Having a business continuity program in place is key to maintaining minimum operations and reduce recovery time during a business disruption. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is about preparing ...

Benjamin Franklin once said, “By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.” This is particularly true in business, where events that threaten a company’s operations and shareholder value can ...

Business continuity planning is a university-wide initiative to ensure that Case Western Reserve University will be prepared to resume operations with efficiency in the event of a crisis. Business ...

Instead of focusing primarily on riding the wave of economic uncertainty to a more stable time, a solution lies in accepting uncertainty and building the best possible business continuity plan to help ...

Whether hurricanes, pandemics, wildfires, or other catastrophes like unanticipated shutdown orders, most companies are not immune to unplanned business interruptions. And while there are many legal, ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was most likely not your first business continuity interruption. And unfortunately it won’t be the last one. So now is a good time to review why you need an up-to-date business ...

In previous posts, we stepped through the process of understanding the business, the threats it faces related to business continuity, and how prepared it is to prevent, detect, or respond to events.

Building an incident response team (IRT) is a good first step along the path toward effective business continuity event (BCE) management. But the team needs a plan to follow when an event occurs. A ...

Recently, a few companies have asked me to help them navigate this tumultuous time for entrepreneurs. Candidly, no one understands the challenges of keeping a company afloat but a business owner who ...

Natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene and Milton are stark reminders that we should always prepare for the worst. During these and other natural disasters, it’s not uncommon for clients to need ...

How much downtime would your business rack up if your office building lost power for a day? Businesses without a disaster plan are doomed to fail, with 93 percent of them who suffer a data disaster ...

You might not like to think about it, but have you considered what would happen to your business if disaster struck? Say you suffer a fire at your premises, or a catastrophic cyber attack leaves your ...