It's not a matter of IF an emergency disrupts your business, it's a matter of WHEN.
The Business Emergency Planning Institute, the successor organization to the American Red Cross Business Emergency Planning Association, has two goals: to be a business continuity planning resource for businesses, non profits and government agencies and to promote the importance of business continuity planning to those who have yet to fully appreciate the vital role it plays in keeping businesses—the backbone of our economy—running.
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FREE listing for 2011 Service Directory
Our much-anticipated 2011 Business Resource Guide is in the works and you are invited to be a part of it. At a minimum it is go-to guide for organizations to find vendors that can meet their business continuity, emergency preparedness and disaster recovery needs. However, it can also be your opportunity to demonstrate your leadership role in the field of business continuity.
Vendors and providers in the Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery industry can be a part of the BEP Institute's 2011 Service Directory with a free listing.
Is Business Continuity Planning really something to think about?
Each quater SDPL Solutions based in the UK compiles a tally of major incidencees of business interuptions around the world. This is not an exhaustive list by any measure. In fact it is comprised of incidencees large enough to reach the attention of a company across the ocean. So you can imagine the hundreds of "lessor" incidences of business disrutptions that occur each and every day.
You can see the full reports produced by SDPL Solutions for First Quarter 2010 and Second Quarter 2010.
Here's a look at a summary of incidents that occur just in the USA over those periods:
2010
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Building/Infrastructure Failure
2
Explosion
1
2
Fire
14
10
Flood
4
7
Hazmat
2
8
IT System Failure
5
2
Malicious Software Attack
4
Oil Spill
12
1
Other - volcanic ash
0
1
Power System Failure
7
1
Public Network Failure
2
Temporary Evacuation
9
5
So you can see why we say "It's not a matter of IF an emergency disrupts your business, it's a matter of WHEN"
Upcoming Seminars and Training:
Continuity Planning for Business presented by
American Red Cross
You can still benefit from the practical insight available by holding a session in YOUR workplace.
BEP Institute, Your Business Emergency Planning Resource, offers a number of on-site training seminars -- you can offer training for your whole staff easily and affordably.
