Features

  • Why Should Your Boss Listen to You?

    Obviously, security, business continuity, resilience and risk issues are important, even mission critical. But if this is really true, why is it so hard to get bosses to listen more and seek us out to learn more?

  • Unexpected Natural Disasters: Best Practices for Recovery

    Natural disasters are liable to wreak havoc upon data center operations, causing service and network outages. Although typically unexpected, the question is unfortunately when rather than if such extraordinary events will occur. Still, their effects can be contained by preparing for the inevitable aftermath.

  • Downtime During Hurricane Season Isn't a Forgone Conclusion hurricane

    Most organizations are aware that developing a disaster preparedness plan is important, but key components are often either overlooked or not fully tested. As a result, organizations risk suffering lost data, productivity and, in the case of government agencies, poor service to citizens urgently in need.

  • Smart Business Communications lock

    How secure is your business data network? It’s a question that can be tough to answer when new security risks seem to emerge on a daily basis. Broadband data and voice communications are the lifeblood of business, and without a network that functions optimally all the time, the productivity, profitability and even viability of businesses in many vertical sectors are at risk.

Whitepapers

  • Best Practices for Pandemic Communications

    In today’s global environment, it is imperative that organizations possess communications capabilities that enable them to reach large numbers of people in numerous different formats.

  • Should You Buy Automated Planning Software?

    Most companies want automated planning software for one of the following reasons: to simplify their plan development efforts (i.e., templates), to speed their plan development efforts, to simplify and consolidate their maintenance efforts, or to distribute their maintenance efforts to the end-user business proponents. Each of these reasons at first seems sound. However, actual experience across a large number of different planning packages and a large number of different companies of different types and sizes reveals a disturbing trend of repeating problems.

Featured Products

OpsPlanner Software Tool and Business Continuity Planning Consulting

Paradigm Solutions International

Paradigm Solutions International is a trusted source of emergency planning software and certified consulting services. The OpsPlanner™ BCM tool delivers web-based, fully integrated BCP/COOP/DR planning, business impact analysis, incident management, and automated notification. Our easy-to-use, yet powerful tool provides a reliable and cost-effective response to any crisis situation. Our customers rely on PSI’s OpsPlanner software and expert certified consulting to reduce their operational risks, protect their people and property and prepare for any unexpected disruptions.

Paradigm Solutions International

Norwich University

Norwich University’s Master of Science in Business Continuity Management Program was designed to develop leaders in the business continuity field. The curriculum was built on the understanding that business continuity is about planning for disaster, risk management and developing a resiliency structure. Students will master the policies, procedures and structure of an organization-wide business continuity program, gaining both expertise in both theory and practice. http://businesscontinuity.norwich.edu/

Norwich University

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Contingency Planning & Management is an industry-leading source of essential business-continuity insight that prepares business leaders for ever-changing threats that can disrupt business functions. CPM produces original content and posts daily industry news, as well as white papers, podcasts and webinars. The site focuses on key areas of coverage, including pandemic planning, disaster recovery, emergency communication and risk/crisis management.