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FREE WHITE PAPER: Rhinos and Risk Assessments

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis Communication, Disaster Preparedness, Pandemics, Risk Management, Special OffersFebruary 11, 2022925Views 0Likes 0Comments

FREE WHITE PAPER Rhinos and Risk Assessments: Adjusting risk Assessment Methodologies to Account for ‘Unforeseeable’ Events By Dr. Jo Robertson It is wrong to describe the COVID-19 pandemic as a "black swan" (i.e. a catastrophic event that no one saw coming). Far more apt would be to call it a ‘grey rhino’…

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20th Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference

UncategorizedJanuary 7, 2022487Views 0Likes 0Comments

20th Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference Be sure to register for the 20th Annual Continuity Insights Management Conference, April 25-27, 2022, Omni Louisville Hotel, Louisville, KY for insight, inspiration, and actionable ideas presented by a faculty of leading business continuity experts and practitioners. Never before has the need for critical information-sharing been greater. While the pandemic…

Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessments Questions About Future Use

Risk ManagementDecember 24, 2021414Views 0Likes 0Comments

Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessments Need to Include Questions About Future Use by Ernie Hayden MIPM CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP In the October 28, 2021, New York Times (paywall), the author, Ivan Penn, raised a major issue with the aging electric grid that struck me as a concern when doing critical infrastructure and key equipment (CIKR) risk…

Will a post-COVID-19 supply-chain crisis ruin your Christmas?

Crisis Management, PandemicsDecember 21, 2021463Views 0Likes 0Comments

Just as the world seems to be slowly recovering from the worst of COVID-19, business continuity and supply-chain are emerging as major crisis risks.

Hints and Tips for Running SIMEX Exercises

Business Continuity, TestingDecember 3, 2021463Views 0Likes 0Comments

SIMEX exercises involve incident management teams responding to unfolding scenarios. This exercise is unique in simulating the real-life experience of a real incident.

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Seaports – A Very Constricted Critical Infrastructure

Risk ManagementNovember 19, 2021427Views 0Likes 0Comments

Seaports – A Very Constricted Critical Infrastructure by Ernie Hayden, MIPM CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP Seaports should not be ignored in your critical infrastructure risk assessment. The news has been full of stories about the challenges at the world’s seaports. In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized the prominent position seaports and their associated logistical support networks play…

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Forrester Research and Disaster Recovery Journal Survey

Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, surveyNovember 10, 2021365Views 0Likes 0Comments

Please support our friends at Forrester Research and the Disaster Recovery Journal in completing their survey by this Friday, November 12, 2021!

Wicked Problems – What Do I Need To Know?

Business Continuity, Risk Management, TestingNovember 8, 2021428Views 0Likes 0Comments

Wicked Problems - What Do I Need To Know? by Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans. This week I wanted to share with you all an academic theory around wicked…

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Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID-19?

Business Continuity, PandemicsNovember 4, 2021349Views 0Likes 0Comments

Is Business Continuity One of the Victims of COVID-19? by Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS. Charlie Maclean-Bristol shares his thoughts on the business continuity industry and how he believes COVID-19 has negatively impacted it. Is Business Continuity (BC) one of the victims of COVID-19? Business continuity during COVID-19 lacked when it came to responding and adapting…

How A CEO Apology Satisfied No-one and Ignored the Real Issue

Crisis Management, Crisis Management and Crisis CommunicationNovember 4, 2021411Views 0Likes 0Comments

Can you apologise for what you said about a highly emotive controversy and still defend what caused the controversy in the first place?