BCM METRICS

MAY 12, 2022

The Department of Transportation recently announced a proposed $1 million fine of Colonial Pipeline for shortcomings in its recovery planning that increased the societal damage in the wake of the cyberattack on the company last year.

Transportation 74

Transportation IT Recovery Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning 74

Fusion Risk Management

JUNE 13, 2022

There have been many issues related to transport; from borders being closed; to staffing shortages; to ships like the Evergreen running around that prompted shortages of supplies. For non-foreseeable events like a tornado or political unrest have a plan in place to be as prepared as possible ahead of time. .

Transportation 52

Transportation Pandemic Resilience Continuity Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 5, 2022

This week, Charlie discusses why scenario-specific plans are an important addition to business continuity plans. Firstly, rewriting the Business Continuity Institutes’, ‘ Good Practice Guidelines ’ (GPG). About 15-20 years ago, the concept used (which is very old-school now) were to write plans for specific events.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Airlines Manufacturing 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 5, 2022

This week, Charlie discusses why scenario-specific plans are an important addition to business continuity plans. Firstly, rewriting the Business Continuity Institutes’, ‘ Good Practice Guidelines ’ (GPG). About 15-20 years ago, the concept used (which is very old-school now) were to write plans for specific events.

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Hazard Airlines Manufacturing 52

Risk Management Monitor

AUGUST 4, 2022

According to maritime research and consulting firm Drewry, these issues resulted in freight rates increasing by more than 100% year over year, transportation time increasing by almost 50%, and logistics professionals facing greater difficulty guaranteeing the ability to meet their company’s needs.

Logistics 45

Logistics Transportation Capacity Pandemic 45

CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When disaster strikes, having a plan in place to protect your workforce is an essential part of your business continuity plan. If your location has done this, update your evacuation plans to account for these closures. ? Alternative traffic and transportation routes to getting home from the office.

Pandemic 59

Pandemic Transportation Continuity Planning Business Continuity 59

CCEM Strategies

OCTOBER 1, 2020

When disaster strikes, having a plan in place to protect your workforce is an essential part of your business continuity plan. If your location has done this, update your evacuation plans to account for these closures. ? Alternative traffic and transportation routes to getting home from the office.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Transportation Continuity Planning Business Continuity 52

Online Computers

MAY 14, 2023

This is why it’s critical to develop a business continuity plan (BCP) and create reliable systems that can keep operations running smoothly in the face of challenges such as natural disasters, cyberattacks, or unforeseen events. Here are a few real-life cases where things went south and BCPs proved to be vital.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCP Pandemic Marketing 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 5, 2022

This week, Charlie discusses why scenario-specific plans are an important addition to business continuity plans. Firstly, rewriting the Business Continuity Institutes’, ‘ Good Practice Guidelines ’ (GPG). About 15-20 years ago, the concept used (which is very old-school now) were to write plans for specific events.

All-Hazards 40

All-Hazards Hazard Airlines Manufacturing 40

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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?

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Logistics 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

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?

Alternate Site 52

Alternate Site Transportation Government Business Continuity 52

CCEM Strategies

MAY 10, 2023

Some examples of topics to focus on during the review would be: Notification and communication with members Issuing evacuation alerts and orders Evacuation route planning Evacuee assistance and reception center planning Critical infrastructure continuity planning (water, municipal services, etc.)

All-Hazards 52

All-Hazards Emergency Planning Hazard Telecommunications 52

NexusTek

AUGUST 18, 2021

Criminals need not worry about transporting large amounts of stolen money or converting the cash into more easily transferable goods when cryptocurrency is to be had. Establish a business continuity plan. Plans are customizable based on need and existing IT environment. Here’s why. CONTACT US. Share On Social.

Disaster Recovery 71

Disaster Recovery Cyber Resilience Cybersecurity Backup 71

IT Governance BC

MAY 20, 2019

You’ll rarely get advance warning about disruptions, so you need to prepare for whatever might come your way with a BCP (business continuity plan). What is a business continuity plan? A BCP outlines the processes and procedures that an organisation must follow to continue operating in the event of a disruption.

Continuity Planning 104

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP Disaster Recovery 104

Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

Every organization, regardless of if you’re using a large-scale CSP, other data centers, or hosting all of your data on-premises, should include cybersecurity and the potential for cyber-attacks in your business continuity planning. How can you include cyber threats in your business continuity planning and strategies?

Resilience 52

Resilience Healthcare Cybersecurity Impact Analysis 52

BCP Builder

MAY 18, 2020

Data latency and deterministic computing may also be an issue in ICS applications such as process or transport control systems. If you want to increase your Organizational Resilience, start with preparing a Business Continuity Plan and check out BCP Builder’s Business Continuity Planning Templates.

BCP 52

BCP Resilience Continuity Planning Business Continuity 52

BCP Builder

MAY 18, 2020

Data latency and deterministic computing may also be an issue in ICS applications such as process or transport control systems. If you want to increase your Organizational Resilience, start with preparing a Business Continuity Plan and check out BCP Builder’s Business Continuity Planning Templates.

BCP 52

BCP Resilience Continuity Planning Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2012

Those of you who have been watching the Olympics for the last couple of weeks cannot fail to have noticed the immerse amount and planning that must have gone on to make the games such a success. The doom-mongers prophesied terrorist attacks, transport chaos and a heroic British muddle through.

