Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 24, 2020

This week I discuss why having a clear scope of the incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with is important within your organisation. One of the subjects we got talking about was the scope of incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with. Scope of incidents.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2020

This week I discuss why having a clear scope of the incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with is important within your organisation. One of the subjects we got talking about was the scope of incidents that business continuity is designed to deal with. Scope of incidents.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Is it time for Business Continuity Managers to step away from the COVID-19 response? The initial and obvious answer is yes, it is a business continuity issue and probably the largest incident most business continuity professionals will face in their lifetime.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations Last Updated on June 4, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 26 minutes We all live in an unpredictable world. We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization.

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Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Business Continuity Planning Guide for Smaller Organizations. We recognize that many business continuity planning terms and industry-leading methodologies can be foreign to your organization. It can be overwhelming if your organization has never implemented a robust business continuity program.

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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 this bulletin, I would like to explore some ideas I have about business continuity capabilities. My idea of business continuity capability came from the forces. Capability as used by the UK forces.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

This week I mark the six elements of the business continuity lifecycle out of 10, based on their effectiveness during the COVID-10 outbreak. I always say that when rolling out business continuity there will usually be a new risk which we discover. For implementation, I give business continuity 9 out of 10.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

In today’s post we’ll look at the top 10 free or almost free resources business continuity management professionals can utilize to help them raise their BCM skills and effectiveness to ninja level. Other BCM professionals. Then as now, the government published resources to help organizations protect themselves.

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MHA Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2023

In today’s post, we’ll lay out what these domains are, reveal which ones tend to get overlooked, and explain how knowing about the domains can help business continuity professionals reduce their organizations’ risks and bolster their resilience. Risk management is not one-size-fits all.

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MHA Consulting

APRIL 13, 2023

Business continuity professionals need to be sure their recovery plans and strategies are fully adapted to the new reality. Business continuity management (BCM) professionals hustled to adapt their recovery strategies and plans to the new workplace model.

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MHA Consulting

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Here’s what business continuity professionals need to know about the rigorous new security framework that is designed to protect organizations from hackers and their bots. A detailed discussion of Zero Trust is outside scope of the blog, but here’s an introduction pitched to the needs of BC practitioners.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 27, 2023

The same thing is true of organizations and business continuity professionals. Right now, the pace of change in the broader society is as fast as I’ve ever seen it, and that looks to continue for the foreseeable future. Over time, organisms that are capable of adapting to change thrive while those that don’t go extinct.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Charlie recommends a podcast series he’s been listening to recently and discusses why it is important for business continuity professionals to be aware of trolls. . As business continuity professionals, it is important for us to understand the world of trolls.

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MHA Consulting

JUNE 22, 2023

Business continuity professionals who want to make their organizations more resilient should make a conscious effort to become gap hunters. I agree—and in today’s blog I’m going to build on Michael’s post by laying out some of the common vulnerabilities I often see in working with clients of ours.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

I felt the first bulletin of this year should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not)? Weather extremes. Global recession.

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Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 9, 2023

For the first bulletin of the year, I felt it should look forward to what I see are the issues for business continuity professionals over the next year. Cyber attacks will continue unabated but perhaps aimed at less well-known organisations. So, what do we have to look forward to (or not) over the next year?

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KingsBridge BCP

AUGUST 14, 2022

As Business Continuity professionals, we see a lot of plans. To learn more, check out our No Building, No People, No Systems, No Suppliers blog post. KingsBridgeBCP offers businesses of all sizes BCP Software Solutions and industry know-how based on best practices. Is my plan enough? About KingsBridge.

