Having Fun with Tabletop Exercises to Improve Business Continuity
Tabletop exercises are a great way for credit unions to test out their business continuity plan, but how do you go about conducting one? Danielle Caliendo lays out the basics and benefits of the exercise.
When Swans Attack: Identifying Threats to a Credit Union’s Business Continuity
Business Continuity Coordinator Patrick Schumaker discusses the threat assessment process of a robust business continuity plan, and why it is important to consider all risks—even those that seem outlandish.
Continuity at the Core: The Drive for Continuous Improvement
In the final article in his series on business continuity, Jim Lawrence recaps the first six articles and covers ways to continue improving on your business continuity plan.
Continuity at the Core: Testing and Exercising Your Response
In the sixth installment of his business continuity and disaster recovery series, Jim Lawrence discusses testing and exercising your response plan and why it’s so essential.
Continuity at the Core: Resilience Starts with Awareness
Continuing his series on the importance of business continuity, Jim Lawrence discussed perhaps the most essential step of the process: training and educating your team.
Continuity at the Core: Documenting Your Response Plan
In the fourth installment of his series on Business Continuity Planning, Jim Lawrence recaps the first three articles and discusses how your plan should be laid out and documented.
Rethinking Traditional Operations Management at the Core
CUSO Magazine sat down with Jim Lawrence, VP of Business Continuity and Operations for CU*Answers, to discuss his CUSO’s collaboration between Operations Management and Business Continuity and why others might want to consider following their lead.
Continuity at the Core: Continuity Strategies
In part three of his series on business continuity, Jim Lawrence discusses strategies in four distinct areas of your credit union to help eliminate downtime and stay on a budget.
Learning at the Speed of the Crisis: A Cooperative Advantage
In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, everything around us is closing and canceling. During this time, Chip Filson conveys how essential it is for credit unions to keep learning and working thorough the crisis to continue serving their members until the world around us returns to normal.
Continuity at the Core: a Risk-Based Approach to Planning
In the second part of his series on business continuity and disaster recovery, Jim Lawrence covers critical decisions to consider when looking to reduce risk and achieve minimal downtime during various disasters.
