by Bob Cohen | Jul 5, 2018 | Disaster Recovery
June 1 marks the start of hurricane season in the western Atlantic. As the climate warms, the oceans warm which gives hurricanes more energy. They are becoming more frequent, more powerful and more destructive. If you work in, or plan to visit an area of high...
by Bob Cohen | Jun 7, 2018 | Business Continuity Management
There is no shortage of sobering statistics on how businesses that do no planning fare when disaster strikes: not well. In the absence of planning, people don’t know what to do and confusion reigns. That means it will take longer to recover from the disaster, and that...
by Bob Cohen | May 23, 2018 | Disaster Recovery
One of the most important elements of a business impact analysis (BIA) or other business continuity planning exercises is identifying each function’s critical records. The survival of your business may depend on the availability of critical records. Without them,...
by Bob Cohen | May 17, 2018 | Business Continuity Management
I suspect that most senior executives and managers, especially those directly concerned with operations, probably worry about business continuity just about every waking moment, although they might not think about it that way. But if you ask them, “What keeps you up...
by Bob Cohen | May 4, 2018 | Disaster Recovery
I often blog about disaster recovery planning and business continuity planning, including strategies for exercising your plan to help ensure that it’s (still) viable. While there’s no substitute for an operational exercise, many organizations opt for the tabletop...
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...
