A business continuity plan for small businesses should contain all the crucial information necessary to keep a business operational during an unforeseen event, such as a disaster. It institutes risk ...

The business continuity planning process contains several steps. These include project initiation, risk assessment, business impact analysis, strategy development, plan development, plan exercising ...

Many small businesses are able to continue to operate during a crisis, such as a weather-related emergency, because they have continuity plans. In addition to creating a continuity plan, your company ...

In an article aimed at providing assistance to those starting out in business continuity, CMAC overviews the basics of business continuity and offers a useful framework for writing your first business ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was most likely not your first business continuity interruption. And unfortunately it won’t be the last one. So now is a good time to review why you need an up-to-date business ...

A scandal that goes to the top of management. A consumer device with dangerous defects. A poorly-worded tweet. All three of these are examples of easily preventable business crises. Each one reflects ...

Most plans map the technology behind a service well, but regulators are now asking where the rest of the map is.

When we talk about business continuity, what usually comes to mind is disaster recovery, backup processes and resilience planning. These elements are critical, but there’s one aspect that’s often ...

Running a successful company requires an understanding of how to serve customers, regardless of market conditions. Business continuity plans help companies stay running during natural disasters, ...

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The interconnected nature of modern business means that your vendors’ operational resilience can, and frequently does, have an outsized impact on business operations. Case in point: 61% of companies ...