All, Wondering if you had plans for the next fall;Â what do you think : is it better to have the flu right now rather than at next autumn? In France there is...
Hello Greg, Firstly, I am surprised that you cannot get Tamiflu in France, however there must be another prophylaxis in France that is endorsed/licensed for...
Mark Excellent assessment ... I would bring out one word from your recommendations "test" ..... From years of experience companies fail to understand the vital...
Dear All
There are three points that I wish to bring out about A H1N1 Influenza 'one month later' (its almost two now):
a) Moral Responsibility during...
Many thanks to all who responded. The strong signal we've got here is that we have no time to lose during this short period until next fall. Let's plan for...
Hi, I am not surprised that Tamiflu is not available over the counter at this time. At DRJ Spring World conference in Florida in 2008 I attended a table top...
Folks, Is anyone aware of DR (or BCP) standards for Telcos? I have a small telco client that is looking for a standard to follow. I'm looking for something...
Hi Kevin, I suppose that it could have been construed as a sales pitch. I thought of it as information to be assessed. I do believe that they ended up leaving...
Exc ellent question! If yu find an answer, let su all know.  I'd argue that NFPA & BS 25999 would work just as well--a framework is a framework For telco...
According to the International Society for Infectious Diseases ( http://www.isid.org/ ) ProMED-email, there are several instances of Tamiflu resistance. The...
Agree ETOM for business process ITIL linked to ETOM TIA 942 for data centre infrastructure, choose the Tier as required BS25999 for BC programme of work, link...
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I am preparing a presentation on BCM internally to the organisation I'm currently working in. It's important that I reference good BCM best practice and...
Some of these statistics are apocryphal and part of our discipline's mythology. I did some research and found that the reference cycle for some if these led me...
I do not think Gartner has this type of data ... a few years ago I was asked to do a Benchmark Study for a large Financial Services client ... based on real...
... Yes. 73.8% of all statistics are made up on the spot. :) That's what I meant by flying in circles when trying to validate statistics. Here is an example of...
Hi Peter, Â My advice is to focus on reputational damage, which most businesses can immediately identify with, rather than statistics of business failures...
I agree with Nicola. I wrote about this in Powerlines 86, my newsletter: Did you know this about Reputation Risk? =============================================...
Deon Where is the evidence to support statements like : " Senior executives also find it harder to recover from a reputation failure than to build and maintain...
This is not just hype: The 3, 5 years figure was cited in a research report called Reputation Risk: A Governance Perspective by the Conference Board 2007....
We have discussed extensively over developing plan; however successful business continuity is not possible without assessment and proper maintenance. It is...
The plan needs to be current is any case. Hard-copies should be marked with some notation that the copy is only valid on the day printed. There is a lot of...
Hi, At a basic level every plan will have a last revised date. There also needs to be a policy that states when the plans will be reviewed. There is lots of...
I would have thought that one of the policies that should be adopted would be to always download a current copy from your online store, unless in exceptional...
Many good points made on this topic - here's what we do:Â Â Anytime there is an update we circulate a soft copy to the plan owners, with a very brief note of...
The pan document should have a table of updates, including by who, when, and what sections were updated in the front of the document. Documents should also be...
Why not put frequently changed information (e.g., contact lists) in an appendix/addendum to the basic document; publish only relevant appendix/addendum. ...