Business Continuity Insider Threats: Resilience Against Bad Actors October 6, 2022 by Addison Shaw Insider threats are just another front for organizations to plan for and manage. And because insiders often already have access to critical systems and tools, organizations need to spin up special processes, plans, and strategies to combat the threat. Read more »
Business Continuity What Features Should Business Continuity Tools Offer? September 27, 2022 by Addison Shaw In 20 years, business continuity has grown from a concept contained in binders to fully-fledged programs capable of answering extreme business threats. Part of that transformation is thanks to technology, and business continuity tech will continue to push the boundary, setting new expectations for practitioners to meet. Read more »
Business Continuity Navigating the Great Resignation as an Organization April 21, 2022 by Camryn Gaudett This is where the issue reveals itself: the loss of institutional and procedural knowledge. The increase of retirements and resignations means the loss experience across cumulative decades. The generational gap is massive in certain fields and threatens an unprecedented challenge. Read more »
Business Continuity Healthcare Utilities Veoci News Updates Raising the Bar for Healthcare Continuity March 31, 2022 by Camryn Gaudett Over these past couple of years, healthcare emergency management and business continuity (BC) plans have been rigorously tested. As a whole, there seems to be an acknowledgment that the response and coordination activities that are involved in day-to-day operations are strong. There is, however, an area that has been found lacking that must be bolstered: formalized business continuity and resilience. Read more »
Business Continuity Building Bridges in Higher Education Business Continuity March 31, 2022 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution The best way to build a successful business continuity program, especially for the planners in higher education, is by creating a collaborative environment. Having a collaborative program can really benefit a business continuity program and a good business continuity program should be a synergistic effort amongst many departments. Read more »
Business Continuity Operational Resilience is Better than Banking on Luck March 17, 2022 by Addison Shaw While businesses can't change their luck, they can plan against the worst intentions of disasters. The low odds of most events are not worth playing, and preparedness and all its price tags are worth the relief they provide when luck turns sour. Read more »
Business Continuity Does Resilience Technology Need to Adapt to a More Digital World? March 11, 2022 by Alison Cofrancesco While technology was able to keep up with the demands of the pandemic, the crisis also created new deliverables for technology to meet. With new knowledge, it's worth asking if resilience and continuity technology needs to adapt to the more digital world Covid-19 created. Read more »
Business Continuity Interdependencies and Thinking Outside Your Organization February 15, 2022 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution Business continuity is intended to help a business shore up its weaknesses when these incidents happen. As a planner, you can implement dozens of policies and processes within your organization to build resilience, but interdependencies can still throw wildcards into your organization's continuity planning. Read more »
Business Continuity Has an Increase in Work From Home Changed Cybersecurity? February 8, 2022 by Camryn Gaudett When it was clear that employees would be working from home for the foreseeable future, organizations had to make a flurry of resources available and solidify key decisions. It was suddenly apparent that the key players in the protection of each organization against cybersecurity, the employees, were seemingly on their own. Read more »
Business Continuity Take a “Groundhog Day” Approach to Business Continuity February 2, 2022 by Addison Shaw This early February holiday, if anything, shows why planning is important. Even if we believe the groundhog, a good plan can make its surprises manageable. But there's even more value in the movie that shares the namesake: "Groundhog Day." The premise of the film passes off a great principle any continuity professional can apply to their program to bolster its readiness for disruptions. Read more »
