Ongoing Operations recently held its client advisory board meeting. While we had realized the compliance pressures had been mounting we were blown away with how bad it has gotten. One client had actually measured and [...]
by. Michele Dowis Your Business Continuity Plan is a long-term commitment, not a stand-alone project. BCPs are living documentation; you should never stop updating this information. Updates are needed immediately after creation. Over time information [...]
by. Tim Daughtery Yesterday in the evening I was outside with the neighbors and all our children were playing, this blog idea came to me. We talk a lot here about business processes , RTO/RPO’[...]
by. Tim Daugherty In the past when people would discuss or have questions about their “DR Plans” they would refer to the IT department. Why did that happen? Well since it had to deal with [...]
by. Robin Remines During a tabletop this month I had a side conversation with a credit union CIO about their recent NCUA audit. Now mind you, I need to frame this just a bit so [...]
by. Michele Dowls Your credit union Business Impact Analysis (BIA) has been completed and you’re doing a review to make certain everything has been captured. Looks like all of the details from every department [...]
by. Tim Daugherty So where will you send people when their normal work location is not accessible? How many people do you send? What will they do? What infrastructure do they need? All these questions [...]
by. Mark Komnik Development of your credit union’s Business Continuity Plan (BCP) is a methodical process. It starts with the Business Impact Analysis (BIA). The analysis includes a Risk Assessment Survey to help identify [...]
Having spent a significant part of my adult life working with credit unions, I often wonder about innovation in credit unions. As essentially small businesses, Credit Unions should be on the forefront of innovation. They [...]
by. Mark Komnik It may not seem like there’s an end to Business Continuity Planning (Spoiler Alert! There’s not.), but planning ahead goes a long way; especially during a crisis. In addition to [...]
by. Robin Remines It was over 20 years ago – I was sitting at my desk when I realized that the entire building had evacuated and I was just happily working away. I had no way [...]
by. Mark Komnik Credit unions are beginning to discover the many benefits of social media. The use of sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, allow for less expensive ways to attract new members, market [...]
by. Robbie Wright How many cookies can Cookie Monster eat? How many network administrators does it take to change a firewall rule? Unfortunately, what is the maximum size for an Exchange mailbox is just like [...]
by. Tim Daugherty So you’re wondering what does buying a home have in common with business continuity and your credit union disaster recovery? They certainly don’t seem to have a whole lot in [...]
Make no mistake about it - credit unions have been put on alert by NCUA to prepare for DDoS attacks. The problem is no one is telling them how! When new threats hit the news, [...]
