Every industry needs a glossary and Business Continuity is no different. The only difference is this field is relatively small and relatively young. As a result, terms can get mixed up and crossed up causing some confusion. KingsBridge has spent more than 30 years in this field and has seen almost every term you can imagine! Spend some time in the glossary blog to learn the terms and how they are actually used.
You’ve likely heard the terms before and may have an idea of their definition, but how do Emergency Response, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity work together during an incident? Putting incidents in context is the goal of this blog post. Putting Incidents in Context You are sitting in your office building and the fire alarm…
Imagine the following: You are sitting in your office when you hear the fire alarm go off. You sigh, look around to see if anyone else is leaving, logout of your computer, and head toward the exit. Once outside you see there is a problem; smoke is streaming from an upper office window. People on the…
Is the sky falling? Or are we over sensitive? Disasters seem very common these days. Especially if you’re reading the news and social media headlines. It appears that we are under almost daily assault by a variety of common and obscure threats that are presented to us as disasters: catastrophic – or nearly so –…
A Business Continuity plan or a Disaster Recovery plan? How do you know which of these you should be writing for your company? Is there even a difference between the two? The short answer is yes, there is a difference! And it is not intuitive. Most people hear the words ‘disaster recovery’ and assume that…
Records management is an ongoing struggle for many businesses, especially when it comes to Business Continuity Planning (BCP). Every time we go to a client site we get asked about what to do with all of the information the business generates. Where should it be stored? How should it be accessed, and by whom? And…
Each year as winter gets closer our clients start to think about winter weather and how it impacts their business. If you are one of the lucky ones in the south, pray for a warm winter and no snow! But as always, we are asked the same thing every year – “How can we better protect…
Get everyone on the same page Like any niche business, Business Continuity (BCP) has its own set of terms. The process of protecting your business can be stressful enough, and the last thing you want or need is to get lost in the jargon when you are evaluating BCP solutions. To help clear the air,…