Emergency Response, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Putting Incidents in Context
You’ve likely heard the terms before and may have a vague idea of their definition, but how do emergency response, disaster recovery and business continuity really work together during an incident? This blog post will walk you through these phases. Putting Incident in Context You are sitting in your office building and the fire alarm […]
Continue Reading »How flexible is your BCP?
As Business Continuity professionals, we see a lot of plans. We develop plans for our clients, we help mentor clients on how to build their plans themselves, we review existing plans for gaps, and we audit plans. One consistent concern across all plans, regardless of their size, is it a flexible BCP. At what […]
Continue Reading »No Building, No People, No Systems, No Suppliers
We get asked a lot of questions about how any one company can possibly plan for all of the different incidents they could experience. It’s a good question. There are many variations of complexity to incidents that can make the task of planning for them all feel overwhelming. Fires start small, and can grow and […]
Continue Reading »BCP Headaches you can Avoid by using SHIELD: Part 3
Solve BCP Headaches Welcome to the third and final installment of our series on how SHIELD can solve BCP headaches. Last week we talked about how SHIELD helps the newcomer to business continuity get started on the plan development process. This week we’re going to look at what challenges that come up after you finally […]
Continue Reading »BCP Headaches you can avoid by using SHIELD: Part 2
We hope you enjoyed last week’s blog post on how KingsBridge SHIELD can solve some of your Business Continuity Planning (BCP) information security headaches. This week, part two of our series focuses on how Shield can cure the headaches of the BCP newbie. Has management assigned you the responsibility of heading up the company’s BCP program […]
Continue Reading »BCP Headaches you can avoid by using KingsBridge SHIELD
Welcome to the first in our three-part series on business continuity planning headaches and how you can use the KingsBridge SHIELD solution to resolve them. Today “BCP plan access” is the focus. Making sure those that need it have it, while also ensuring that access to sensitive information remains restricted. BCP Headache – #1 Keeping […]
Continue Reading »Fire drills were our first BCP exercises
I had a revelation a few weeks back. I was chatting with a client about scenario exercises they could perform to test their recently created Business Continuity plan. This client contacted me to proudly inform me that they finally finished their BCP. During our call I reminded them that the ongoing process with a plan is […]
Continue Reading »Social Media in Business Continuity
Social media is everywhere. It’s in coffee shops, at tourist attractions, even walking down the street. People are constantly cataloguing what is happening in their lives on social media with photos, news articles and trendy hashtags. And this is especially true when emergencies arise. Loved ones reach out, asking if they are ok. Photos still […]
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