Companies today are often so focused on the secure storage of data that they miss the point about which data is really worth storing. A recent article by a Storage Networking Industry Association member made the point that “stale data backup” afflicts many organisations. It’s a problem that is as much cultural as technological. In…
Events like the Olympic Games are also opportunities to see BC planning in action, hopefully along the lines of business continuity plan best practice.
To persuade senior management to accept the business case for business continuity, you sometimes need all the friends you can get. One friend in particular that may be worth cultivating is your internal company auditor. Auditors by virtue of their job know about the different business operations of an enterprise and have a double advantage.…
If you follow the CIR magazine’s annual Business Continuity Awards and the one for Business Continuity Consultant of the Year in particular, the following may be familiar to you. The factors considered by the judges include “the use of creative ideas to resolve problems, innovation in the actual techniques used, the instigation of a business…
It’s not unusual to feel apprehensive about hiring a business continuity consultant, or indeed any kind of consultant. There are a number of possible reasons. Fear of the unknown is one. How do they work? How do they charge? What return on my investment will I get? Fear of change is another. Consultants bring change…
Is the term “business continuity” appropriate? It applies to a wider sector than the “business” part of the name suggests. As well as profit-driven, private sector enterprises, many public sector organisations also have BCM in place. Still, the public sector can be just as “business-like” in pursuing its goals as the private one. On the…