Business Continuity Management (BCM) Lifecycle Overview
In this second episode of the Whiteboard Wednesday video series, Rob Burton discusses the BCM Lifecycle.
Guest blogger: Brad Cole, CFE & LPI, Executive Director & Senior Coordinator, K9 First Responders, Inc. (K9FR) A crisis unfolds. A hurricane hits your facility. You prepare and respond. So far… under control. A natural gas line ruptures, fire starts and an explosion occurs. 5 dead and 10 seriously injured. A crisis becomes a…
Organizations have the responsibility to prepare their employees to travel on their behalf. Working in certain locations present various threats that may require a response from the employee and organization. Knowing what threats to prepare for is essential. In this podcast, we review how one can prepare themselves before they travel as well as some…
To NASA, fifty years ago and up to this day, NASA’s life-or-death learning is achieved through emergency simulation exercises. Gerry Griffin knows a thing or two about responding to risks. He was the Mission Control flight director for all of NASA’s Apollo Program manned missions, including all six lunar landings. When asked in a…
Guest Author – Natalia Andrew Any unforeseen event that causes fear and anxiety, and threatens to destabilize a company is called a business crisis. Through proper training, contingency planning, and sharp decision-making, many established businesses have been able to weather these crises over the years. Below we’ve outlined the most common examples that business managers…
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has shown that many organizations were not prepared to respond to and manage the impacts caused by the virus. Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) were either not developed or were out of date. That’s why it’s essential that your BCP remains up-to-date and is regularly validated. In this blog we provide…
Photo Credit – Sebastien Wiertz via Flickr Rob Burton recently wrote and article titled “3 Steps to an Effective Crisis Management Briefing Cycle“, where he discusses his 3 step approach that will help you achieve a comprehensive briefing cycle process. His three steps are: Planning and Documenting Disciplined Discussion Actions Rob was also featured in the latest…
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