Entries Tagged as 'Availability Risk'
by Roberta J. Witty | February 9, 2011 | 3 Comments
I live in CT. I have snow on my roof. Lots of it. For the last few weeks, I’ve used a snow rake to remove it from my rather flat sunroom roof. With almost daily news reports hailing roof collapses due to the weight of snow in excess of two feet in some places, you’d [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, compliance, Disaster Recovery, ediscovery, IT Disaster Recovery, records management, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | December 9, 2010 | 2 Comments
Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced on their web site “The Blog @ Homeland Security” that they have partnered with Wal-Mart to further promote DHS’ campaign of “If You See Something, Say Something”. Tagged “Hometown Security”, the video of Janet Napolitano, Security of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security advises Wal-Mart [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, Business Continuity Planning, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Resiliency, Roberta Witty, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | November 30, 2010 | 1 Comment
In Q3/2010, Gartner published 18 maturity self-assessment tools under the trade name of ITScore. One of the tools is for BCM: ITScore for Business Continuity Management. This ITScore-based Maturity Assessment represents an evaluation of an enterprise BCM program based on key indicators of maturity, which encompass management processes, personnel and organization, technologies and tools, and [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Governance, H1N1, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | November 30, 2010 | 6 Comments
At the end of 2010, most workers can’t live without collaboration tools – at least instant messaging to communicate immediately to a group of co-workers. But during a power outage that takes out your data center, and therefore access to these tools through a controlled IT infrastructure, collaboration is of utmost need. This is where [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Roberta Witty
by Roberta J. Witty | October 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
With the publication of the BCM Policy template on 21 October 2010, Gartner completes its research bundle on the BCM governance framework. Customers now have access to a definition note on what BCM governance is plus three customizable toolkits: a BCM charter, BCM policy and BCM responsibility matrix. Each note is listed below. Business Continuity [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Governance, H1N1, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, swine flu, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | September 1, 2010 | 3 Comments
The goal of U.S. National Preparedness Month (NPM) is “…to stress the importance of strengthening the security and resiliency of our Nation through systematic preparation for the full range of hazards threatening the United States in the 21st century, including natural disasters, cyber attacks, pandemic disease, and acts of terrorism.” Read the full proclamation: Presidential [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | June 10, 2010 | Comments Off
On June 3, 2010, Senator Joe Lieberman and Representative Bennie Thompson sent a letter to DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano urging DHS to accelerate the launch of the PS-Prep program. They asked DHS to provide within 15 days “a timeline for adopting standards for the program.” Additionally, they asked DHS to provide a plan “to conduct a [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk
by Roberta J. Witty | June 10, 2010 | Comments Off
If you ever wanted to learn about: dealing with behavioral and emotional response to a crisis, including the concept of behavioral mapping during various phases of a crisis; what an organization can do before and during a crisis to alleviate individual and organizational impacts; and the value of Security being visible and responsive during a [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk
by Roberta J. Witty | April 28, 2010 | Comments Off
The economic recession has had a hard impact on the BCM profession. There are more skilled professionals looking for work than ever. BCM professionals still think of themselves as content experts who hope for “the big one” to hit – just in order to prove their existence. But disasters since 2001 are showing business managers [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, BCM, BCP, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | August 6, 2009 | 2 Comments
I attended a pandemic preparedness planning workshop this week sponsored by my CT InfraGard branch. The attendees have been covering this beat for awhile, so the information exchange was at a fairly detailed level regarding what organizations are planning and struggling with in their efforts. I thought I’d share some of the information with you. [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, H1N1, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, swine flu, Workforce Continuity
