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Supply Chain Risk in Action

KingsBridge BCP

After the Suez Canal blockage in March (read more here ), I think Business Continuity professionals everywhere had their eyes opened. These two locks allow cargo traffic totaling 86 million tons annually to travel the Saint Lawrence Seaway, with about 7000 ships passing through. Okay, maybe the hyperbole is overdone.

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Business Continuity Capability – What is it and do I need it?

Plan B Consulting

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 The organisation may have some additional plans which are dependent on their threats, geography, or type of services they provide.

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Business Continuity Capability – What is it and do I need it?

Plan B Consulting

Additional plans could include: Cyber incident management plans Product recall Kidnap or travel security plans Hurricane plan. The organisation may have some additional plans which are dependent on their threats, geography, or type of services they provide. We need to make sure our response will work.

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After coronavirus, what next?

Plan B Consulting

I don’t think many will go out and ‘lead wild immoral lives’, but I think it weakens all of our sense of security. This will be especially prevalent in the leisure market as people are not travelling, taking holidays or going out. Small businesses may be affected by cash flow, as many may not want to purchase their good and services.

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After coronavirus, what next?

Plan B Consulting

I don’t think many will go out and ‘lead wild immoral lives’, but I think it weakens all of our sense of security. This will be especially prevalent in the leisure market as people are not travelling, taking holidays or going out. Small businesses may be affected by cash flow, as many may not want to purchase their good and services.

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Fire and Rain: Adapting to an Era of Global Instability 

MHA Consulting

In the past several months I’ve traveled to the U.K., 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. Security lies in being proactive, adaptive, and prepared.