Case Study
A: Case Study Track — 2013 Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 11, 2013 12:18 pm | by Jonna Mayberry, Editor | Events | CommentsA listing of Case Study educational sessions at the 2013 Continuity Insights Management Conference and links to download presentation slides.
The Effects Of 9/11 & Katrina On Hospital Preparedness
August 28, 2012 5:29 pm | by Catherine Hartwell, Disaster Responder, American Red Cross | Articles | CommentsBefore 9/11 hospitals lacked structured disaster plans and were inadequately prepared to properly respond to large-scale events. They were unable to both handle the surge of patients after a mass casualty event and continue operations after losing powe. In 2005, the catastrophic events of Hurricane Katrina exposed hospital’s insufficient preparations for coordinating with outside agencies.
Boeing Lauds Tornado Recovery By Key Supplier
June 19, 2012 11:05 am | by ROXANA HEGEMAN, Associated Press | News | CommentsSpirit AeroSystems never missed a shipping date to Boeing after the Spirit plant in Wichita was hit by a tornado April 14.
A: Case Study Track — 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 4, 2012 4:28 pm | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Events | CommentsA listing of Case Study educational sessions at the 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference and links to download presentation slides.
G. Ask The Experts Track — 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference
April 4, 2012 11:39 am | by Luke Simpson, Editor | Events | CommentsA listing of Ask The Experts educational sessions at the 2012 Continuity Insights Management Conference and links to download presentation slides.
Continuity Risk Management: The New 'Big Dog'
October 14, 2011 10:47 am | by By David Nolan, CEO, Fusion Risk Management, Inc. | Articles | CommentsThere are compelling signals that clearly indicate continuity risk management is now front and center, with traditional continuity programs falling in line as part of a bigger risk management agenda.
Objectively Evaluate (and Potentially Overhaul) Your Program
July 27, 2010 7:19 am | by Mark Armour | Articles | CommentsChances are you have some kind of program in place, but does it just need tweaking, or does it require a serious overhaul? How do you build support for a program that was previously viewed as sub-par by clients and peers? Countrywide Financial C...
Medtronic’s Practical Approach to Creating a Resilient Organization
July 27, 2010 6:52 am | by Tanya Raso | Articles | CommentsThe term “resiliency” has become the buzz word in the business continuity profession, but what does it really mean? Is it just another fancy new term to describe the same tried and true process of developing response plans or does it suggest so...
Hurricane Katrina Update
April 16, 2010 8:00 pm | Articles | CommentsNearly five years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, the reminders of a continuing recovery are clearly evident throughout the city. As president Obama noted in a recent visit, “It's clear how far we have to go before we can call this recovery a success.”
Ensuring Continuity of Communications and Emergency Response via Satellite
April 13, 2010 8:00 pm | by Justen Noakes | Articles | CommentsH-E-B, one of the nation’s largest independently owned food retailers, implemented its own satellite emergency response communications plan to ensure access to critical services in the face of unforeseen events. During Hurricanes Dolly and Ike, ...
Crisis Communications:
April 13, 2010 8:00 pm | by Laurie Wonders | Articles | CommentsThis interactive workshop will explore coordination of all internal and external avenues of communication while dealing with a disaster or other type of business interruption. The ability to quickly react to the situation and deliver the right m...
People, Processes, and Systems:
April 12, 2010 8:00 pm | by Alan Salkowitz | Articles | CommentsIn order to recover from an unforeseen event, people, processes, and systems must work together to restore business operations. This session will discuss how to integrate your business resumption and disaster recovery plan to produce a true end ...
Pandemic Planning:
April 12, 2010 8:00 pm | by Mary Herbst | Articles | CommentsAttend this session to learn how a small insurance company in Minnesota implemented a business continuity practice around pandemic, and did it quickly! In under four months, 50 plans that encompassed the entire corporation were created and test...
H1N1 Lessons Learned:
April 11, 2010 8:00 pm | by Suzanne Bernier | Articles | CommentsAttendees will hear the many lessons learned as a result of the recent H1N1 outbreaks across the globe. Specifically, the presenter will demonstrate how the Toronto Hydro-Electric System responded throughout the various stages to keep staff info...
Case Studies of Data Backups
April 11, 2010 8:00 pm | by Rich Schiesser | Articles | CommentsToday’s businesses’ ever-increasing need for large amounts of online information brings with it ever-increasing challenges for data backup and recovery. As companies expand, they are under pressure to avoid downtime and safeguard expanding amoun...
Goodyear's Business Continuity Excellence Process:
April 11, 2010 8:00 pm | by Michael Janko | Articles | CommentsHurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, flooding, political incidents, utility interruptions, pandemics, supply chain disruptions... As if it is not difficult enough to roll out an effective business continuity process globally that reaches nearly 70...
BCP in a Green Company
April 27, 2009 8:00 pm | by John Pyne | Articles | CommentsHow did the New Belgium Brewing Company, a growing major regional brewer of premium beers, overcome the difficulties and find the solutions to implementing an effective BCP program within an organization with both growth pains and cultural confl...
DRII Certification: My Experience
April 27, 2009 8:00 pm | by Raymond Seid | Articles | CommentsAre you overwhelmed with the DRI International certification process? Are you confident that you have enough experience in the professional practices but aren’t sure what the next steps would be? Are you somewhere between the ACP and CBCP proce...
Lessons from a Regional Health Authority’s Pandemic Influenza Exercises
April 27, 2009 8:00 pm | by Margaretha Lundh | Articles | CommentsThis presentation will walk audience members through two successful large-scale pandemic influenza exercises conducted by Fraser Health, one of Canada’s largest health care organizations, in 2006 and 2007. The session will focus on the lessons l...
Grow Daddy: Balancing Business Continuity and Explosive Growth
April 27, 2009 8:00 pm | by Leah Core | Articles | CommentsFounded in 1997, Go Daddy has nearly 6 million customers worldwide and more than 31 million domain names under its management. A new domain is registered, renewed, or transferred every second. That amounts to 45 percent of the market share of ne...
How to Implement an Enterprise Risk Management Program When You Are a Business Continuity Manager
April 27, 2009 8:00 pm | by Randy Burdette | Articles | CommentsMore and more business continuity planners are being asked to implement enterprise risk management programs as companies try to do more with less resources but need to manage greater levels of risk. This is exactly what happened when at the Virg...
Beyond Business Continuity
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Ted Brown | Articles | CommentsThis session will describe an actual manufacturing company’s journey from a strictly disaster recovery IT plan to a true business continuity plan for 50 departments in the headquarters location. The discussion will include motivation for the pro...
Lessons Learned: How JetBlue turned Crisis into Opportunity
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Penny Nefaris | Articles | CommentsIn February of 2007, major airline carrier JetBlue experienced a series of irregular operations that forced them to re-assess their emergency notification capabilities. Their challenge was to be able to communicate quickly and effectively across...
BS 25999: A Case Study
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Tim Matthews | Articles | CommentsAttend this session to learn why and how ETS, a non-profit organization with 2,500 employees worldwide, is pursuing BS 25999 certification. ETS provides a range of products and services to advance learning worldwide, including designing, develop...
Pandemic Preparedness at Pfizer
April 26, 2009 8:00 pm | by Clyde Berger | Articles | CommentsThis presentation will focus on how Pfizer (a company with over 200 critical locations worldwide) developed a practical and thorough pandemic preparedness program. The session will discuss how we developed the program, our key successes, where w...
