Webinars From Continuity Insights
Here you will find listings of future webinars and archived webinars that will be posted for a period of time. If you are interested in co-sponsoring one of our webinars, please contact Brett Glatfelter at Brett@continuityinsights.com or call 267-544-4010 ext. 113.
UPCOMING WEBINARS
Learn How to Breakdown Silos with Enterprise Risk, Compliance and BCP Convergence
Thu, Sep 16, 2010 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EST
From Continuity Logic
In an attempt to remove functional Silos as well as Silos containing information, more and more organizations today are adopting an integrated approach. Their approach toward managing risk, compliance and continuity activities spans the enterprise. When done effectively a unified approach reduces risk, cuts costs, increases operational efficiencies and improves performance. It can also significantly improve an organization’s strategic decision making abilities. Attendees will learn how a Fortune 500 Company advanced its business continuity program and improved overall resiliency by synergizing governance, risk, compliance and continuity. A Question and Answer session will be included to provide an opportunity to maximize knowledge acquisition.
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The Next REAL Pandemic
From Twenty First Century
To some, H1N1 pandemic hype had a touch of the boy who cried wolf. To others, it was a cautionary tale and an opportunity to get ready for the big one. If the next real pandemic is coming our way, you need to know what it is, where it is coming from, what to expect, and how to prepare.
Join us for this timely and important discussion. Lisa M. Koonin Senior Advisor with the Office of Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will lead the discussion.
Presented by Continuity Insights and Sponsored by Twenty First Century Communications (TFCC).
Twenty First Century Communications has been in the business of high speed, high volume, time-sensitive, critical communications since its inception in 1989 and today offers the newest version of its mass notification system, TFCC Alert®. TFCC Alert is used every day by clients to send out pandemic notifications, employee protection alerts, incident response notifications, continuity of operation messages and much more. The system offers advanced alerting capabilities that improve communications, increase the effectiveness of emergency efforts, and ultimately reduce the costs of a traditional communications infrastructure. Using TFCC Alert, clients can send targeted messages to select groups by landline, cell phone, VoIP phone, PDA, pager, text, email, fax and TTY/TDD machines. TFCC Alert comes with the benefit of two decades of notification industry knowledge and expertise and TFCC’s client care commitment. The system is fully hosted and runs on the largest and fastest calling platform in North America.
Notification Systems Q&A with a Panel of Experts
From Cooper Notification Global AlertLink MIR3 MissionMode Solutions PlantCML Send Word Now Twenty First Century
Join Continuity Insights and our Panel of Experts as we address those many questions you have about Notification Systems. This webinar will be a review of notification/crisis communication systems adoption and use, the technology, and applications. This is your opportunity to ask direct questions of our notification experts.
Notification Systems for the purposes of this webinar is the technology that provides for the simultaneous and efficient communication of important information (i.e. phone, mobile, email, PDA, etc) to great numbers of people in order to protect lives, mitigate loss, disseminate critical information, and secure the enterprise.
Our panelists include representatives from:
- Cooper Notification
- Global Alert Link
- MIR3
- MissionMode
- PlantCML
- SendWordNow
- Twenty First Century Communications
Prior to July 20, 2010, please feel free to submit your questions for the panel to Buffy@ContinuityInsights.com.
How to Conduct Powerful Exercises Every Time
Crisis situations that require quick reaction and on-the-spot decision making are often unexpected and unavoidable. The degree of our success in responding, controlling and managing such a crisis is directly reflected by the level of effective and relevant training of the people involved. Having accurate continuity plans are not enough to ensure a successful recovery. People must be trained. Conducting disaster exercises is one of the most important activities that we can do to train people to respond, restore, and recover from a crisis event. These exercises transposes our response and recovery strategies from theory based ideas to sure to work reality.
Exercises build continuity muscle by producing accurate and viable documentation and knowledgeable and trained people when designed, developed and conducted correctly … but what does it take to pull off a powerful and effective exercise? How do you measure the results of an exercise? And how can you leverage the learning environment that the exercise creates for maximum learning experience?
Some of the topics we will cover:
1. What is and why should you conduct disaster exercises
2. The six types of exercises
3. Using the Exercise Planning Template (handout)
4. Designing just the right exercise with the best of ingredients to obtain desired results
5. How to prepare people for their success with maximum outcome
6. Conducting the exercise where theory meets reality
7. How to spot low hanging fruit by recognizing and identifying action items
8. Virtual exercises, are they effective
9. Focusing on what makes exercising easy …and fun
Cloud Computing... and Business Continuity
From PlantCML
Cloud computing – it’s the latest buzzword in BCP, but what does it mean to you? Attend this informative webinar to find out. Our experts will answer your questions about security, reliability, cost, and basic strategy. Are cloud solutions right for your organization? Can cloud solutions better your business continuity program by providing greater flexibility for testing and recovery? If you have questions about cloud computing that you’d like our panel to answer, send them to Buffy Rojas at buffy@continuityinsights.com.
