John, I always recommend vendor participation with a few warnings. 1. Unless the vendor is providing some kind of Business Continuity or Disaster Recovery...
I am looking for avenues to brush up on my Business Continuity Skills. From time to time, I believe it is important to learn new avenues and techniques in our...
Look into the BRCCI (www.brcci.org) and associated training. Be well, stay safe. Charles C. S. Thomas, MBCI Managing Director CACH International Ltd Co ...
Hello, I'm currently working on a BCP for a customer where office relocation was identified as a risk. As the Risk assessment and BIA phases are coming to an...
SORRY FOR THE DELAY IN RELEASING THIS MESSAGE; IT WENT INTO YAHOO'S NEW SPAM-BIN GROUPS FEATURE WHICH YAHOO IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT TELLING GROUP OWNERS! DAVID...
Hi Joanne, You are right in that the move is not a strategy. The best approach is to create a project plan for the move and break it down into definable tasks....
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Dear Joanne, The very first D/R plan I was involved in was for a Data Center move, over 20 years ago. I was integrated with the move team, and reviewed the ...
Is anyone aware of an article or case study which lists a specific business that either struggled in the aftermath of 9/11 or out right went out of business as...
Ah you have raised an interesting point. In the UK recently there has been a couple of pieces published about "is there any point in business continuity,...
... Is anyone aware of an article or case study which ... Two classic cases come to mind, though neither id 9/11 related. The first one is the 1984 Bophal...
But Bob are Exxon and Bophal still in business and if not was it the event, the publicity or their reputation that finished them? Tim In a message dated...
I don't have a specific business in mind, but if I recall correctly, there were about 50 +/- businesses that went under due to the '93 bombing of the WTC. ...
Problem is, it's hard to know if a) Lack of viable (practiced/maintained) BCP/BCM b) The org was tottering on the brink any way c) A combination of things, of...
Spot on!!! The point is, if DR/BC isn't intuitively necessary to management, your fighting a losing battle unless you know the $$ where their minds will close...
Not clear why the focus has to be on 9/11, the effects of this event are everlasting and overwhelming for most DR plans, I am almost positive that you would...
Thanks guys. Lots of good stuff here. I'll take more if there are any more contributors. John, I like your point in particular. Management who do not do...
The explosion in Glasgow in May 2004 at the ICL (Stockline) Plastics caused the company to go out of business. This incident was covered at a Scottish...
Gordon I saw this presentation and it was a good explanation of how the police and fire brigade responded. But I understood that this tragic event was a sub ...
In my view we shouldn't be arguing for BCM by using major disasters as the primary driver. Smaller event are far more common, just as disruptive, far more...
Very interesting thread! Seems to me that many of the businesses that do go out of business as a result of a huge disaster (9/11, hurricanes, earthquakes,...
If they are a major retail bank, you may want to look at the processes from a reputational risk angle. Why? 1. Major = BIG BANK 2. Retail = in the public eye ...
The current threat of a terrorist attack on the UK has been increased to `Critical' – the highest possible warning level. This was linked to the overnight...
Hi, Has any member successfully used and is prepared to recommend a data recovery service for a faulty hard drive. I have a client who has just realised the...
Beware the butterfly effect in business! The great story of the small fire in a Philips chip plant in New Mexico is my prime example of the effects of both...
Asa it happens I am using a Sony Ericsson phone. The Swedes take care of their own. What part of the phone is Sony and what Ericsson - don't know. Likewise the...
Continuity Central is providing support to Colin Lobley, an MBA student at Henley Management College, who is seeking to investigate how companies determine how...
Does anyone have examples of plans/BIAs they have seen or worked on for extremely small businesses? That is, businesses with less than 10 people, usually...
What we encourage small businesses to do is quite easy... If they have a small amount of data, we encourage them to use USB drives (1gb or larger or other...
