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Fire and Rain: Adapting to an Era of Global Instability 

MHA Consulting

For business continuity professionals, my advice would be, get ahold of your colleagues in enterprise risk and ask them how they assess the company’s geopolitical risks and what mitigations are in place. For American organizations, the luxury of treating foreign affairs as optional is no longer sustainable.

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Business, Interrupted: Adopting New Skill Sets to Evolve as Continuity and Resilience Professionals

Castellan

It’s what Turner now calls a triple whammy of skills—continuity, crisis management, and workplace resilience. It’s not uncommon for many business continuity professionals to get their first real-world experiences during natural disasters, such as tornadoes, hurricanes, and other severe weather-related events.

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Data Privacy Officer Responsibilities

Solutions Review

PIAs involve systematically evaluating the impact of data processing on individual privacy rights and determining the necessary measures to mitigate risks. The DPO works closely with relevant departments to ensure privacy concerns are addressed, and appropriate safeguards are implemented.

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

Castellan

Get the Business Continuity Accountability Guide. While we’ve talked with several business continuity professionals who say they’re working through pandemic burnout, the new 2021 BCM Compensation Report published in partnership with the BCI, indicates many remained resilient and stayed with their organizations through the past year.

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The Intersection of BCM and ERM

Castellan

BCM COSO ERM – Integrated Framework Attribute ERM Aligning risk appetite and strategy – Management considers the entity’s risk appetite in evaluating strategic alternatives, setting related objectives, and developing mechanisms to manage related risks. The risk assessment is a common component of most business continuity methodologies.

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Business Continuity and Coronavirus – Marks out of 10

Plan B Consulting

I always say that our role as business continuity professionals is to horizon scan and look out for new risks, but many of us, including the government, didn’t identify and prepare for this new threat. Perhaps it is not the business continuity process which failed but our risk management skills.

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Business Continuity and Coronavirus – Marks out of 10

Plan B Consulting

I always say that our role as business continuity professionals is to horizon scan and look out for new risks, but many of us, including the government, didn’t identify and prepare for this new threat. Perhaps it is not the business continuity process which failed but our risk management skills.