Transportation 52

Transportation Business Continuity Continuity Planning Consulting 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 27, 2012

Those of you who have been watching the Olympics for the last couple of weeks cannot fail to have noticed the immerse amount and planning that must have gone on to make the games such a success. The doom-mongers prophesied terrorist attacks, transport chaos and a heroic British muddle through.

Transportation 52

Transportation Business Continuity Continuity Planning Consulting 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2021

This week, Charlie goes into depth about different business continuity plans, how to know which plan suits which incident, and how to create a framework that works for you! I have spoken about the requirement for writing generic response plans in a previous bulletin.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Mitigation Activation BCM 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. All these event will cause transport disruptions and have an impact on the ability of businesses and public sector organisations to deliver their services to customers and stakeholders.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Transportation Sports Outsourcing 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. All these event will cause transport disruptions and have an impact on the ability of businesses and public sector organisations to deliver their services to customers and stakeholders.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Transportation Sports Outsourcing 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. Building an Incident Team Competence Framework This week I have been working on building an Incident Team Competence Framework for a client.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Response Plan Logistics Continuity Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 10, 2021

This week I look at why building capability is important for implementing your business continuity plan. In terms of responses, many business continuity plans contain several responses, they could typically be in response to: Loss of a building Loss of IT Loss of people Loss of a key supplier.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Response Plan Logistics Continuity Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2013

Transport seems one of the items of infrastructure which was hit and the train line to the South west of England was closed for a number of days. If this was a busy commuter line into a major city and your staff mainly come in to work by train you may have to put your business continuity plans into place to deal with the lack of staff.

Insurance 52

Insurance Insurance Continuity Planning Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 15, 2013

Transport seems one of the items of infrastructure which was hit and the train line to the South west of England was closed for a number of days. If this was a busy commuter line into a major city and your staff mainly come in to work by train you may have to put your business continuity plans into place to deal with the lack of staff.

Insurance 52

Insurance Insurance Continuity Planning Business Continuity 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

As we are not yet out of the winter you may need to plan for snow. When I am teaching people about business continuity, one of the events which I suggest could cause invocation of the business continuity plan is forecasted severe weather.

Transportation 52

Transportation Outage Business Continuity Continuity Planning 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

More than anything, the incident showed that although many people would not consider terrorism as a key part of their business continuity planning, – it can happen right here on our doorstep and it can bring chaos to the surrounding businesses and organisations. How would your firm fare if employees couldn’t make it to work?

Transportation 52

Transportation Business Continuity Continuity Planning Government 52

Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 27, 2013

More than anything, the incident showed that although many people would not consider terrorism as a key part of their business continuity planning, – it can happen right here on our doorstep and it can bring chaos to the surrounding businesses and organisations. How would your firm fare if employees couldn’t make it to work?

Transportation 52

Transportation Business Continuity Continuity Planning Government 52

Erwood Group

JULY 7, 2022

Business Continuity Strategies. Plan Development and Implementation. Business Continuity Plan Exercises, Assessment, and Maintenance. Addressing each of the areas named above as part of your business continuity program increases your ability as a business to recover and operate the business. Risk Assessment.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Communications 52

Plan B Consulting

AUGUST 23, 2021

When I talk about contingency plans, I am not thinking about the ‘old school’ methodology where you write a plan for every eventuality. All the plans are basically the same but have a different heading. This style of plan was once very popular in the US, and I still use it occasionally.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Mitigation Activation BCM 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

Having excess inventory costs money, uses up warehouse space and transport capacity, which could be used for better selling items and perishable goods with short sell-by-dates, whereby the supermarket takes a loss on any of these items which are thrown away.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Capacity Retail Transportation 52

Plan B Consulting

MARCH 28, 2020

Having excess inventory costs money, uses up warehouse space and transport capacity, which could be used for better selling items and perishable goods with short sell-by-dates, whereby the supermarket takes a loss on any of these items which are thrown away.

Manufacturing 52

Manufacturing Capacity Retail Transportation 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

As we are not yet out of the winter you may need to plan for snow When I am teaching people about business continuity, one of the events which I suggest could cause invocation of the business continuity plan is forecasted severe weather.

Transportation 40

Transportation Outage Business Continuity Continuity Planning 40

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 3, 2012

If fuel is essential to your business for example if you are a transport company, then you should have already have plans in place for dealing with a strike, such as having your own fuel supplies which can keep you going for a number of days. Must dash off to refuel my car! The post Fuel crisis appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Continuity Planning Transportation Government 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 3, 2012

If fuel is essential to your business for example if you are a transport company, then you should have already have plans in place for dealing with a strike, such as having your own fuel supplies which can keep you going for a number of days. Must dash off to refuel my car! The post Fuel crisis appeared first on PlanB Consulting.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Continuity Planning Transportation Government 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 7, 2017

Many organisations, especially those in oil and gas, manufacturing and transport industries, have emergency response plans in place. You might also have business continuity plans in place, but there is often a gap between where the emergency response plans end and the recovery can start.

Business Continuity 40

Business Continuity Emergency Response Emergency Response Response Plan 40