from the airport to the hotels to be organised, security guards to be hired, rules to be written, and contingencies to be thought through, such as what if someone falls sick for something other than COVID-19 during quarantine, where do they go to hospital?

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

Plan B Consulting

This includes finding hotels and negotiating the rates, there is the transport from the airport to the hotels to be organised, security guards to be hired, rules to be written, and contingencies to be thought through, such as what if someone falls sick for something other than COVID-19 during quarantine, where do they go to hospital?

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Everything You Need to Know About Business Continuity Plans

Erwood Group

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.