Ready in a Moment’s Notice
In 2011, tornadoes ripped through the southeastern United States. In 2012, there were 19 tropical storms and hurricanes, five of them having a direct impact on the U.S. In these two years alone, natural disasters [...]
So You Want A Base Camp?
If your disaster preparedness or continuity plan includes a base camp, here are some key considerations as you develop your plan. It is far better to think through these issues well in advance than to [...]
Managing the Active Shooter Risk
While extreme gun violence in the workplace remains statistically rare, the number of mass shooting incidents in the U.S. has tripled in the past few years. Since the tragedy in Newtown, Connecticut, in December, 2012, [...]
Managing the Human Side of a Disaster
A veteran carpenter would tell you that a hammer and a nail never change, but what you build over the decades will be different as creative designs change. Disasters are disasters, emergencies are emergencies, and [...]
IT Complexity and the Risk of IT Failure
IT Complexity and the Risk of IT Failure For the past few years, the unabashed enthusiasm around clouds, virtualization and software-defined everything has led to some unfortunate side effects. One is the suspension of disbelief [...]
Hunting the Black Swans in Your Continuity Program: Quarry #1 ― Employee Availability
This is the first in an ongoing series regarding hunting and mastery of the black swans in your continuity program. Read the Continuity egUidE (1st Wednesday of each month) for more black swans. Those of [...]
Three Satellite Options: What Are Your Requirements?
What will it cost for your organization to use satellites in emergency situations? The following comments and accompanying chart can be a starting point for your evaluation of satellites. The Publisher sought input from a [...]
The Increasing Complexity of Supply Chains and the BC Professional
This article discusses how supply chain disruptions have become one of the key issues facing business continuity and risk professionals. It considers the need for organizations to establish and maintain resilient and sustainable supply chains [...]
The Road to Resilience
We all know the importance of being resilient on an individual level and we each have personal strategies for creating that resilience and ensuring our survival. But what strategies do we need to develop for [...]
The WAN’s the Thing
If you want to send chills up the spine of cloud vendors and consumers alike, just say the word Nirvanix. Once declared a comer in the “new” world of infrastructure (storage, backup, archive...) as a [...]
Building Global Stakeholder Engagement for Risk Reduction
Globalization has not only led to extraordinary advances, but it has also created a vast network of dependencies in addition to a greater risk profile for all stakeholders. Crises that occur on one side of [...]
A Different Kind of Disaster: Human Factors in Complex Emergencies
From a psychological standpoint, public health emergencies are very different kinds of disasters. Unforeseen emotional and behavioral reactions the workforce, among clients and vendors, and in the general public can undermine even well developed continuity [...]