ATLANTIC HURRICANE SEASON STARTS JUNE 1, 2012. ARE YOU READY?

YOU WILL BE WITH THIS NEW TEMPLATE!

If your business faces a serious flood or hurricane threat, this “master of disaster” toolkit helps you quickly develop a clear, comprehensive, and actionable plan to…

• Protect in place or relocate employees to alternate locations to conduct mission-critical operations — and communicate with them before, during and after a flood or hurricane.
• Reduce any downtime that affects cash flow, customer satisfaction, or supply chain partnerships.
• Minimize damage to facilities, files, IT systems, and other equipment.

 Template for Hurricane and Flood Business Continuity Planning:

Enhancing Your Organization’s Resilience

2nd Edition

 By Douglas M. Henderson

 ISBN 978-1-931332-60-6, ©2012, $49

This practical package contains 190 pages and 5 files teeming with extensively field-tested and editable templates, forms, and checklists you can customize for your organization, including:

• Standard Business Continuity Plan (BCP) language that enables you to easily review, edit and customize text.
• Author’s Notes and easy-to-follow Update Instructions that guide you in selecting what to include and why.
• Planning templates written in easy-to-edit Microsoft Word.
• Step-by-step guidance through all phases of developing a comprehensive Hurricane and Flood BCP:

• Hurricane & Flood BCP features 12 defined steps (before, during and after disaster periods) and a detailed analysis of applicable strategies and procedures necessary to execute a successful business recovery.
• Facilities Department Plan features execution steps and extensive checklists of supplies and services, plus building preparation and recovery steps.
• Human Resources Plan provides detailed procedures for maintaining communications with employees at multiple remote locations and restoring the workforce after a disaster.
• Information Technology Disaster Recovery Plan maintains critical technology and communication support services from remote locations.
• Employee Preparation and Response Plan provides critical personal preparation information and pre-positioning in remote locations.

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Just open the easy-to-use Microsoft Word template and follow it page-by-page, editing and customizing it to reflect the specific needs of your organization. Instructions on how to fill in your company’s information are color-coded.

Author Doug Henderson is a business continuity/emergency management consultant, and, as a long-time Florida resident, has created hurricane plans for businesses facing Florida’s infamous Hurricane Season. Doug distills his extensive experience to share tools and tips to spare you the costly mistakes that can result from trial and error.

In a short time, you’ll create your comprehensive, tailored hurricane and flood plan, fully customized to your own business. You’ll feel confident, too, that your plan complies with current industry standards and best practices. The template also gives you a no-fuss method to update your plan or expand it to meet new business needs.

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Douglas M. Henderson FSA, CBCP, is President of Disaster Management, Inc. and has 20+years of consulting experience in all areas of Business Continuity and Emergency Response Management. Doug’s clients include Discovery Channel Latin America, Professional Golfers’ Association (PGA), University of Miami, and many other organizations of all sizes. He is co-author of two books: the newly published college textbook (co-authored with Kurt J. Engemann) Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience and Is Your Business Ready for the Next Disaster? Doug has also developed a number of BC templates, including Continuity of Operations Plan for Colleges and Universities; Quick and Easy Business Continuity Plan for Your Small Business; and Template for Business Impact Analysis.

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AMBCI, CBCI, FBCI all sounds impressive, but what exactly are you getting for your money when you recruit a qualified BCM professional with these letters after their name? The Business Continuity Institute’s Donna Monkhouse, Marketing Communications Executive, explains.

As a newcomer to the BCI and the world of business continuity, part of my company induction was spent with the membership team, and it was here that I was subject to an avalanche of acronyms that engulfed me with so much confusion that it threatened to suffocate ‘my little grey cells’ as they fought to digest and assimilate the coded messages that were winging their way to me. This is my attempt to cut through the letters and shed some light on what these all stand for from a practical point of view.

Continue reading The meaning of letters after your name in the world of business continuity

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The United States has generally improved in preparing for disasters but suffers from shortfalls in its cybersecurity posture, recovery capabilities and integration of people with disabilities as well as children and seniors into preparedness activities, said the first National Preparedness Report.

Continue reading First-Ever FEMA National Preparedness Report Finds Shortcomings in Cybersecurity, Disaster Recovery

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Aon’s 2012 Terrorism & Political Violence Map is now Available.

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MIT Professional Education announces its course: Crisis Management and Business Continuity at the MIT campus in Cambridge Massachusetts on July 23 – 27, 2012.

Continue reading MIT Professional Education announces its course: Crisis Management and Business Continuity, July, 2012

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Shipping May 21, 2012!

