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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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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 | Jan 15, 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
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How to Perform Effective Management Reviews
Part of Avalution’s Conforming to ISO 22301 Series This perspective takes a look at one element of Clause 9.3, the management review (a process that Avalution feels is one of the most valuable elements of ISO 22301).
Michael Bratton, MBCI | Jun 10, 2013
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Implementing ISO 22301: The Business Continuity Management System Standard
Today we announced the release of a new white paper, Implementing ISO 22301: The Business Continuity Management System Standard, co-authored by Brian Zawada, Avalution’s Director of Consulting and the Chairman and Head of U.S. Delegation to ISO…
Courtney Bowers | Feb 26, 2013
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ISO 22301’s Relationship to BS 25999-2 and Other Standards
Similar to other management systems standards, ISO 22301 is based on the ‘Plan-Do-Check-Act’ model that seeks to improve – in a continual manner – the effectiveness of the organization’s performance through proficient planning, implementation, supervision, review and…
Brian Zawada, FBCI | Jan 14, 2013
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Using ISO 27031 to Guide IT Disaster Recovery Alignment with ISO 22301
Many organizations struggle to define the best method to meet business expectations regarding information technology (IT) recovery. ISO 27031 provides guidance to business continuity and IT disaster recovery professionals on how to plan for IT continuity and…
Avalution Team | Nov 09, 2012
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How to Determine Risk Appetite in the Context of Business Continuity
The introduction of ISO 22301 (Societal security – Requirements – Business continuity management system) more closely aligns business continuity to the broader risk management discipline. A major contributor to this alignment is the standard’s requirement to understand…
Brian Zawada, FBCI | Jul 02, 2012
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Applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to Business Continuity
Though many business continuity standards emphasize the importance of tracking corrective actions to address identified issues, the recently published ISO 22301 (and previously BS 25999-2) also requires conducting a root cause analysis – looking not just at…
Avalution Team | Jun 06, 2012
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Organizational Resilience: What it could, or should, mean in the standards landscape
As Posted in the Digital Edition of Continuity Insights Magazine Admittedly, I wrote this article to better get my mind around the swirling debate regarding the concept of organizational resilience and what it means – or better…
Brian Zawada, FBCI | Apr 04, 2012
