Across the Great Wall we can reach every corner in the world” After a failed attempt on the 14th, on the 20th September 1987 the message above was sent via email by scholars at China’s Computer Application Technology Institute. A historic moment in China’s technological timeline! From 1983 to 1987 Chinese and German teams collaborated […]
Coming from the perspective of the manufacturing industry, business continuity is about ensuring products continue to reach customers, regardless of any internal problems or issues as that arise. Of course like us all in the business world manufacturers need to identify their critical value adding processes and business activities, focus on keeping them operational or […]
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1. Who is responsible for running exercise scenarios? It’s everyone’s responsibly to get involved, but you need someone to ‘take charge’ and orchestrate the whole thing. Depending on the size of the organisation, that person should be a senior manager or specifically, a business continuity manager. Don’t just focus your attention on the people who are […]
Part of your planning is sitting down and essentially predicting and planning for your worst nightmare! Sounds bad, doesn’t it? Sitting down and thinking about a ‘series of unfortunate events’ isn’t something that makes us jump for joy. It is however essential to develop effective exercise scenarios… (they must be realistic, no alien scenarios allowed!) […]
In our last Business Continuity blog, We talked about the importance of validating recovery procedures Practice makes perfect of course… let’s discover the 4 different exercise levels we can implement to find the holes in our plans. The whole point is to learn from exercises so that you can apply the same knowledge to a […]
Athletes need to prepare with training, planning and of course, stretching before a big race. That way, they know they will perform at their very best. The same goes for Business Continuity, with the right planning and preparation your business can continue to perform well, even during a crisis. The reality is, disruptions don’t give […]
An important way of avoiding a crisis in the first place is to ensure your readiness for a disruptive event. We have broken down this critical task so you can be confident the business continuity (BC) system you are putting in place will work effectively when it matters: Although people often use the terms “test” […]
Ok, so let’s look at selecting the right Business Continuity Strategies for your business. Gather what you need Put simply, for a good business continuity strategy, all your critical activities need to be considered and a continuity and recovery plan that suits be put in place. To help here is some easy to remember business […]