How does your company respond to an internal emergency? Who responds to the incident? What is the role of the team or individuals? How do different groups or departments organize the effort? In many [...]
The disruption caused by the war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz has implications for business worldwide and the ripple effect has yet to fully impact operations in many locations. This [...]
A one-size-fits-all continuity plan may have worked in the past. However, the rise in remote work since the COVID-19 pandemic has given companies more to think about when planning for potential issues that could [...]
Your critical vendor passed every assessment. Strong financials. Clean audit. Solid SLA. What you didn't know — couldn't know, with a standard assessment — is that they rely on a single cloud provider for [...]
Telecom change management is everyone’s responsibility. The dangerous lie we tell ourselves: “I just adjusted a parameter.” “It’s a minor routing tweak.” “It won’t affect anything.” “No need to log it — this will [...]
“Severe but plausible” is one of the most widely accepted phrases in operational resilience. It appears sensible, responsible and even reassuring. And yet, in practice, it often does the opposite of what scenario testing [...]
Pre-loss planning matters more than ever. Organizations that rely solely on post event claims are increasingly exposed to operational and financial disruption. Pre loss planning is now a foundational part of business continuity. The [...]
Successful crisis management doesn’t just happen by accident. Being ready to meet the moment requires two things from all of us in the field of Enterprise Resiliency and Crisis Management: Be in a constant [...]
Power-hungry data centers and other risks threaten supply chains’ access to reliable electric energy. A key challenge for supply chain organizations is to anticipate, prepare for, and mitigate risks to a company’s operations and [...]
Standards, frameworks, and templates give us a shared language for crisis management. They align expectations and create consistency across organizations. The risk is not in using them, but in optimizing for the document instead of [...]
By now, a pattern should be unmistakable. Business Continuity doesn’t fail because organizations lack standards. It doesn’t fail because plans aren’t written. And it certainly doesn’t fail because people don’t care. It fails when behavior [...]
There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath this entire series. If we cannot clearly articulate the value of our programs — whatever label we put on them: Crisis and Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Resilience, [...]