How to Perform an Effective Business Continuity Strategy Identification and Selection Effort Reader Note: This article is a continuation from Castellan’s November 2014 article titled: We…
Faults & Fixes: Bad Training As business continuity professionals, we tend to gravitate to the activities where we think we can deliver the most value….
This post is part of the Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2015 flashblog. To learn more about The BCI and BCAW 2015, visit the website…
Faults and Fixes: Bad Exercises Practice—it’s a key to success in any pursuit. Whether it’s within sports, hobbies, or business, practice is integral to fostering…
Faults & Fixes: Bad Plans Developing strong business continuity plans characterized as actionable, relevant, and simple to execute can be a very difficult task for…
This perspective is the eighth in a series to discuss key elements of the ISO 22301 business continuity management system, including value-adding elements of the standard…
Recently, a question was raised by a client regarding whether it would be better to create a method to manage technical information in support of…
Congratulations! You’ve started your business continuity planning effort—sometimes, that’s the hardest part. Now, you’re working diligently on your organization’s business continuity program, but it’s not…
In previous articles, Castellan has espoused the value of using a management systems approach to business continuity and articulated the notion that business continuity is…
The management system approach to business continuity requires a culture of continual improvement in business continuity programs. One of the key steps in facilitating continual…
This perspective takes a look at one element of Clause 9.3, the management review (a process that Castellan feels is one of the most valuable…
The introduction of ISO 22301 (Societal security – Requirements – Business continuity management system) more closely aligns business continuity to the broader risk management discipline. …
Though many business continuity standards emphasize the importance of tracking corrective actions to address identified issues, the recently published ISO 22301 (and previously BS 25999-2) also requires…
Since 2005, Castellan Consulting has performed hundreds of business continuity exercises with organizations in every major industry and sector throughout the United States. No matter…