People can be your greatest asset, and your biggest weakness. Make sure you protect against loss of key staff It is often said that people are the greatest asset in any successful business. I’d support that view: there aren’t many businesses that could operate without them. Unfortunately, it is also true that the existence of…
Summary The Business Continuity Institute has found that UK businesses, particularly in the manufacturing sector, are taking too many risks by not ensuring their suppliers are capable of meeting their obligations. The risks are primarily to revenue and reputation. How reliable is your supply chain? I ask this after reading the latest survey on Supply…
Don’t let the loss of single critical resource cause you to lose money Business Continuity Planning is the process of putting in place the necessary measures and plans to prevent disruptive incidents from damaging your business. One of the measures that needs to be taken is to remove, as far as possible, single points of…
Don’t ignore risks unless you know they won’t occur An item on Monday’s (5th December 2011) “You and Yours” on BBC Radio Four caught my attention. The item was on flooding and how it is becoming more common in the UK; despite the increased spending on flood prevention by the Environment Agency. Much was said…
If you don’t check, how will you know? I was in town yesterday, posting cards for Christmas. Due to a mistake on my part I inadvertently sent the card intended for my brother in Australia to somebody else: leaving me a card short. In case you weren’t aware, yesterday was the last posting day for…
Don’t get caught out by winter this year. In case you haven’t been watching the news here in the UK, the snow is back. Round here in East Anglia it’s just cold, but snow is falling further north. If you haven’t done so already, have you gone through your winter preparation checklist yet? Have you:…
If you transfer your Business to the Cloud, you’d better be sure they know what they’re doing A lot of business are considering moving some or all of their Information Systems to hosted environments in the Cloud. This has a lot of attractions: The start-up costs are a lot less than having your own hardware…
Business Continuity Planning is about knowing what to do when something bad happens There are many definitions of Business Continuity Planning, but the essence is that people must know how to react when something untoward happens in the business. That way, they can take immediate action to: ensure everybody and everything is safe; prevent…
The consequences of Data Loss can affect others as well as your own company. Consider this in your Business Continuity Planning. A client of mine had an interesting story to tell the other day that should serve to highlight the importance of Business Continuity Planning. I look after their IT systems and he rang to ask…
Do you pay as much attention to your cyber security as your physical security? A Register article warning of ‘disturbing’ levels of cyber-raids prompts me to remind you that it’s not just physical security that the modern business needs to take seriously. I doubt that you leave the office unlocked at night and I daresay…
