1. Business Continuity Management: How Do You React When Your Business Continuity is at Risk? by Adrian Pepper
    The biggest problem with owning a small business is that your life can be full of worry. I encourage my coaching clients to manage their potential risks. If you do the same, this will allow you: To identify which issues must be resolved to keep your bus... more
     
  2. Business Continuity and Payment Systems by Stanley Epstein
    The Bank for International Settlements definition of a payment system states; “A payment system consists of a set of instruments, banking procedures and, typically, interbank funds transfer systems that ensure the circulation of money” (From “A glossary o... more
     
  3. Business Continuity Testing by Albert Streab
    Disaster Recovery is not Business Continuity. Many companies do not have full business continuity plans. They say they do have business continuity plans but they really mean that they have a disaster recovery plan, usually meaning that they have alterna... more
     
  4. Business Continuity Planning: Your Company's "Safety Net" by Ray Fuller
    The Importance of Business Continuity PlanningBusiness Continuity Planning can offer protection from many potential risks that can threaten your company by disrupting critical business processes. These risks include traditional disasters like earthquakes,... more
     
  5. The Importance of Business Continuity Planning by Dave Lavinsky
    Business continuity planning is the process whereby a firm figures out a plan of action that it will take in the case of unforeseen events. The process anticipates risk and helps limit the downside that companies may experience when adverse events occur.W... more
     
  6. Business Continuity Testing Starts with the Risks by Albert Streab
    All business continuity analysis should be risk based, and risk prioritised to deal with the important business risks first. This means that any risks to your business need to be identified, examined and dealt with. There are 4 options for dealing with ... more
     
  7. Enhance Your Business Continuity Planning with VoIP Hosted PBX Service by Bill Casey
    As little as five years ago, the only disasters businesses had to worry about were natural disasters, local environmental problems, and a few single points of telecommunications failures. Today you can add bioterrorism, suitcase nukes, unprecedented numb... more
     
  8. Can A Business Continuity Plan Save Your Business? by Rick Parrott
    Think about it!When you start a business you create a business plan. When you want to bring a product to market, you create a marketing plan.Doesn’t it make sense to create a Business Continuity Plan to save your business? Of course it does!Not every bu... more
     
  9. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Reducing Your Risk Profile by Robert Mahood
    Like all plans, there is an ultimate goal to achieve. The goal in a business continuity plan is simply that: to continue your business in the face of a disaster or a disruption. A business continuity plan is not just for a disaster. It’s also for the s... more
     
  10. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - The Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plan by Robert Mahood
    Essentially, the plan addresses the who, what, where, why and when of recovery. Goal number one is to reduce the risk profile of the business. Goal two is to be well prepared so the impact of any disruption is minimized. Overall, the objective of the plan... more
     
  11. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Selecting A Business Continuity Strategy by Robert Mahood
    The risk analysis and business impact analysis have identified risks to key business functions. Also, the potential impacts and probabilities of these risks as well as the costs to prevent or mitigate damages and the time to recover will have been establi... more
     
  12. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Business Impact Analysis by Robert Mahood
    Business impact analysis is a critical part of the business continuity planning process. This step quantifies data and gets into the real world issue of potential losses that can negatively impact your business. It is used to understand the most important... more
     
  13. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - Risk Analysis and Control by Robert Mahood
    In the risk evaluation phase, there are a number of key areas that must be covered. One of the most important is to understand probable threats. In an ideal world, which most of us have noticed does not exist, we would identify and protect ourselves again... more
     
  14. Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery - A Business Not a Technology Issue by Robert Mahood
    Hackers, hurricanes, fires, flooding, power outages, denial of service attacks, application failures, employee error, sabotage and now terrorism are helping companies to focus on the necessity of a business continuity plan.Through the late 1990s as compan... more
     
  15. Small Business Profits: Exploding Profits With Continuity Products by Jimmy Vee
    What is continuity?Well, I look it up in the dictionary. Did you know that looking words up in the dictionary is UNCOMMON. A great man named Michael York taught me that. Not many people do that – you should try it frequently.Here is the definition of cont... more
     
  16. Do You Have a Business Continuity Plan? by Ray Herold
    Many years ago, I worked for a small insurance company. Just like many other businesses, we shut down operations for the Christmas holiday. As it happens, this one eventful year Christmas fell on a Monday. The company gave their employees the preceding... more
     
  17. Records Management And Its Key Role In Business Continuity And Disaster Recovery by Steve Holmes
    The UK’s Records Management Society defines records management as, “the process by which a company manages all the elements of records whether externally or internally generated and in any format or media type, from their inception/receipt, all the way th... more
     
  18. Ensuring Business Continuity Through Effective Planning by Douglas Chiles
    Unanticipated events in a company can be of a major concern due to the fact that they often tend to hold up the scheduled work and production of a company. The majority of these incidents need not have an impact on the business, however, if a well-thought... more
     
  19. How To Prepare And Plan For Business Disruption And Continuity by Alexander Gordon
    Businesses can sometimes fail. Wrong investments, fraud, crime, or natural disasters can take a toll on businesses. The recovery process depends on your disaster preparedness and business disruption and continuity plans. This article discusses how to keep... more
     
  20. Need For Business Continuity Management by Alexander Gordon
    Companies should have good business continuity management techniques in place. These would help companies to identify, assess and manage both external as well as internal risk factors that may hinder business continuity. Business continuity management str... more