Agile Business Continuity

Here is a round up of posts for December 2009. Enjoy!

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With the end of 2009 almost upon us it is often time for reflection on the year gone by and preparation for the year to come. I would like to take this opportunity to thank my readers for taking the time to visit the blog. A special thanks to those who took the time to comment, as feedback is always appreciated. This blog will be one year old in January and the growth in readers has been extraordinary, especially over the last four months. So again, thank you for taking the time to read my various rants and riffs.

I won’t be actively posting for the next couple of weeks, but that doesn’t mean that I won’t be busy. I will be taking the time to refresh the blog and add some new features. There is also some new content which I have been busy preparing ready for 2010.

In the meantime, a very merry Christmas to you all and a happy and prosperous New Year. I look forward to continuing the discussion in 2010.

The Agile Continuity Blog will be one year old in January and during this time I have gathered a huge list of related blogs and online resources. One of the features I introduced a couple of weeks ago was the BlogoSphere Focus which allowed me to explore a number of useful blogs in the resilience domain. I will be continuing this series into next year, but in the meantime here are a number of blogs which you should be reading in 2010.

• Blogosphere Focus: Jan Husdal’s husdal.com
• Blogosphere Focus: Alex Fullick’s Stoneroad Blog
• Blogosphere Focus: Ken Simpson’s Contemplating

• Re: Would you like to have some input into training topics?
  Howard, I’m surprised that your banking colleague was so shocked. She must work in DR. IBCT actually offers a comprehensive BCP course for the banking …
• Re: Would you like to have some input into training topics?
  Hands-down, my opinion is that the most critical topic is assuring supply chain continuity and resilience. Even a retail bank must provision its ATMs and …
• Survey: What makes a good business continuity manager?
  The BCI London Forum, the largest chapter within the Business Continuity Institute, has announced the results of its ‘What Makes a Good Business Continuity Manager’ survey. …
• New Education Program: Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG)
  The Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG) audio training program by Redmond Worldwide is now available in a 5-disk audio CD set. …
• Courting Disaster?
  From ostrich-like senior management to a failure to undertake regular testing, half-hearted investment in disaster recovery is a waste of money. So just what are the signs of a flawed DR strategy? …

• Needs – The best kept secret in managing conflict
  Needs – The best kept secret in managing conflict
  There is much discussion in the media during these chastened financial times about the difference between what we want and what we need. It is appar …
• Credit Risk Management
  The active management of credit risk has been receiving increasing regulator attention and strategic focus at many financial institutions. Regulators cite poor credit risk management at the portfolio …
• How To Manage A Crisis
  Let me begin by stating that the best way to handle a crisis, is to prevent one.
  So when it comes to things like network and computer failures, it behooves you to: use reliable computer systems; emplo …

• Why do reputation problems occur?
  Organisations come up short with respect to reputation management for a number of principal reasons. Here are some:
  1 . Managers have been trained in every conceivable discipline except reputation man …
• Why God has not yet destroyed the Earth!
  The following story was shared years ago with me (Caveat- I cannot remember who) but it is worthwhile considering the discussions at Copenhagen.
  In the year 2009, The Lord came unto Noah, who was now …
• New at Superfactory – December 2009
  Each month new articles, book reviews, and other content are added to the Superfactory website. The new content is featured in the monthly e-newsletter which goes out to 50,000 subscribers worldwide, …
• What is the Future for it Disaster Recovery?
  A recent survey by the UK’s Chartered Management Institute showed that businesses of all sizes considered loss of IT to be the threat most likely to have an impact on costs and revenue, whilst also …
• SAAB no more…
  What do you when your major customer goes bust? How do you cope with finding a new business partner? How do you react when a major competitor is no more? I don’t know, but I guess many businesses ca …

Alex Fullick is the founder of Business Continuity Consultancy firm Stone Road Inc working out of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The Stoneroad’s blog has been around since February 2009 and Alex is a regular poster with much to say about the practice of delivering business continuity. For more information about Alex and his company you may want to visit his comprehensive linkedin profile.

Here is my interview with Alex.
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• Value Or Not To Value That Is The Question
  by BILL WADDELL
  Since I wrote The Lean Ratio the other day the comments and opinions have come in fast and furiously.  The concept of what is value adding is an important one – at the heart of lean …
• Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Blog, December 18, 2009 – NGO’s, Shipping and a company turns 250 years old
  Dr Anne-Marie Warris’ blog today is also an audio blog as she called us from outside of the Bella Centre last night to update us on the latest COP 15 happenings. The audio file is just above, and bel …
• What Can A Disaster Teach A Business Manger?
  Every time a crisis hits we learn more about crisis management. When the hurricane ravaged New Orleans the country was ripped apart. People died because no one was prepared for a disaster of that scal …
• The new risk management professional is creative
  Have a read at Rick Nason’s ideas about the new risk management professional. He explains how “the career in risk pendulum may have shifted and that mathematical skill may not be the competitive a …
• Re: 2010 world cup related BC planning
  One other thing to look out for is communication, networks tend slow down, mobile communication just gets messed up. Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from …

• Data Security Penalties set to rise
  Those companies which fail to adequately protect their data could risk incurring serious financial penalties if new legislation is brought to bear.
  The maximum fine for failing to adhere to rules laid …
• Cloud computing tracks climate change
  Cloud computing is being used by search giant Google in order to track the impact of deforestation and map the devastation that is occurring in forests around the world.
  Google used the Copenhagen cli …
• Data loss prevention enhanced through content tools
  In an effort to ensure compliance with data loss prevention guidelines, firms are turning to content inspection and discovery tools for assistance.
  IT security company Safend has extended its range of …
• Congratulations, Boeing
  By Kevin Meyer

  Over the past several years we’ve taken Boeing to task for various issues primarily associated with their new 787 Dreamliner.  But today we’re putting that aside for a day to simply …

• Re: Starting out
  Also, subscribe to the magazines – DRJ, Continuity Insights, etc. They have great articles, as well as job postings. Good luck! Chris Rohrs CBCP In a message …

This is a daily list of the most recent posts from the business continuity blogosphere.
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