You might not like to think about it, but have you considered what would happen to your business if disaster struck? Say you suffer a fire at your premises, or a catastrophic cyber attack leaves your ...

Family-owned businesses must understand the importance of having a proper continuity plan, even if their business is being passed down from one family member to another. Families often think they can ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The economy is always in a state of flux. While there are ...

In an article aimed at providing assistance to those starting out in business continuity, CMAC overviews the basics of business continuity and offers a useful framework for writing your first business ...

As discussed in “Business Continuity Planning Part 2: Vulnerability Risk Assessment,” every aspect of a business responsible for revenue creation and overall profitability should be analyzed for ...

As discussed in Part 1, the first step in Business Continuity Planning is to form the BCP Team, create the Mission, and draft the Policy. The next step is to conduct a vulnerability risk assessment.

Why many business continuity plans are already outdated and ineffective, highlighting three warning signs, while urging companies to adopt dynamic, modern strategies that match today’s decentralized, ...

Having a structured information management plan in place and providing family members with access to critical information and documents is a key component of any intergenerational continuity plan and ...

A business continuity plan is a set of procedures for maintaining business functions or quickly getting them back up and running in the event of some sort of major disruption — a natural disaster, ...

In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations, including those in financial services, are thinking hard about business continuity planning. The pandemic is raising awareness and prompting a ...

Having a business continuity program in place is key to maintaining minimum operations and reduce recovery time during a business disruption. Business Continuity Management (BCM) is about preparing ...

Mapping business processes and technological dependencies for business continuity planning is not a new concept; however, the few tools out there require a healthy measure of manpower and input to ...