Build or Benchmark a World-Class Business Continuity Management Program Guided by This Global Master Planner!

“There is no one writing about Business Continuity today who is better informed and clearer thinking than Andrew Hiles.”

—Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, Business Continuity Institute

Continue reading NEW BOOK! Hiles on Business Continuity: Global Best Practices (Third Edition) by Thought Leader Andrew Hiles.

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Coming May, 2012!

Avoid Costly Business Continuity Planning Mistakes:

Use Field-Tested Tips and Tools from Hiles’ 3rd Edition

You don’t have to depend on trial and error – you can rely on Andrew Hiles. After consulting for 35 years in 60 countries, Hiles has just about seen it all when it comes to BC practices – “the good, the bad, and the ugly.”

In this completely revamped 3rd edition of his classic book, Hiles shares a wealth of hard-won tips and tools about what works and why. The book includes case studies, self-test questions, checklists, forms, charts, and sample questionnaires. An accompanying Free Download contains editable models, templates, and spreadsheets for risk and impact assessments; calculations of customer lifetime value, true cost of disaster, productivity and sales losses. He even provides a much requested job description for a BC Coordinator!

It’s all wrapped up in a prize package of practical tips and tools designed to spare you costly mistakes. This is your chance to create a BCM system based on the best global expertise currently available – and conveniently all in one place!

Andrew Hiles, FBCI, was founding director and first Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute. For 35 years he’s traveled to 60 countries, consulting to major private and government organizations, training the next generation of BC practitioners. Learn how to develop a BCP from scratch, or improve the one you have, using Hiles’ global perspectives… which include case studies, global standards, and hard-won insights into what works and why.

 PRE-ORDER NOW! Ships May, 2012

Publication date: May, 2012. PRE-ORDER NOW!

(Your credit card will not be charged until the book is ready to ship).

Order #DR880, $99.00.

To purchase, click through the title of this email and then click “Add to Cart.”

Includes extensive DOWNLOADS of sample plans and reports, tools, templates, checklists, questionnaires, answers to self assessment questions, plus editable BC Coordinator job description and MORE! (registration required).

ADVANCE  REVIEWS

“There is no one writing about Business Continuity today who is better informed and clearer thinking than Andrew Hiles. In this 3^rd edition he provides an up-to-the-minute review, including the latest thinking about Standards as well as valuable insights on how legislation and regulation might impact BCM practitioners. The chapters on Risk Evaluation and Emergency Response form an impressive body of knowledge about those areas that surpass many specialist publications on those topics.

“Andrew was instrumental in the formation of the Business Continuity Institute and is certainly one of our most celebrated members. In recent years his writings have given great leadership to our profession and even convinced many students to think of BCM as a valuable and credible long-term career option.”

- Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, The Business Continuity Institute

“Andrew has done his usual, great job in updating his book to cover the new, revisionary thinking and new ideas taking place in the field. He includes checklists, action plans, road maps, self assessment and discussion questions, and details real-life examples to help readers better understand the problems and issues that can occur in developing, testing and maintaining a plan.”

- Melvyn Musson, FBCI, CBCP,  Retired Senior Business Continuity Manager, Edward Jones

“Andrew Hiles’ updated version of his superlative earlier book puts BCP in an international context that allows readers to benefit from experiences and expertise from around the world. This is the whole package — soup to nuts — and even the most experienced practitioner will find it an indispensable addition to the references used in the BCP effort. In fact, it will reduce the number of such books needed.”

-Mayer Nudell, CSC, Adjunct Professor of Security Management, Webster University

CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CONTINUITY

CHAPTER 2: SHOULD  I  USE  A BC STANDARD?

2.1 What are the Main BC-related Standards?

2.2 Other recently released  standards

2.3 Comparison of Standards

2.4 Considerations on Using Standards

CHAPTER 3: PROJECT START-UP AND MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 4: RISK EVALUATION AND CONTROL

4.1 The Need for Risk Assessment (RA) through  4.5  Risk Management for Finance and the Finance Sector – Compliance Issues

