Entries Tagged as 'Pandemic Planning'
by Roberta J. Witty | September 4, 2012 | 3 Comments
It’s September. Kids are back to school and we adults have an internal clock driving us to start something new. BCM professionals can take advantage of this quest by leveraging the annual U.S. National Preparedness Month – Presidential Proclamation — National Preparedness Month, 2012. If you haven’t done so already, schedule an event at work [...]
Category: Advisory BCM Process Event ITScore for BCM Standards/Frameworks Technology Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Cloud service providers, Cloud storage providers, compliance, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Governance, Homeland Security, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, records management, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, social media, Succession Planning, Supply Chain Risk Management, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | April 23, 2012 | Comments Off
The April/2012 Continuity Insights Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona was a great mix of foundational and advanced topics in business continuity management (BCM). PS-Prep even had its own track! I couldn’t be at all sessions, so this post is about the ones I attended – it might give you some insight as to what our clients [...]
Category: Event Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, banking, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, compliance, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, records management, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, Supply Chain Risk Management, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
It took some time, but we published four new notes regarding the emergency/mass notification market. Magic Quadrant for U.S. Emergency/Mass Notification Services Published: 8 March 2012 ID:G00217610 Analyst(s): Roberta J. Witty | John Girard | Jeff Vining | Catherine H. Goldstein The emergency/mass notification services market continues to grow, and supports more than 50 vendors [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, banking, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, social media, Supply Chain Risk Management, Terrorism, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | September 28, 2011 | 5 Comments
On Tuesday September 20, 2011, I attended my local CT ACP chapter’s annual tabletop exercise. Hosted at Northeast Utilities, the ACP management team in conjunction with NU’s BCM team, conducted a great two hour exercise that was filled with lots of changing conditions, misinformation, and even an Elvis impersonator! Also in attendance were an EMNS [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, banking, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Governance, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, social media, Supply Chain Risk Management, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | September 13, 2011 | 1 Comment
Anniversaries of major events – personal and public – trigger much reflection on what has changed since the event, and 9/11 is no different. I went back to my experience in the months following 9/11 to find nuggets of information about which to write regarding how 9/11 changed the ability of organizations to respond and [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, banking, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Business Resiliency, compliance, Contingency Planning, Continuity of Operations, COOP, Crisis Management, Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Emergency Notification, Emergency Preparedness, Governance, H1N1, Homeland Security, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Roberta Witty, social media, Supply Chain Risk Management, swine flu, Terrorism, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | August 31, 2011 | 2 Comments
Ensuring your staff is prepared and safe before, during and after a disaster goes a long way in ensuring workforce resilience – in other words, that your workforce will be ready and able to come to the aid of the organization during a crisis event. To that end, a new web resource – Get Tech [...]
Category: Advisory Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, banking, BCM, BCP, BIA, Business Continuity Management, Business Continuity Planning, Business Impact Analysis, Continuity of Operations, Incident Management, IT Disaster Recovery, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, records management, Resiliency, Roberta Witty, social media, Supply Chain Risk Management, Workforce Continuity
by Roberta J. Witty | May 15, 2011 | Comments Off
For many organizations, engaging external assistance can often be the step needed to develop, mature and modernize a business continuity management program. Gartner’s recent survey of BCM consulting providers and services delivers the information clients need to make informed engagement decisions. The findings in this research are based on a joint Gartner and Business Continuity [...]
Category: Uncategorized Tags: Availability Risk, Backup and Recovery, BCM, BIA, 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, Mass Notification, Operational Risk Management, Pandemic Planning, Recovery Planning, Recovery Plans, Resiliency, Risk Assessment, Supply Chain Risk Management, 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 | 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