Panelists: Dennis Wenk, EMC and Mark Carroll, Boston University
Measuring the ROI of BCP: Can We? Should We?
From PlantCML
This webinar focuses on the age-old question involving financial measurement of the business continuity program. Without funding, continuity programs stand limited chance of being successful, yet funding often is earmarked to those corporate initiatives with the highest financial return. But can an investment in continuity be quantified, and if so, is ROI the right measurement? This panel will address various views on the issue and debate the relative merits and drawbacks of using ROI in BCP. The session will feature industry practitioners and experts and is co-sponsored by PlantCML and Continuity Insights.
BCM Program Awareness Trends and the Maturity of your BCM Program
From BC Management
BC Management’s eighth annual business continuity management (BCM) study focused on program awareness trends and their correlation to BCM program maturity. With more than 3,000 study participants from some 70 countries, results highlight compelling findings and answer the most frequently asked questions. This webinar will answer the following questions:
- What is the organizational reporting structure preferred to increase program visibility?
- How integrated is the BCM program with other organizational processes?
- Do mature programs use service providers to elevate program response?
- Are organizations taking steps to certify their program?
- How is business continuity is budgeted for and how much is being spent?
The presenter, Cheyene Haase, has been an executive recruiter for thirteen years with eleven of those years specializing in the business continuity. She is president of BC Management, has served on the board for the Association of Contingency Planners of Los Angeles and Orange County, and is a member of the Continuity Insights Editorial Advisory Board.
Personal Preparedness: Get Ready!
From MIR3
Personal Preparedness is an often overlooked but essential element of any business continuity program. If employees are unprepared to deal with the personal implications of disruptions, they will be unable to carry out their responsibilities effectively and business continuity plans will fail. In this webinar Lisa Orloff, founder and executive director of the World Cares Center, will address the steps you can take to encourage your employees to be personally prepared.
In the aftermath of 9/11, Orloff founded World Cares Center and developed its first program, the "September Space" community centers, serving the needs of the volunteers and responders affected by the attacks of 9/11 and later the Gulf Coast hurricanes. World Cares Center's next launched its Disaster Preparation and Trauma Mitigation training, which has trained thousands of responders for enhanced community-led response and recovery efforts.
Data Breach - The Missing Piece in Your Business Continuity Program
From Avalution Consulting
If your organization holds customer or patient data you must protect it. No matter how much technology has been employed to safeguard sensitive data, an organization may still have a breach. If a compromise occurs, your organization must respond to comply with numerous state and federal legal requirements, and to protect your brand and constituents. Having a data breach incident response plan in place and a mechanism to produce legally required notices will be critical to your effective management of the event. Continuity planners and business decision makers need to understand the impact of the breach notification statute, the timeframe for legal compliance, and the ramifications for non-compliance and lack of readiness. The program is designed to help participants understand the preplanning, notification production, and call center capabilities that are the keys to an effective data breach response. Topics include: - What should Business Continuity Practitioners know about this threat? - Who normally “owns” this preparedness effort? - The threat is real, is your organization ready to respond? - How does state statute impact your entity and require you to notify? - Federal data breach notification requirements current and proposed. - What are the penalties for non-compliance? - How to get your plan up to speed. - Lessons learned from actual breach events.
Data Breach - The Missing Piece in Your Business Continuity Program
From Avalution Consulting
If your organization holds customer or patient data, you must protect it. If a compromise occurs, you must respond. Having a response plan in place is critical to effective management of the event. This Webinar will instruct attendees on what BC practitioners need know about data breach threats, what the current and proposed federal notification requirements are, how state statutes impact an incident plan, and most importantly, how to get your plan up to speed.
Business Continuity and Continuity of Operations Solutions for the BlackBerry Smartphone
From Wallace Wireless
Your organization has spent a great deal of time, money and resources developing Business Continuity plans, but are they available when you need them most? Are they stuck in an out-of-date binder or network that may not be available in a crisis situation? Why not mobilize your plans and place command and control of any situation at your finger tips. Presenter Rob Moffat, President of Wallace Wireless About Wallace Wireless Wallace Wireless is the leading provider of premium alerting and business continuity solutions for the BlackBerry® smartphone. We offer a comprehensive suite of ready to use, and easy to deploy wireless applications that solve enterprise mobility issues including; pager replacement and alerting, emergency communication, contact management, and forms-based data capture for the BlackBerry. Our solutions provide enterprise workforces with relevant and critical information anywhere, anytime, resulting in increased productivity and well informed employees; in some cases with life-saving results.
