Way back on November 9, 2009, we first wrote about the H1N1 flu virus. In the beginning it was just another typical “winter flu”, and quickly became much more than that. Seemingly overnight, we went from flu epidemic to flu pandemic. Cue the panic. The stress. And chaos. No one was prepared. The international health […]
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You’ve done everything right: You have a plan Your plan is tested and verified You’ve trained your team members Your plan is maintained Disaster strikes! Now what? You know you’re prepared, but still there is some nervousness and uncertainty. You can relax knowing that your business continuity plan is working for you, but it is still essential […]
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Hopefully you didn’t miss Part 1 of 10 BCP Mistakes You Really Want to Avoid where we laid out the first five mistakes for you. If you did, check the post available here. 6. Not maintaining the plan. Outdated contact information, a list of unaddressed action items and procedures that no longer reflect your business […]
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Don’t let these BCP mistakes put your recovery at risk: 1. Managing the wrong risks. You may have heard of the term cognitive bias – the irrational errors that we humans make in our decision-making. One type of cognitive bias, the availability heuristic, causes us to heavily weigh our judgments toward more recent information. This […]
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Big Disasters When you think of disasters what do you think of? Flood, massive power outage, fire, and pandemic are probably at the top of your list. That’s ok, big disasters always grab the headlines. In addition, there are all events that we can’t really control; the hurricanes are going to happen, the power does […]
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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 […]
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The Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill is a horrible natural disaster that the area might never recover from. This much is known. Many people have asked why we haven’t written anything on our blog about it. So why we aren’t using it when it comes to business interruptions? The answer is simple; it is such […]
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Earlier this morning as I was having my morning coffee with some colleagues from work I received a phone call. I noticed that it was my wife that was calling me. As I picked up the phone I noticed right away the tone of her voice, she seemed lazy, almost sleepy. After asking her about it […]
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Previously we wrote about the fall-out from the Lac Megantic rail disaster – the deadliest Canadian rail disaster since 1867. Many lessons were learned from the two-year investigation that followed. While less catastrophic, the recent post-Hurricane Harvey Arkema plant explosion near Houston, Texas, will also reveal its own take-aways. However, even without results from investigations […]
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(Un)Realistic Expectations
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Secure Document Storage with SHIELD
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Custom Business Impact Analysis Tool..? YES!
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Who Makes the Decisions?
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