If you missed part 1 of 10 steps to tabletop exercise success, you might want to go back and read that post first, available here. 6) Capture A lot of great information gets shared during a tabletop exercise and you don’t want to miss any of it! Here are 4 VERY simple steps to take:…
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Tabletop exercising success. Whether you’re conducting your first, you conduct them regularly or you’re looking to improve them, there are always steps to take to make your tabletop exercising more successful. Here are the steps you’ll want to take to make your next tabletop exercise a success. 1) Choose the correct format. There are lots…
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In our last post we began to talk about the 5 phases of Business Continuity planning, with a focus on the Prevention and Mitigation phases. To summarize, Prevention is when you take steps to lessen the chance of an incident from happening. On the other hand, Mitigation is about lessening the impact when an incident…
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The Business Continuity planning process can be overwhelming, especially if you’re looking at it for the first time. There are subtle differences in terminology, lots of acronyms, and a number of different moving parts that can be difficult to keep track of. In order to make the process easier to manage, the industry has broken…
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Think back over the year… Let’s take a quick look at the state of affairs in 2020: Record wildfires through much of the Western US Above average tornado activity Two severe derecho events, one in the Midwest (making the list of billion-dollar events for 2020, second only to Hurricane Laura) Currently tied for most active…
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Everyone’s expectations of systems and services continue to rise. Even in the midst of a global pandemic, your customers and employees generally will have an “I need it and I need it NOW” mindset. Whether those expectations are realistic or not might not even matter, particularly when it comes to your customers. After all, the…
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What’s on your list? Think back to the weekend and the list of chores you accomplished. If you’re living anywhere in Canada or the northern United States, these chores likely include things like: putting away lawn furniture, making space in the garage for the car, cleaning out the gutters, closing the pool, raking leaves, and…
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As covered in a recent post, Records Management for BCP, one of the most challenging and yet critical elements of your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is records management. In this follow-up post, we’ll look at how KingsBridge SHIELD helps you with secure document storage that is critical for your business’s recovery. Now, more than ever,…
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The Business Impact Analysis (BIA) phase of writing your business continuity plan can seem like a daunting task. With the varying needs of each business come different requirements for the BIA. That’s why KingsBridgeBCP has done our research and asked you, our customers, what your needs are for completing a BIA. Available now in Shield…
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How can you influence the decision makers? In every company there are decision makers and decision influencers. Often it is the decision influencers who see the need for a service/solution. They then work to convince the decision makers to agree and sign a contract. So, how does this apply when making decisions about your business…
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