May 16, 2024
What’s Old is New: Strengthening IT’s Role in Business Resilience
In all my years working in resiliency, when I was managing programs myself and now that I am helping other companies with their programs, it seems the two most scarce resources are always money and time. This is the first blog in my “What’s Old Is New” blog series. “Every year is getting shorter, never seem to […]
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April 25, 2024
Disaster Recovery: We’ve Done Tier Zero, How Do We Start Tier One?
I have talked to a lot of companies these days who have made the decision to take their Disaster Recovery (DR) program seriously. Maybe they haven’t done a full-blown Business Impact Analysis (BIA), but they do have a good idea of what the most critical parts of their infrastructure are. Many of these companies have put […]
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March 21, 2024
From AI To Ransomware: Trends Shaping Cybersecurity
Staying on top of cybersecurity trends once was the job of IT and security teams. Now cybersecurity has captured everyone’s attention up to the executive boardroom. Board members want to know: According to the 2024 Gartner CIO and Technology Executive Survey: 80% of survey respondents say they will increase their investment in cybersecurity, making cybersecurity the […]
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April 20, 2023
Writing a Business Continuity Plan
Alright, so you’ve done your homework and now you’re ready to write your Business Continuity Plan. You’ve got governance in place, an oversight committee that meets a few times a year to oversee the Business Continuity Program, and you’ve got corporate policies crafted to help make sure that all of your information about your business stays up […]
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March 02, 2023
What Your Business Continuity And Cybersecurity Teams Can Learn From Each Other
In the evolving world of threats and interruptions to your business, two teams are finding common threads that can help each other improve and prevail: Business Continuity and Cybersecurity. Business Continuity Planning has to prepare for today’s known disruptions and anticipate tomorrow’s emerging threats. From natural disasters to technology failures, BC teams work to recover quickly […]
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February 10, 2023
*BEFORE* Writing a Business Continuity Plan
A few people here at Sayers suggested that I put together a post on how to put together a Business Continuity Plan. I also know there are a lot of you out there that are trying to get your Business Continuity programs off the ground, and you’ve probably got people pressuring you to deliver on getting […]
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November 10, 2022
Business Continuity: Protecting Your People Perimeter
Among the worries to keep you up at night, one of them likely is how to keep your people and resources safe, your employees productive, and your business operational before, during, and after a disruption or disaster. Proactive organizations are adopting or enhancing a business continuity (BC) plan to lessen that worry. Increasingly, that plan […]
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October 27, 2022
What do Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity have to do with Cybersecurity?
In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness month, Sayers will be releasing a series of short videos focused on various cybersecurity topics. In this episode, I’d like to provide you with some quick information about Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity. With that in mind, you may be asking yourself: “What do Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity […]
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October 13, 2022
So Now You’re a CISO Running a Business Continuity Program?
While I was in Atlanta last month speaking at a security conference, I had the opportunity to meet with three separate CISOs in three separate industries. One was in the Home Services industry, one worked for a multi-billion-dollar healthcare company, and one worked for a large regional bank. What really surprised me in talking with all three […]
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October 05, 2022
Building Your Business Continuity Management System (BCMS)
What is a Business Continuity Management System? The next important step in building a mature Business Continuity Program is establishing a Business Continuity Management System (BCMS). If up to this point creating our Business Continuity Program has been like building a house, then establishing your BCMS is like your book of building codes. It is a set […]
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