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Cut the Cord: Reduce Risks of Third-Party Dependencies

Posted February 13, 2008 | Leadership | Leadership |

Business continuity management (BCM) is no longer a luxury but an essential element of an organization's risk-management program. For an organization to have any hope of survival, the BCM process must embrace risk, emergency, and recovery planning in order to manage a "crisis" or "disaster" event. Undertaking any business continuity activity should form part of a wider planning structure; it is not an end in itself but a means to an end.

About The Author
Ken Doughty
Ken Doughty, CISA, CRISC, CBCP, is a Senior Manager at OnePath Australia (formerly ING Australia). He has more than 25 years' risk management experienced gained from IT auditing, business continuity, project management, IT management, and operational risk management in the public and private sectors. Mr. Doughty lectures at Macquarie University (Australia); has been published frequently in leading auditing, business continuity, and ERM journals… Read More
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