4.6 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Compliance

4.7 Health Care

4.8 Risk Assessment in Other Industries

4.9 Risk Assessment: Statutory Requirement and Duty of Care

4.10 Example of Risk Assessment Guidelines: The Turnbull Report

4.11 King III: Corporate Governance & Risk, South Africa

4.12 Risk and Compliance in Australia

4.13 Critical Component Failure Analysis

4.14 Operational Risk Management

4.15 An Output Approach to Risk

CHAPTER 5: BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS

5.1 Why Should I Conduct a BIA?  through  5.4 BIA Data Collection Methods

5.5 Critical Success Factors: Definitions

5.6 Key Performance Indicators

5.7 Desk Review of Documentation

5.8 Questionnaires

5.9 Interviews

5.10 Workshops

5.11 BIA — Justification for BCM

5.12 A Tiered Approach to BC Planning: Relationship of BC and Service Level Agreements

CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING CONTINUITY STRATEGIES

6.1 Why Do I Need A Continuity Strategy? Through  6.3& 6.4 Focus on Deliverables and Backups

6.5 Business Continuity Strategy: Options

6.6 Option Comparison

6.7 Contractual Arrangements for Recovery Services

6.7 Lateral and Creative Thinking

6.8 The Role of Insurance

6.9 Using Consultants

CHAPTER 7: EMERGENCY RESPONSE & OPERATIONS

7.1 Emergency Response Defined

7.2 Coordination with Emergency Services

7.3 Coordination with Public Authorities

7.4 US Department of Homeland Security

7.5 Emergency Preparedness Canada

7.6 Emergency Management Australia

7.7 UK National Arrangements for Responding to a Disaster

7.8 Salvage and Restoration

7.9 Public Relations & Crisis Communication

7.10 Crisis Communication

CHAPTER 8: DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

8.1 Developing the Plan  and  8.2 Format of Plan

8.3 Interim Plans

8.4 Software Tools for Plan Development

CHAPTER 9: AUDITING, MAINTAINING & EXERCISING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

INDEX

ISBN 978-1-931332-55-X.    258  pp., 8.5” x 11” PLUS EXTENSIVE DOWNLOAD SUPPLEMENTS, $99.00.

To purchase, click through the title of this email and then click “Add to Cart.”

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Coming May, 2012!

Does Your BC Plan Reflect Today’s Global Best Practices?

Learn the Latest from World-Class Practitioner Andrew Hiles

Drawing on his 35 years of Business Continuity consulting in 60 countries, Hiles has updated and enhanced this popular book on global best practices, first published in1999. He guides you step-by-step as you build and maintain a world-class BC Plan – based on the 10 disciplines of the Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) and the 6-phase BCM Lifecycle Model of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).

Confidently create your BCP from scratch – or improve the one you have – aided by Hiles’ wide-ranging perspective, including case studies, global standards, and hard-won insights into what works and why.

 “Andrew Hiles’ updated version of his superlative earlier book puts BCP in an international context that allows readers to benefit from experiences and expertise from around the world. This is the whole package—soup to nuts—and even the most experienced practitioner will find it an indispensable addition to the references used in the BCP effort. In fact, it will reduce the number of such books needed.”

      –Mayer Nudell, CSC, Adjunct Professor of Security, Management, Webster University

 With this new third edition of Andrew Hiles’ classic book on global best practices for Business Continuity Planning (BCP), you’re putting one of the planet’s most highly regarded consultants on your team. Wherever you are in your planning, Hiles is right with you, step by step, reviewing and refining content and processes as you bring your results into line with the benchmark of world-class standards and practices.

Andrew Hiles, FBCI, was founding director and first Fellow of the Business Continuity Institute. For 35 years he’s traveled to 60 countries, consulting to major private and government organizations, training the next generation of BC practitioners. Learn how to develop a BCP from scratch, or improve the one you have, using Hiles’ global perspectives… which include case studies, global standards, and hard-won insights into what works and why.

 PRE-ORDER NOW! Ships May, 2012

Publication date: May, 2012. PRE-ORDER NOW!

(Your credit card will not be charged until the book is ready to ship).

Order #DR880, $99.00.

To purchase, click through the title of this email and then click “Add to Cart.”

Includes extensive DOWNLOADS of sample plans and reports, tools, templates, checklists, questionnaires, answers to self assessment questions, plus editable BC Coordinator job description and MORE! (registration required).

ADVANCE  REVIEWS

“There is no one writing about Business Continuity today who is better informed and clearer thinking than Andrew Hiles. In this 3^rd edition he provides an up-to-the-minute review, including the latest thinking about Standards as well as valuable insights on how legislation and regulation might impact BCM practitioners. The chapters on Risk Evaluation and Emergency Response form an impressive body of knowledge about those areas that surpass many specialist publications on those topics.

“Andrew was instrumental in the formation of the Business Continuity Institute and is certainly one of our most celebrated members. In recent years his writings have given great leadership to our profession and even convinced many students to think of BCM as a valuable and credible long-term career option.”

- Lyndon Bird, FBCI, Technical Director, The Business Continuity Institute

“Andrew has done his usual, great job in updating his book to cover the new, revisionary thinking and new ideas taking place in the field. He includes checklists, action plans, road maps, self assessment and discussion questions, and details real-life examples to help readers better understand the problems and issues that can occur in developing, testing and maintaining a plan.”

