Call of Duty: The New Demand for Business Continuity Professionals
With the emergence of Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery comes a greater emphasis on hiring professionals with the right skills and credentials.
“When Anne Marie Staley first became a business continuity/disaster recovery (BC/DR) professional, many organizations minimized the role.
“Until recently, most organizations treated business continuity like health insurance,” says Staley, Senior Manager of Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery for North America at the New York Stock Exchange. “[They focused on] getting the cheapest coverage, hoping nothing ever happens, reluctantly paying the premium each month and praying that when the inevitable happens, they have enough coverage.”
“Times clearly have changed. In this post-9/11 world, BC/DR functions have emerged to play critical roles in protecting organizations from natural, man-made and pandemic disasters. “We are now seeing a wonderful convergence and subsequent maturity in the form of a new paradigm of business continuity management which involves more formal risk management practices integrated with information security,” Staley says.
“Beyond insurance, BC/DR now is valued for the level of assurance the role brings to an organization, Staley says. “A key strength of successful business continuity professionals is their ability to facilitate a group of people toward a solution to mitigate risk to an acceptable level.”
See Call of Duty: The New Demand for Business Continuity Professionals Once Seen as “Insurance” – BC/DR Pros Now Valued for Information Assurance, by Upasana Gupta for Bank Info Security.
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