NEW BOOK: Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience


Could you write our next book on IT Disaster Recovery?


Rothstein Associates Inc. is looking for an author for our planned 2012 book on IT Disaster Recovery. Is it you?

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5 Ways to Build a Business Case for Business Continuity


The importance of business continuity planning is a no-brainer — if you’re a security leader who already thinks in terms of security and risk, that is. But convincing business executives, who typically think in dollars and cents, of such a plan’s criticality may be a tougher sell.

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Formidable Footprint Tornado Exercise: October 29 2011


A new season of Formidable Footprint exercises continues and now is the time for neighborhood, community and faith based organizations to make plans to participate. A tornado exercise is scheduled for October 29, 2011.

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BCI Continuity & Resilience Awards India, 2011


The 2011 BCI Continuity & Resilience Awards were held in Mumbai, India on the 26th September and a list of winners has now been published by the Business Continuity Institute.

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Second Annual Cost of Cyber Crime Study


This year’s Cost of Cyber Crime Study from Ponemon Institute is based on a representative sample of 50 organizations in various industry sectors. While the research focused on organizations located in the United States, many are multinational corporations.

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Continuity Risk Management: The New ‘Big Dog’


Every indication suggests that we have passed a major inflection point in the continuity industry.

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Root Cause Analysis Handbook – Special Offer


A Special Offer for Business Survival(tm) Subscribers!

We’re having a Halloween sale – well, I don’t suppose you’re going to be giving the kids books for trick-or-treat, but you never know…
Anyway, we figure it’s a good time to save you some money on the Root Cause Analysis Handbook (prepaid orders only). Regularly $129, Save $30.00 – now only $99!
Sale ends Tuesday, November 30, 2011. And – see below if you qualify for FREE shipping!

Root Cause Analysis Handbook: A Guide to Effective Incident Investigation by ABS Group, Inc.

 

Includes CD + Root Cause Map, and EXCLUSIVE dedicated web site access!
2008 – 3rd Edition, 300 pages.
Regularly $129.00, only $99.00 – SAVE $30.00!
(Retail, prepaid sales only).

PLUS – purchase three or more copies, and get FREE ground shipping (or equivalent discount).

NOTE: Discounts may not all show up at checkout but will be adjusted if needed before your credit card is charged.

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ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS HANDBOOK: A GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE INCIDENT INVESTIGATION presents a proven system designed for investigating, categorizing, and ultimately eliminating, the root causes of incidents with safety, health, environmental, quality, reliability, and production-process impacts.

Defined as a tool to help investigators describe what happened, to determine how it happened, and to understand why it happened, ABS Consulting’s SOURCE (Seeking Out the
Underlying Causes of Events) RCA system enables businesses to generate specific, concrete recommendations for preventing incident recurrences.

Using the factual data of the incident, the system also allows quality, safety, and risk and reliability managers an opportunity to implement more reliable and more cost-effective
practices that result in major, long-term opportunities for improvement.

Such process improvements increase a business’ ability to recover from and prevent incidents with both financial and health-and-safety implications.

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FEMA releases the first-ever National Preparedness Goal


FEMA released the first-ever National Preparedness Goal as part of the PPD-8 implementation (Presidential Policy Directive). PPD-8 describes the Nation’s approach to preparing for the threats and hazards that pose the greatest risk to the security of the United States.

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US Department of Homeland Security updates the Private Sector Resources Catalog


The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Private Sector Resources Catalog has been completely updated and reorganized to ensure that you and your organization can quickly and easily find all the resources that you need.

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Business Resumption Contracts – A must have, But…


There are many names for these contracts (Emergency Response, Restoration, Rapid Response, Disaster Recovery, Business Recovery, Business Resumption, etc.), and many vendors offer them. What are they and should your organization have one?

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