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The advantages of having a business continuity plan are many, but the best reason to develop such a plan is to ensure the continuity of your operations after a major - or even a minor - disruption. Various compliance initiatives have made even the most resistant of organizations recognize the importance of planning to recover from a crisis. The articles below should help those with plans to refine and improve them and those without plans to get a running start.

Your business continuity plan can be your organization's biggest benefit. (Item #1) Corporate resilience can be a competitive advantage; preparation is the key to responding calmly and effectively to disruptions. (Item #2) Do you need one huge BCP or many mini-plans? (Item #3)

Here are ten things learned from a flight instructor that can make your response to disruptions more effective. (Item #4) Are you aware of all the risks - as well as the benefits - of telecommuting? (Item #5) How exactly do you plan for an unknown threat? (Item #6)

As always, we look forward to hearing about your concerns with regards to business continuity. If you have a topic you'd like to see covered, please email me at bmellinger@attainium.net

Best Regards,

Bob Mellinger
President
Attainium Corp

1. Business Continuity Planning 101
In this first of a series of articles, the authors cover the basics of developing a business continuity plan. The BCP can increase your organization's chances of surviving a disaster or disruption - it's your opportunity to reduce risk.
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/article.jsp?id=8284&siteSection=311

2. Plan to stay calm in a crisis
It's the bombs that make the news, but most threats to a business's survival are of a more humdrum nature. Responding to and recovering from these disruptions can be done more easily and calmly if a plan is in place and has been tested.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/3a830236-ec36-11db-a12e-000b5df10621,dwp_uuid=4dce8136-4a24-11da-b8b1-0000779e2340,_i_rssPage=4dce8136-4a24-11da-b8b1-0000779e2340.html

3. One business continuity plan or many minis?
What type of business continuity plans does an organization need? One all-inclusive plan? Many small, functional unit plans? The answer is YES!
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0330.htm

4. All I Really Need to Know I Learned From My Flight Instructor
Although written as career advice, these ten tips learned from aviators can help make your business continuity/disaster response plans more effective - and help you respond quicker.
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/columns/executive_tech/article.php/3672501

5. Remote working has risks as well as business continuity benefits
Remote working has been identified as one of the more effective business continuity measures an organization can take to ensure that business operations can continue through serious business disruptions. The benefit, however, also has substantial new risks and hidden financial costs. Plan well for this contingency.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0405.htm

6. Crisis management: how to plan for the unknown
How do we deal with a novel or unexpected incident, especially when there in nothing in the text books or existing methodologies to provide guidance?
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0397.htm

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