- Demonstrates to business continuity leaders and managers how to select the most useful exercises for their organization's risks such as cyberattacks, supply chain disruptions, IT failures and natural disasters
- Explains the key phases of the exercise process including design, development, delivery and debrief
- Offers guidance from key international standards including ISO 22301:2019 and ISO 22398:2013
- Shows how to document the exercise process and lessons learned and covers internal communication, risk and safety management and key roles in the process
- Includes real-world examples from both the private and public sector
Practical Business Continuity Exercises
How to Test Your Organization’s Resilience
Prepare your organization for disruption with this guide to conducting business continuity exercises that increase your preparedness and resilience.
Key features at a glance
EAN: 9781398628236
Edition: 1
Published:
Format: 234x156
304 pages
About the book
How can leaders ensure business continuity plans deliver proven results under real-world pressures?
Practical Business Continuity Exercises is a strategic guide for business continuity leaders and managers who need tools to test their organization's resilience to disruption. From cyberattacks and IT failures to supply chain breakdowns and geopolitical crises, this book shows how to design exercises that protect operations, safeguard reputation and secure long-term stability.
Written by Charlie Maclean-Bristol, it provides a guidance for developing exercises that align with global standards including ISO 22301:2019 and ISO 22398:2013. Through expert insight, it equips leaders to stress-test their organization's business continuity plans, measure performance and ensure ROI on resilience investments.
You'll learn how to:
- Select the most effective exercise to match organizational priorities
- Strengthen leadership decision making in simulated high-pressure scenarios
- Embed risk governance and compliance into continuity strategies
- Measure outcomes and sustain resilience with clear, data-led metrics
Featuring real-world examples and practical tools, Practical Business Continuity Exercises enables leaders to anticipate disruption, maintain stakeholder confidence and deliver lasting organizational resilience.
Themes include: business continuity exercises, resilience strategy, risk management, ROI in continuity planning
About the authors
Charlie Maclean-Bristol is a business continuity and emergency planning expert with decades of experience delivering business continuity exercises. He is a member of the British Standards Institute's CAR/1 Committee and contributed to development of ISO 22361. He is a former board member of the Business Continuity Institute and a contributor to the BCI's Good Practice Guidelines. He is the Founder and Director of PlanB Consulting and based in Glasgow, UK.
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