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Top 5 Pitfalls of Business Continuity Planning

On Solve

Disruptions don’t need to turn into crises if you have an effective business continuity plan in place. If your organization is looking to create or revamp its business continuity plan, be sure to avoid these five common pitfalls. Business continuity plans should be tested and evaluated regularly, at least once a year.

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Business, Interrupted: Post-Pandemic Thinking Like a Risk Manager

Castellan

By involving cross-functional teams in disaster response and continuity planning, leaders can better anticipate disruptive scenarios, see potential impact, and communicate that information to a broader group to mobilize, coordinate, and communicate for efficient response. The Pandemic Pivot. Get The Pandemic Reopening Toolkit.

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What Does a Business Continuity Plan Typically Include? [Complete Guide]

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What Does a Business Continuity Plan Typically Include? A business continuity plan (BCP) is your first line of defense against any challenge that threatens the core functionalities of your organization’s operations. How to Create a Business Continuity Plan. What Should my Business Continuity Plan Include?

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Crisis Management Explained: A Comprehensive Guide

Bernstein Crisis Management

Business continuity planning: Developing a plan to ensure the organization can continue its critical operations during and after a crisis, including alternative work arrangements, backup systems, and recovery procedures.

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Business Continuity vs Disaster Recovery: What’s the Difference?

NexusTek

Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error. The terms “business continuity plan” and “disaster recovery” are often used interchangeably, but they do represent distinct processes and solutions.

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Your North Star in a Compound Crisis

Fusion Risk Management

Since the start of the global pandemic, we’ve seen global political instability, war, an increase in cyber and ransomware attacks, supply chain disruptions – including shortages of critical commodities like food and baby formula, increasingly frequent and severe climate incidents, inflation, recession and on and on. Assess your risk.

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What to Expect in Business Continuity Employment for the Last Half of 2021

Castellan

Before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, the U.S. business continuity industry saw an average of about 20-25 new job postings each week , with about 30-35 on average internationally. new business continuity job postings reached an average of 30-35 per week, with international numbers increasing to 40-45 posts.