Continuity Insights Readers Weigh in on What’s New in Notification
From AlarmPoint Systems
Notification is a pillar of every good business continuity program. And as budgets tighten, companies are seeking out more cost-effective solutions. CI conducted a study surveying its readers and compared the results with those from a similar 2008 study on the topic. The results may surprise you; so don’t miss out on learning what your colleagues value most and look for in their notification and emergency communication solutions.
Document Management: Complete, Compliant, Cost-effective
From Recall North America
This would be an in-depth look at physical document management; to profile the complete lifecycle from secure pick-up to storage to destruction. Discussion will include how to be compliant… while remaining cost-effective. Speakers: Jerry Barnes, Bachtel Corporation Margaret Anderson CRM, Collin County
Business Continuity during the Economic Storm
From Dell MessageOne
Economic Downturn Amplifies Risk of Business Interruptions
If you can’t communicate, you can’t compete.
We know that executives in your organization are looking at IT as a place to cut costs as they face this tough economy, but if your critical communications tools like email and telephony, aren’t reliable and interrupt your operations, the results can dramatically damage your financial outlook! There is a compelling business need for investing in robust email and voice communications now more than ever. This is not the time to lose focus on the survivability of critical communication gateways. Recession amplifies the cost and consequences of business interruptions - to recover from disaster or an unplanned outage means consuming budget and time that companies can no longer afford.
Join Dell in this informative discussion about SaaS-enabled solutions that protect your enterprise against business interruptions, including:
- Effectively eliminating email downtime
- Ensuring email messages are never lost and system outages are virtually invisible to end users
- Providing Wireless Continuity for BlackBerry that ensures users will always be able to send and receive corporate email from their BlackBerry devices
Presenter: Tom Everard, Sr. Solution Consultant, Dell Services
Emerging Risk: Elevating BC/DR Through Total Risk Awareness
From Burton Asset Management
If you are having problems answering how your BC/DR plan deals with emerging threats, this deep look into Total Risk Awareness will empower you with the take away tools you need to practice an always-on Risk stance. Recent events may make BC/DR seem futile to key stakeholders, however, this fresh approach to risk assessment and preparedness will get your gears going and give you the tools to deliver.
Sustainable BC Plans: Doing More with Fewer Resources
From Virtual Corp.
Increasingly BC departments are being stressed by having to perform their jobs while enduring reductions in personnel. New plans still need to be created and old ones updated. By sharing data between plans and enabling departments to provide updates, BC professionals have time to consult to the business in a more strategic manner. Presented by Scott Ream, President, Virtual Corporation
H1N1 Lessons Learned/Fall Forecast
From PlantCML
With the WHO declaring H1N1 influenza a pandemic, preparing for this threat is more important than ever. In order to do so, we must first look back at how the first wave of H1N1 unfolded and was handled and then look forward to ensure our plans are ready for the reality of H1N1.
Presenters: Raelene Wong, Director of Business Continuity, Applied Materials; and Andrew Fernandes, Global Business Continuity and Resiliency Program (BCRP) Program Management Office, Dell Inc.
Seven Top Dieseases
From Burton Asset Management
Most doctor's offices, emergency departments, and good hospitals in North America already are operating at capacity. Many patients are delaying care while others ignore their medical illnesses altogether during this time of financial hardship. Some healthcare officials worry that we are looking at a potential medical tsunami. This presentation is a complete review of the most likely infectious diseases to cause a pandemic or be used as bio-weapons. Attendees will get an in-depth look at how each illness operates, vectors, and may kill. The webinar will include important information about IDC-10 and the raging debate in the medical field today around the true need for information-based patient care. About Burton Asset Management
Geographic Intelligence and Business Continuity
A companion to the March/April issue's special feature on geographic intelligence and business continuity, this webinar features a group of panelists who will be ready to answer your questions. Moderated by Continuity Insights Editor-in-Chief Buffy Rojas, the panel of experts includes representatives from Global AlertLink, PlantCML, and Volo Recovery.
The Experts Debate Business Continuity Standards
From PlantCML
Want to know what's really going on when it comes to business continuity standards? Attend this free panel discussion for a behind-the-scenes, straight-from-the-experts look at business continuity standards development. The session will answer questions about ASIS proposed standard, DRI International's position on standards development, and ANAB's role in the standards process. Come with questions, and leave with answers. This panel discussion will feature Dr. Marc Siegel, ASIS, Don Schmidt, Preparedness LLC, and Al Berman, DRI International.
The Next Generation of Enterprise Business Continuity Management Software
From Evergreen Data Continuity, Inc
View the only completely integrated solution available today by joining Steve Burns, President of EverGreen Data Continuity, as he unveils the next generation of Enterprise Business Continuity Management Software. Steve will demonstrate how EverGreen Data Continuity customers have capitalized on Mitigator's fully integrated solution and how Mitigator 8.0 addresses your other key BC Software challenges.Register today for this free, no obligation webcast, sponsored by EverGreen Data Continuity. There will be an interactive Q&A session following the presentation.
