The environment in which organizations operate is increasingly complex, interconnected, and global in nature. Cyber threats, supply chain disruption, climate-related events, geopolitical instability, regulatory change, and accelerating technological development continue to reshape operational risk. [...]
The disruption caused by the war in Iran and closure of the Strait of Hormuz has implications for business worldwide and the ripple effect has yet to fully impact operations in many locations. This [...]
Your critical vendor passed every assessment. Strong financials. Clean audit. Solid SLA. What you didn't know — couldn't know, with a standard assessment — is that they rely on a single cloud provider for [...]
Power-hungry data centers and other risks threaten supply chains’ access to reliable electric energy. A key challenge for supply chain organizations is to anticipate, prepare for, and mitigate risks to a company’s operations and [...]
By now, a pattern should be unmistakable. Business Continuity doesn’t fail because organizations lack standards. It doesn’t fail because plans aren’t written. And it certainly doesn’t fail because people don’t care. It fails when behavior [...]
There is an uncomfortable question sitting beneath this entire series. If we cannot clearly articulate the value of our programs — whatever label we put on them: Crisis and Emergency Management, Business Continuity, Resilience, [...]
We are entering a new phase of Business Continuity. One where a BC plan that would comfortably pass an audit — RTOs assigned, recovery steps defined, resources mapped, dependencies described — can be generated [...]
One thing has become clear through the conversations on this series: there is no shortage of appetite for change in our profession. People can see what isn’t working. They have ideas for how business [...]
One of the most persistent myths in Business Continuity is that top management buy-in is the hard part. It isn’t. In most organizations, senior leaders will readily agree that Business Continuity — resilience, emergency [...]
Sometimes Business Continuity goes off track before it even starts. By the time most organizations realize their program isn’t fit for purpose, the damage has already been done. Not in a crisis. Much earlier. [...]
There is no shortage of guidance on how to “do” Business Continuity well. Between ISO 22301 and the BCI Good Practice Guidelines, we have mature, globally recognized frameworks that clearly describe leadership accountability, strategic [...]
Why This Matters Resilience professionals are often asked, “Can we recover?”. But the better question is, “Can we continue?” This article is written for continuity and resilience leaders who want a practical way to [...]