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KingsBridge BCP

JANUARY 3, 2022

Rereading this blog from a year ago, I chuckled (and shuddered) at our collective naïveté. It’s human nature not to, but as Business Continuity professionals we must keep looking forward to anticipate new risks even when it seems that “been there, done that” is the collective mood during these Uncertain Times.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 7, 2023

Related on MHA Consulting: The Art of Explaining: MHA’s Best Crisis Communications Resources We business continuity professionals spend a lot of time telling our colleagues and clients about the negative impacts an organization can experience if it gives short shrift to the need to become resilient and plan for outages.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 25, 2023

In today’s blog, we’ll look at those risks from the point of view of a business consultant who specializes in technology and IT disaster recovery. How can you as a business continuity professional help protect your organization against these threats? Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 13, 2022

Read on to learn more about his questions and thoughts regarding the changing world of business continuity. I am an FBCI, who has contributed to several versions of the Good Practice Guidelines, and I have written a book on business continuity, so I should know my stuff! What is the RTO of power production?

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As it is BCI Education Month, this week Charlie discusses the need for embedding business continuity to create a more resilient future, using examples of scenarios that are happening right now across the world. Was this a failure of business continuity or procurement?

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As it is BCI Education Month, this week Charlie discusses the need for embedding business continuity to create a more resilient future, using examples of scenarios that are happening right now across the world. Was this a failure of business continuity or procurement?

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Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

As it is BCI Education Month, this week Charlie discusses the need for embedding business continuity to create a more resilient future, using examples of scenarios that are happening right now across the world. Was this a failure of business continuity or procurement?

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 20, 2022

Also, why business continuity professionals need to implement this crucial fact into our plans. As business continuity professionals, we must accept that if we warn others that something outrageous is going to happen, it is very likely that people may not believe us.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This week Charlie discusses Storm Arwen, the cycle of lessons following an incident and why business continuity professionals need to keep an eye on incidents at all times. I think our role as business continuity professionals is to keep our eye on contemporary incidents and take the time to seek out the lessons.

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MHA Consulting

MARCH 2, 2023

Reducing risk is at the heart of everything we do as business continuity professionals. This week’s blog post will spell out the key concepts relating to this all-important goal; call it “The Ultimate Guide to Residual Risk.” Inherent risk is the danger intrinsic to any business activity or operation.

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Plan B Consulting

JUNE 13, 2022

Read on to learn more about his questions and thoughts regarding the changing world of business continuity. I am an FBCI, who has contributed to several versions of the Good Practice Guidelines, and I have written a book on business continuity, so I should know my stuff! What is the RTO of power production?

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

This week, Charlie discusses what business continuity professionals should take away from the Yorkshire Cricket Club scandal, and points to consider when thinking about your own company. Have you given any thought to what your company would do if they were accused of wrongdoing and suddenly in a reputational crisis?

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

As a business continuity professional, it shows complete incompetence and lack of risk management, contingency planning and then implementation of that plan, in the face of the likelihood they would probably be needed. It is easier to stand a response down than to stand it up.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2021

In today’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the devastating events unfolding in Afghanistan and what we need to learn from this as business continuity professionals. One of the questions which I ask candidates is, “what do you do to keep yourself up to date with the latest thinking on business continuity?”

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In Part 2 of Charlie’s blogs on Business Continuity Plans, he looks at the different audiences and how we can develop future plans. In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans.

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Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 2, 2019

In Part 2 of Charlie’s blogs on Business Continuity Plans, he looks at the different audiences and how we can develop future plans. In last week’s bulletin we looked at what plans are for and the different purposes of business continuity and crisis management plans.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 11, 2022

As a business continuity professional, it shows complete incompetence and lack of risk management, contingency planning and then implementation of that plan, in the face of the likelihood they would probably be needed. It is easier to stand a response down than to stand it up.

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Plan B Consulting

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Charlie discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans. This week I wanted to share with you all an academic theory around wicked problems.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 12, 2020

There is so much information out there on social media, websites and blogs on different ways to respond, I didn’t want to add to the noise, so I have been struggling all week to come up with a theme for this week’s bulletin. It has been made clear that the virus has the potential to affect us all and the peak is some weeks away.

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Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

An incident can cause you to lose some fans, but on the whole, the brand will bounce back and continue. This is why I think Raith Rovers will weather the storm, but there will be a temporary financial setback until new sponsors can be found. Final thoughts.

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