BUSINESS CONTINUITY: BASIC RESOURCES

In this section you can find an overview of all the basic business continuity resources added to this website recently.

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Near misses and direct hits
Don't ignore the small day-to-day incidents which take place in your organization: they may be the early warning signs of something much bigger. By Jim Preen.
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•Type: Article •Region: Worldwide •Level: Basic

Executive buy-in? It doesn't end there
Middle management also needs to be sold business continuity if corporate inertia is to be overcome. By Nick Johnson.
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•Type: Article •Region: US/Worldwide •Level: Basic

Struggling to plan?
Rob Prinzo offers five strategic steps which will help business continuity managers become more effective planners.
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•Type: Article •Region: Worldwide •Level: Basic

Developing scenarios
Jim Preen provides some advice on how to set up convincing business continuity exercise scenarios.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/World •Level: Basic

Business continuity and disaster recovery: making a start
Dr. Jim Kennedy provides some helpful thoughts for those new to the profession.
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•Type: Article •Region: US/World •Level: Basic

Business continuity and brand protection
Five steps that organizations can take to bolster business continuity plans to help protect their brands.
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•Type: Article •Region: US/World •Level: Basic

Using wikis for business continuity training
One of the biggest challenges for a business continuity manager is to train a large group of people to an appropriate level, with limited resources. Michelle Lang explains how wikis can help.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/World •Level: Basic

Getting real about deduplication ratios
What are realistic deduplication expectations? By Jerome M. Wendt.
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•Type: Article •Region: World •Level: Basic

Trends in business continuity plan testing and exercising
Jim Preen takes a look at some emerging trends in this area.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/World •Level: Basic

Lessons learned from going through the BS 25999 certification process
In 2010 Biscon Planning Ltd helped Altius Associates to achieve certification to BS 25999-2:2007, the British Standard for Business Continuity Management. Mick Bayne from Biscon highlights some of the potential pitfalls in the project and some of the lessons learned.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/World •Level: Basic

Choosing a business continuity consultant: and avoiding being sold snake oil
The purpose of this article is to give potential purchasers some ideas on what to look for in choosing a business continuity consultant.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/Worldwide •Level: Basic

Buyer beware: PS-Prep auditor training and organization certification
Make sure any supplier can provide verification for the credentials that they are claiming, says John A. DiMaria.
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•Type: Article •Region: US •Level: Basic

Some thoughts on resilience
Leslie Whittet sets out to define what resilience is; and explains why it should never be enshrined in a standard.
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•Type: Article •Region: Worldwide •Level: Basic

Practitioners’ ethics
John Glenn, MBCI, gives his reactions to a recent webinar.
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•Type: Article •Region: Worldwide •Level: Basic

A business continuity plan for all seasons
The next incident is always the one you have not thought of! Charlie Maclean-Bristol suggests some ways to ensure that your business continuity plan can cope with unanticipated incidents.
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•Type: Article •Region: UK/Worldwide •Level: Basic

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