So, just how important is operational resilience? A recent report on Operational Risk, produced by Allianz set out their Risk Barometer for the highly regulated finance sector. From their research, they have ranked the biggest risks as: When we s ...
Cryptocurrency isn’t the answer – Backup is!
Cryptocurrency is a word that has become more commonplace in conversation, especially over the last few years as the crypto market has expanded and hit the mainstream news. It all began back in 2009 with Bitcoin, and now there is estimated to be ov ...
BCP Stage 5: Oversight and Assurance
This is the final stage of the Business Continuity Planning (BCP) documents. By now, you should have: 1. Understood your organisation’s priorities2. Captured the Current Capabilities & Core Resources3. Developed the Response & Recove ...
BCP Stage 3: Develop Response and Recovery Plans
In this, the third of five articles giving a detailed view into each step of the "5 Key Stages to Business Continuity Planning", we now focus on BCP Stage 3: The Response and Recovery Plans. These relate to the priority functions and the specific s ...
The 5 Key Stages to Business Continuity Planning
The 5 Key Stages to Business Continuity Planning (BCP) provide a practical framework for building resilience beyond a tick-box approach, but is this the right way to do it? The answer is ‘no’. The reality is that there are several key steps involve ...