Business Continuity Management (BCM) Lifecycle Overview
In this second episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob Burton discusses the BCM Lifecycle.
Are you prepared for how a pandemic might affect your organization? During the past decade we have witness a rise of new sub-types of influenza viruses, including some which have shown the ability to be transferred from animal to animal, then animal to human, and finally human-to-human. The result has been a growing concern…
How does your organization prepare for hurricane season? It’s almost hurricane season in the US and many communities, businesses, and property owners are starting to prepare. Knowing your surroundings and talking to the local emergency management agency to find out the hurricane risks can be a good place to start your planning. Are you…
Guest Authors: Andreas Bryant, Business Continuity & Resilience Specialist, BMO Global Asset Management (EMEA) Ashley Goosman, Business Continuity & Crisis Management Manager, Liberty Mutual Insurance In part two of our series on Business Continuity & Operational Resilience – Is it the same, we are sharing why we think the field will evolve from a mandate-driven…
An enterprise faces many threats to it’s existence. Some threats are external and can pose complex challenges, others are internal and come with their own set of unique issues. During any crisis, an organization has a responsibility to react. Some business do this well, others fail miserably. In this podcast we hear from Dermot McCarthy…
As the fall out is being assessed from this year’s major wildland fires on the U.S. west coast and in the Canadian context, the most costly disaster in Canadian history “the Fort McMurray Fire” risk assessors and public policy analysts are re-considering our planning and preparedness models. Wildfire incidents in North America are increasing in…
When you have an incident that is building rapidly and don’t have a good handle on the situation, it is important to conduct disciplined briefing cycles. If your briefing cycles are disciplined, the management of the crisis will run smoother. The goal is to create order from what could be a chaotic situation. In this…
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