- Melvyn Musson, FBCI, CBCP,  Retired Senior Business Continuity Manager, Edward Jones

ABBREVIATED TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS CONTINUITY

CHAPTER 2: SHOULD  I  USE  A BC STANDARD?

2.1 What are the Main BC-related Standards?

2.2 Other recently released  standards

2.3 Comparison of Standards

2.4 Considerations on Using Standards

CHAPTER 3: PROJECT START-UP AND MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 4: RISK EVALUATION AND CONTROL

4.1 The Need for Risk Assessment (RA) through  4.5  Risk Management for Finance and the Finance Sector – Compliance Issues

4.6 Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Compliance

4.7 Health Care

4.8 Risk Assessment in Other Industries

4.9 Risk Assessment: Statutory Requirement and Duty of Care

4.10 Example of Risk Assessment Guidelines: The Turnbull Report

4.11 King III: Corporate Governance & Risk, South Africa

4.12 Risk and Compliance in Australia

4.13 Critical Component Failure Analysis

4.14 Operational Risk Management

4.15 An Output Approach to Risk

CHAPTER 5: BUSINESS IMPACT ANALYSIS

5.1 Why Should I Conduct a BIA?  through  5.4 BIA Data Collection Methods

5.5 Critical Success Factors: Definitions

5.6 Key Performance Indicators

5.7 Desk Review of Documentation

5.8 Questionnaires

5.9 Interviews

5.10 Workshops

5.11 BIA — Justification for BCM

5.12 A Tiered Approach to BC Planning: Relationship of BC and Service Level Agreements

CHAPTER 6: DEVELOPING CONTINUITY STRATEGIES

6.1 Why Do I Need A Continuity Strategy? Through  6.3& 6.4 Focus on Deliverables and Backups

6.5 Business Continuity Strategy: Options

6.6 Option Comparison

6.7 Contractual Arrangements for Recovery Services

6.7 Lateral and Creative Thinking

6.8 The Role of Insurance

6.9 Using Consultants

CHAPTER 7: EMERGENCY RESPONSE & OPERATIONS

7.1 Emergency Response Defined

7.2 Coordination with Emergency Services

7.3 Coordination with Public Authorities

7.4 US Department of Homeland Security

7.5 Emergency Preparedness Canada

7.6 Emergency Management Australia

7.7 UK National Arrangements for Responding to a Disaster

7.8 Salvage and Restoration

7.9 Public Relations & Crisis Communication

7.10 Crisis Communication

CHAPTER 8: DEVELOPING & IMPLEMENTING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

8.1 Developing the Plan  and  8.2 Format of Plan

8.3 Interim Plans

8.4 Software Tools for Plan Development

CHAPTER 9: AUDITING, MAINTAINING & EXERCISING THE BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLAN

INDEX

ISBN 978-1-931332-55-X.    258  pp., 8.5” x 11” Paperback PLUS EXTENSIVE DOWNLOAD SUPPLEMENTS, $99.00.

To purchase, click through the title of this email and then click “Add to Cart.”

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Would your business be able to rise from the flames?

Could you be up and running within hours of a flood?

We hope so!

But, as a resiliency specialist, you know that you can’t just trust to luck.

Your business needs to be prepared and ready to deal with the unexpected through realistic, compelling exercises… and that’s where the Multimedia Exercising Box Set: Fire and Flood Collection can help.

This versatile, extensive, powerful yet easy-to-use collection of exercising support materials and resources contains fire and flood film footage, audio scenes and effects as well as web stories specifically created to make it simple for you to explore the potential impacts of a fire or flood.

And now — for a limited time, you can SAVE $100 on this unique and powerful tool PLUS RECEIVE A FREE BONUS BOOK! (see below for details).

Continue reading SPECIAL OFFER: Multimedia Fire and Flood Exercise Toolkit – SAVE $100 PLUS FREE BONUS BOOK!

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One in three organizations (31 percent) has suffered one or more Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in the last 12 months, according to independent research commissioned by Corero Network Security.

Continue reading One in three companies experienced at least one DDoS attack in the last twelve months

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Do your boss and other leaders view you as a trusted strategic advisor who can offer focused, pragmatic and useful advice to get through tough, career-threatening situations and crises? Join senior communicators and communication managers in this two-day immersion session to expand your strategic skills.

Continue reading Lukaszewski’s 2012 School for Strategists: Advanced Crisis/Readiness Communication Strategy, May 17 – 18, 2012

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