by Kristin Moyer | July 14, 2009 | 1 Comment
Rick DeLotto here—with apologies in advance for sounding like a broken record on a subject you are all probably tired of already, pandemic planning. There has been some serious bad news recently that should be worked into your response scenarios, though they just haven’t drawn much press: On July 13 researchers at the University of [...]
Category: Executive Decisions Uncategorized Tags: BCM DR, financial services, Operational risk, Pandemic
by Kristin Moyer | June 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
Rick DeLotto here… H1N1 reached World Health Organization Pandemic status on June 11, 2009, meaning that it is firmly established worldwide. To date, this appears to be are relatively mild influenza strain in the developed world, with nearly 30,000 infections and 144 deaths officially reported in 74 countries. Unlike seasonal influenza outbreaks, which are most [...]
Category: Customer Executive Decisions insurance operations payments Tags: banking and investment services, BCM DR, contingency planning, Pandemic
by Kristin Moyer | May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment
Rick DeLotto here. While it is far too early for a “Lessons Learned” entry, we can make a fairly good stab at “Lessons still on the blackboard.” The Media will over react early and often. Frankly, this is a good thing. We need the media to cut through the noise of everyday life to bring [...]
Category: Customer Executive Decisions insurance operations payments Tags: banking and investment services, BCM DR, h1n1, influenza, Pandemic, Swine Flu
by Kristin Moyer | April 27, 2009 | 2 Comments
Rick DeLotto and Roberta Witty here with some thoughts on the Influenza Uproar… please note that, as of this writing, no epidemic or pandemic has been declared. First, don’t panic— if you are a US bank you should already have a written and tested pandemic plan in place. We suggest you review it, check your [...]
Category: Customer Executive Decisions insurance operations payments Tags: disruption, ffiec, influenza, Operational risk, Pandemic, regulation, Stress Testing, Swine Flu
by Kristin Moyer | March 12, 2009 | 2 Comments
Rick DeLotto again… with a follow-up to my recent bloggings on how the Downturn is affecting business continuity in banking. I just caught up with the Challenger Grey and Christmas estimates on US financial services layoffs in 2008… over 260, 000! (http://www.challengergray.com/press/Financial%20Cuts%20Breakdown.pdf) Most of my research relating to this “slow disaster” is how it will [...]
Category: Customer Executive Decisions operations Tags: banking and investment services, BCM DR, BCP, contingency planning, economic downturn, financial crisis, layoffs, Operational risk, Pandemic, recession
