Businesses are facing increasing challenges today from threats of terrorism and manmade and natural disasters. Corporate leaders are inundated with information and choices on how to prepare their businesses against these disasters. As President Obama [...]
Challenge St. Margaret’s Daughters’ Home, located in New Orleans’ Ninth Ward, was virtually destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While all residents were safely evacuated before the storm hit, the building was declared [...]
With a bit of digging you can overcome the challenges of assessing supplier reliability Anyone who sells a product or service understands that the twin objectives – low costs plus high profits – equal good [...]
When disaster occurs, action follows. Typically facilities takes the lead in meeting the emergency head on. Decisions are made on the spot that set the tone for the recovery. The more decisive the process, the [...]
Experienced business continuity professionals often advocate a series of accepted practices to increase the effectiveness and quality of a business continuity program. Common activities include conducting a business impact analysis (BIA), documenting plans, exercising response [...]
If the headline grabbed your attention, you are most likely charged with achieving some or all of these goals: integrating consolidation, green initiatives, and aligning cost efficiencies with recovery time objectives (RTO s) and recovery [...]
This Self Assessment Questionnaire has been produced by CPNI in conjunction with a number of telecommunications providers to facilitate discussions between the customer and the provider(s) on the resilience of Telecommunications Services as part of [...]
Tips and best practices for using new tools to communicate effectively Risk and crisis communicators face pressure to adapt to the changing 21st-century landscape. With new threats like terrorist attacks, biological warfare, and cyber security [...]
How an entire community got disaster-ready Emergency Preparedness Manager Raymond Riordan says people often ask him how his “Citizen Corps Council” was able to achieve participation from so many in the San Ramon community. He [...]
The National Incident Management System (NIMS) and the National Response Framework (NRF) promote real-time collaboration and information sharing across all phases of incident management – preparedness, mitigation, response, and recovery. These policies endorse proven practices [...]
Visit any company today and you are likely to find business and IT managers confronting the same challenges. Call them the “C-4” issues: cost-containment, compliance, continuity and carbon footprint reduction (reduced IT energy consumption, also [...]
Information – the lifeblood during a crisis Whether it’s a family, government agency, or place of employment, most organizations could improve their plans for communicating during a crisis. Comparing the workplace to a living system, [...]