Crisis Management

  • 2019 California Wildfires and Business Continuity

    3 Focuses of an Effective Crisis Management Response As massive fires and power outages impacted hundreds of thousands of people throughout California recently, one of Avalution’s clients had to respond as they learned that nearly 50% of…

    Patrick Meidenbauer Patrick Meidenbauer | Nov 13, 2019
  • 9 Tips for Business Continuity Management Success

    Business Continuity Management (BCM) is vital in preparing and protecting business operations from disruptions caused by threats stemming from cyber-attack and natural disasters, as well as resource unavailability such as building loss, technology loss, staff absenteeism, and…

    Elaine Tomlin, MBCI Elaine Tomlin, MBCI | Feb 09, 2018
  • “…Or High Water”: A Business Continuity Case Study

    The Importance of Business Continuity and Leveraging Resource Loss Based Planning SITUATION On Sunday, January 8, 2017, the temperature in Cleveland, OH dropped significantly, which caused a water pipe to burst in the hallway of our building,…

    Morgan Perry, AMBCI Morgan Perry, AMBCI | Feb 20, 2017
  • Business Continuity Plans 101

    In previous articles, Avalution has espoused the value of using a management systems approach to business continuity and articulated the notion that business continuity is more than just a collection of plan documentation. This approach is reflected…

    Michael Bratton, MBCI Michael Bratton, MBCI | Jan 15, 2014
  • Force Majeure: What is it and How Does it Relate to Business Continuity?

    We see a lot of confusion specific to the topic of force majeure. Often, executive management has the belief that force majeure clauses in their contracts protect them from a wide variety of disruptive events, and thus…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Nov 30, 2011
  • More than a Plan: Establishing a Disaster Recovery Program

    Many organizations think having a disaster recovery plan is all the protection they need from disasters. However, there is so much more to disaster recovery than just a plan! That’s why most industry professionals see disaster recovery…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Oct 13, 2011
  • The Death of All Hazards Planning?

    As published in the Summer 2010 Issue of the Disaster Recovery Journal – Volume 23, Number 3. The time has come for business continuity to evolve beyond the idea of “all hazards” planning and deal directly with…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Dec 20, 2010
  • Plan Do Check Act (PDCA) – How it Applies To Business Continuity

    The business continuity industry has heard a lot about Plan, Do, Check Act (PDCA) recently. Nearly every emerging standard is following this approach, from BS 25999 and NFPA 1600 (2010 edition) to the new American business continuity…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Jun 30, 2010
  • Crisis Management Plans: What Your Executive Management Team Really Wants

    Let’s start this perspective with three recent quotes from senior business continuity managers in various companies that are speculating on what type of crisis management plan will be most effective in the hands of their executive management…

  • Crisis Communications: Influence How Your Organization is Viewed During an Incident

    Confusion, speculation and fear during and after an incident often cause people to overreact.  Without reassurance, the human imagination can run wild and assume the worst.  As such, one of the most critical aspects of responding to…

    Avalution Team Avalution Team | Nov 21, 2007