Now is a perfect time for BCP

By KingsBridge BCP/on April 1, 2020/in Business Continuity / No Comments

Despite COVID-19, Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Wuhan coronavirus or however you refer to what is shaping the world right now, it is a perfect time for BCP (Business Continuity Planning)! During plan writing, we BCP planners and software developers are always trying to set the scene of what your work environment would be like after an incident. […]

COVID-19 and your response

By KingsBridge BCP/on March 2, 2020/in Business Continuity/ tags no people / No Comments

You can’t get very far these days without hearing about how the COVID-19 virus or ‘coronavirus’ is having devastating impacts in some countries and causing significant supply-chain issues in others. Many people are now scrambling, looking for a specific pandemic plan that they can put in place should COVID-19 impact their company. Most do not realize […]

Are your vendors prepared?

By KingsBridge BCP/on February 25, 2020/in Business Continuity/ tags BCP, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Plan / No Comments

A solid business continuity plan is a great start to help you recover in the face of a major incident. But have you considered what happens when there are “No 3rd Party Vendors”? It’s time to check that they have plans in place. Why audit your vendors? A key piece of every business continuity plan […]

The 5 Phases of Business Continuity Planning – Part 2

By KingsBridge BCP/on February 4, 2020/in Business Continuity / No Comments

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 happens. For […]

The 5 Phases of Business Continuity Planning – Part 1

By KingsBridge BCP/on January 28, 2020/in Business Continuity/ tags Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Program / No Comments

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 it […]

Emergency Response, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Putting Incidents in Context

By KingsBridge BCP/on November 21, 2019/in Business Continuity/ tags Business Continuity Program, glossary / No Comments

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 […]

How flexible is your BCP?

By KingsBridge BCP/on November 19, 2019/in Business Continuity/ tags Business Continuity Plan / No Comments

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 […]

3 Ways Your BCP Can Help You with Non-Emergency Operations

By KingsBridge BCP/on December 14, 2018/in Business Continuity/ tags community messages, critical equipment, holidays, public relations / No Comments

NOTE: This is a re-post of an older post, but the message holds true and ’tis the holiday season! Demonstrating return on investment is one of the main barriers to launching a new Business Continuity Plan (BCP) project. Many organizations have difficulty justifying the expense of building a BCP and funding it’s maintenance over time. […]

No Building, No People, No Systems, No Suppliers

By KingsBridge BCP/on September 13, 2018/in Business Continuity/ tags BCP, Business Continuity Plan / No Comments

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 […]

BCP Headaches you can Avoid by using SHIELD: Part 3

By KingsBridge BCP/on September 6, 2018/in Business Continuity/ tags BCP, business continuity, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Plan, Business Continuity Program / No Comments

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 […]

April 1, 2020 Now is a perfect time for BCP Despite COVID-19, Coronavirus, 2019-nCoV, SARS-CoV-2, Wuhan coronavirus or however you refer to what is shaping the...
March 10, 2020 Stop Confusing Emergency Response with Business Continuity Imagine the following: You are sitting in your office when you hear the fire alarm...
March 2, 2020 COVID-19 and your response You can’t get very far these days without hearing about how the COVID-19 virus or...
February 25, 2020 Are your vendors prepared? A solid business continuity plan is a great start to help you recover in the...
February 4, 2020 The 5 Phases of Business Continuity Planning – Part 2 In our last post we began to talk about the 5 phases of Business Continuity planning,...

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