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Here you will find articles, archive blogs and case studies that PlanB have used or created over the years. To find information please type a keyword into the search box or click on the relevant tag.

We publish weekly updates from the business continuity world, covering recent news items or reflecting on our travels and experiences with clients.

Charlie addresses topics from a Business Continuity perspective and you might be surprised how much of today’s news relates to BC! Providing valuable insight, Charlie raises critical questions which will surely encourage you to reconsider your Business Continuity plans.

Damage Assessment Traffic Lights

In this week’s bulletin, Charlie discusses the use of a traffic light system to show the status of an incident and looks at the positives of implementing this system. For the last two weeks, I have been working in Aruba on a project with a power and water client. Since we have been collaborating with them for several

Why We Are Likely to See An Increase in Incidents Over the Coming Years

In today’s bulletin, Charlie looks at some factors which are leading to a global increase in incidents and he gives advice on how we can prepare for these incidents. This week I thought I would share some thoughts I have had for a while on why I believe we are going to see an increase in incidents over

A Schools Cyber Incident Response Checklist

This week, Charlie gives advice on how schools and trusts can prepare for cyber incidents and provides a useful checklist of considerations. In last week’s bulletin, I wrote about ‘Business Continuity Planning in Schools’. Once the bulletin had gone out, it occurred to me that I hadn’t mentioned anything about cyber, so I thought this week I would

Disaster Responses – What Can We Learn?

Charlie talks about our responses after a disaster and addresses some misconceptions about immediate responders. I watched the footage of the response to the earthquake in Turkey with tears in my eyes. The joy of the rescuers when they save a child from the rubble, and the despair of the people who have lost their entire family, and

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