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Program Roles & Responsibilities in a Business Continuity Management System
Business Continuity Roles and Responsibilities Nearly every business continuity standard and regulation require clearly articulated roles and responsibilities. This includes ISO 22301, the Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines, Disaster Recovery Institute, FFIEC requirements on business continuity,…
Avalution Team | Dec 19, 2019
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Business Continuity Planning: Centralized and Decentralized Approaches
Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to structuring a business continuity program. A centralized structure involves leading and executing the business continuity planning process within a single team and engaging the business as needed. A decentralized structure…
Morgan Perry, AMBCI | Aug 28, 2017
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Strategy Connected Business Continuity: What is it, and Why is it Important?
Michael Porter once famously said “the essence of strategy is choosing what not to do”. While I am sure that Mr. Porter was not thinking of business continuity when making this statement, it is absolutely applicable to…
John Verdi, MBCI, MBA, PMP | Mar 23, 2017
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An Introduction to IT Disaster Recovery Planning
Risks to critical business operations due to systems outages have been, and will always be, a concern for most organizations. As a result, IT disaster recovery planning is critical to help reduce the likelihood of a system…
Bill DiMartini, MBCI | Jul 26, 2016
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Treating the Causes of Bad Business Continuity Plans
Faults & Fixes: Bad Plans Developing strong business continuity plans characterized as actionable, relevant, and simple to execute can be a very difficult task for many organizations. In other articles, Avalution examined the different types of business…
Michael Bratton, MBCI | Jun 11, 2014
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Supporting IT Disaster Recovery Planning – A CMDB versus Traditional Business Continuity Software
Recently, a question was raised by a client regarding whether it would be better to create a method to manage technical information in support of the IT disaster recovery planning effort, acquire and implement a commercial Configuration…
Avalution Team | Mar 31, 2014
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Challenges in Implementing a Successful Business Continuity Program
Congratulations! You’ve started your business continuity planning effort—sometimes, that’s the hardest part. Now, you’re working diligently on your organization’s business continuity program, but it’s not delivering the results you had hoped. You’re performing a business impact analysis…
Avalution Team | Mar 19, 2014
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Using Lessons Learned in the Evaluation of Business Continuity Procedures
Part of Avalution’s Conforming to ISO 22301 Series The management system approach to business continuity requires a culture of continual improvement in business continuity programs. One of the key steps in facilitating continual improvement is to regularly…
Avalution Team | Nov 07, 2013
