by Bob Cohen | Apr 19, 2018 | Business Continuity Management
As the first step in business continuity planning, a business impact analysis (BIA) requires a strategic understanding of the business as a whole to drive the conscious, informed prioritization of functions across the entire organization. But as you know if you’ve...
by Bob Cohen | Aug 10, 2017 | Business Continuity Management
Many organizations experience a Catch 22 when it comes to Business Continuity Management (BCM). They know they need a plan that implements the procedures to fulfill the organization’s requirements within the critical timeframes when something bad happens. But they...
by Bob Cohen | Jun 27, 2017 | Business Continuity Management
To truly achieve robust information security, you need effective Business Continuity Management (BCM). A BCM plan answers the question, “How can critical data be secure and accessible if one or more major business functions are down?” A big part of creating effective...
by Bob Cohen | Mar 28, 2017 | Disaster Recovery
I had an interesting conversation with a client the other day about recovery planning. We’d been talking about recovery strategies from the point of view of what I fondly call the “smoking crater” scenario. Just like individuals, an organization can talk itself into...
by Andrew Shumate | Mar 2, 2017 | Disaster Recovery
If you happened to catch Mariah Carey’s “epic fail” performance on the ABC Channel this past New Year’s Eve, you’ve seen first-hand that equipment failure during a live performance can be disastrous. Equipment issues also created challenges for Lady Gaga and...
by Bob Cohen | Jan 30, 2017 | Business Continuity Management
Last week I was in our company-wide quarterly meeting when I heard that John Verry, our founder, said that he had put together a CEO succession plan in case something should happen to him. Being the corporate coordinator for our business continuity plan (BCP), I...
