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Business continuity plans don't fail because of the size of the documents or their content - business continuity plans, incident response...

Using a template to guide the development of a Business Continuity Management (BCM) awareness program offers many advantages that...

Using a template to guide the development of a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS) offers several key advantages that enhance...

A brief synopsis of some of the things I found a worthwhile read last month Three organizational best practices highlighted by the...

Using a template to develop crisis communication strategies offers several advantages that enhance the efficiency, consistency, and...

A Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a is focussed on ensuring an organisation can continue its operations during and after a disruptive...

Using a template to develop a Business Impact Assessment (BIA) offers several advantages that can streamline the process, ensure...

Tripwires that can undermine a business continuity plan

Considering all of the negative impacts, costs and disruption of the recent CrowdStrike incident is there anything positive that we can...

A business continuity capability statement can be a useful resource for a number of reasons: It provides a central point of reference for...

The problem with any risk assessment approach whether qualitative or quantitive, lies in estimating the scope (how widespread the outcome...

Understanding Exposure: Value at risk vs observation & judgement There’s a school of thought that the concept of value at risk or “VaR”...

"Follow the money" is a familiar phrase most often associated with identifying the culprits of fraud and financial crime. But it's also...

Does putting a numerical "score" on a risk register entry (or a grade like Red, Amber, Green or High, Medium, Low) really mean anything?...

For many organisations, developing a risk register is seen as a destination - and it should not be. Often, the corporate risk register...

Recovering from a cyber attack can be one of the greatest challenges an organisation can face. Successful attacks can result in ransom...

Senior execs don't need to know the details of how to go about building business continuity capabilities for their organisation - that's...

Billions of users all over the world experienced a major loss of service from both Facebook and WhatsApp on Monday, 4th October. There...

Many UK businesses have adopted remote working as the only operating alternative during the lockdown. The experience of having the vast...

For many - (including me), much of what is described as resilience still looks suspiciously like “warmed up” business continuity. ...