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Why the Business Continuity Plan Must Be a Living Document

Diligent

The business continuity plan – sometimes known as a disaster recovery plan – is an essential document for all organizations, designed to ensure their operations can continue with minimal interruption in the event of an unexpected disruption. What is a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)? Data management.

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The Rise of “Quick and Dirty” DR Testing 

MHA Consulting

Reading that now was like looking at a message in a bottle written a hundred years ago.

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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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The New Normal

BCP Builder

The current situation has brought about changes to business and work life. This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. There will be little going back to as was.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

The current situation has brought about changes to business and work life. This means that management will need to address what their new business model will be. Business Continuity and Risk Management will hopefully be given the respect it deserves. Business Continuity will be taken more seriously.

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

Plan B Consulting

If we could make up everything on the day of a disaster and have a successful response there would be no point in emergency planning or business continuity, but as we know fine well, having exercised plans in place limits the impact of incidents, saves lives and money and shortens the length of the disruption.

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

Plan B Consulting

If we could make up everything on the day of a disaster and have a successful response there would be no point in emergency planning or business continuity, but as we know fine well, having exercised plans in place limits the impact of incidents, saves lives and money and shortens the length of the disruption.