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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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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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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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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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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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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 | Nov 30, 2011
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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 | Oct 13, 2011
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The Basics of ISO 31000 – Risk Management
After approval by the ISO member bodies, the ISO Technical Management Board Working Group on risk management released ISO 31000:2009, Risk Management – Principles and Guidelines in November of 2009. The authors designed the standard to be…
Avalution Team | Jan 19, 2011
