The UK police forces are planning a major Casualty Bureaux exercise. Police force Casualty Bureaux are call centres established quickly following a major...
A client has just been quoted over £1,300 per annum plus set-up fees by its normal supplier for a freephone number for staff to call in the event of a...
Hi I have designed a multi user database using Access. The tool is fully automated with forms and reports to generate the relevant report. It is also...
Having been a flack in a previous life, I will tell you that only your management can determine what to say in response to a specific event. What might be...
Jerry From my personal experience it is not actually WHAT is said .... it is WHO says it ... and much more importantly HOW it is said ... When I worked from...
Rather than specifics, I can give some general rules to follow when drafting communications: - Never Lie or fudge the truth. If something is not known say so...
Hi Nick, If this is the customer that has Nortel kit they can use a Call pilot mailbox to set up the message part with the ability to listen to different...
On top of that, a specialized communications agency is a must, and by experience better avoid the CEO or top level people's direct interviews with the medias...
Hi All, I am looking for guidelines / references on business continuity planning related to financial services areas such at online broking / banking segment...
In the US, the place to start is http://www.ffiec.gov/; FFIEC is the examining arm of several regulatory agencies (CUNA, FDIC, etc.). FFIEC won't be in force...
When I was a reporter - back in the dark ages - I would have been suspicious if someone trotted out a spin doctor ("specialized communications agency" or even...
Hi All; Just wanted to pose a question about BCM for an organization which has implemented SAP (All Modules). Wjether still need to conduct the BIA, since ...
Everything echoed... We have a communications department (of three people) who have a PR firm on retainer to help handle emergency communications. General...
When the criticality level of the SAP server has already been declared and if the executive management is committed to regarding that as critical to be...
Regardless of what IT platforms and applications and recovery methodologies you have implemented, it is a best practice to re-visit the BIA process annually....
Hi all, I will be away on vacation next week. Bob Robinson (rwrobinsonme@...] has agreed to moderate this group during that period. My thanks go to Bob...
There are a number of reasons for undertaking BIAs: 1. To determine RTO and RPO values... 2. To get management/business leadership to formally sign-off RTO and...
Having participated in a couple of the seminar panels, I would say what you get out of it is what you put into it. There is a lot of discussion and individual...
Thanks to all for teh valuable input. But, please note that the company has already understand the criticality of the SAP system and have adopted an ONLINE...
With all due respect to "frp23" and the opinion given in a recent post to this list, the two-day seminar I attended earlier this year on NFPA 1600-2007 was...
http://www.humanitarianlogistics.unisi.ch/ I thought some of you might be interested in this program. Its focus is on Strategy, Logistics, and Organizational...
It seems as if the client has done the BIA and determined (a) SAP with all its modules is needed 24*7 (b) that it will assure this with online realtime...
Dear list, please allow me to introduce myself and the project I am working on with SANS: My name is Tony; I work as an IT Security and Regional Disaster...
How much is SANS going to charge participants ? John Glenn, MBCI tony_l_turner@... wrote: Dear list, please allow me to introduce myself and the project...
The price I was given was 500.00 to cover the cost of meeting space, printing materials (we will be distributing printed booklets and white papers that were...
I agree with John Glens comments- It seems as if the client has done the BIA and determined (a) SAP with all its modules is needed 24*7 (b) that it will assure...
Does anyone recognize this terminology who can give me a standard definition. I don't remember it from any of my CBCP training. I have run accross a potential...
