Category: Business Continuity Management

Organizational Resilience for the Winter Season
Business Continuity Management

Navigating the 2023-2024 Winter Forecast: How Businesses Can Prepare

Winter’s Almost Here! Today, business’ winter preparation includes monitoring the weather and assessing potential risks. Winter weather challenges are nothing new for business continuity managers. As the calendar turns towards winter, businesses’ winter preparation across the globe face the challenge of preparing for the upcoming season. With the ever-present uncertainty in weather patterns, it’s essential to

Financial Resilience Professionals Challenge
Business Continuity Management

Mastering Resilience: Unveiling the Ultimate Guide to Aligning DRI Framework with FFIEC Guidelines

First, What Is DRI? The Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRI) is a globally recognized nonprofit organization promoting disaster recovery and business continuity. Established in 1988, DRI provides education, training, and certification programs to professionals and organizations involved in disaster recovery, business continuity, and resilience planning. Above all, its mission is to enhance the resilience of

2023 Return to In-person Conferences
Business Continuity Management

What I Learned from Conferences So Far

COVID is over, so what now? I learned from conferences this year that we are all still recovering from the worldwide pandemic. Many of you read my blog, In Praise Of Conferences, where I had my first real in-person experience since the COVID-19 emergency restrictions were enacted. Like others, I was glad to return to

Cyber Risk and Mitigation
Business Continuity Management

BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report Insights

BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report Insights The Business Continuity Insitute (BCI) released its cyber resilience report yesterday. Below is a high level of BCI’s Cyber Resilience Report insights. Hopefully, you downloaded your copy, but if not, I found the following elements interesting. As usual, the BCI partners with a vendor, Daisy Group, a provider of B2B

Resilience New Years Goals
Business Continuity Management

How Economic Downturns Impact BCM

How economic downturns impact BCM How economic downturns impact BCM and what you can do about it. Business Continuity is a critical player in building an organization’s resilience. I’m honing in on Business Continuity Management (BCM) practitioners for this blog. We are all following the risk and impacts of 2022’s economic downturn. The tightening of

Making the BCM Business Case
Business Continuity Management

Is BCM a Sham?

BCM gets a bad rap Is BCM a sham? You likely had a similar experience. You are in a meeting with an executive or mid-level manager. After providing a kick-off presentation or results report, you get a question about why Business Continuity Management (BCM) is necessary to the company. Of course, this is when having

Pandemic Safety Protocols
Business Continuity Management

Is your Company Ready for the Next Pandemic?

Are we really prepared for another pandemic? Is your company ready for the next pandemic? COVID appears to be winding down into an endemic stage, and most businesses are relaxing their safety protocols. I discussed this in my What To Expect Next Year In 2022 blog. Yet, watchful public health and continuity teams continue to

Climate Risk Business Continuity Institute Interview
Business Continuity Management

The Role of Business Continuity Managers in Climate Risk

I was interviewed by the BCI in August 2022 Recently, the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) interviewed me about The Role of Business Continuity Managers in Climate Risk. They provided me with an opportunity to speak about the evolving role of Business Continuity (BC) professionals as it relates to environmental management and sustainability. The BCI’s Extreme

BCM and Resilience
Business Continuity Management

Is Resilience BCM Rebranded?

What’s in a name? Is Resilience BCM Rebranded? There’s a sentiment out there that Resilience is Business Continuity Management (BCM) with a name change. The Business Continuity Institue (BCI) partnered with Castellan and mentioned the issue in the recently published BCI Operational Resilience Report 2022. Regulation plays a role in aligning activity. However, market pressure,

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