Finding the Path Ahead: Data Management and Organizational Resilience
Posted on Fri, Sep 16, 2011
This is the third article in a series entitled: Data Management and Organizational Resilience. ASG is offering a series of blogs as well as a white paper that aggregates these blogs into one download, with the intent to make the case for data management and its correlation to the Organizational Resilience Management function.
In order to implement ORM the enterprise will have to define and institute the following steps:
Leadership
Clearly defined roles, easy access to initiative leaders, and measurable top-management commitment are required to institute a project like this.
Reporting & Communication
Resilient organizations maintain accessible and user-friendly communication practices that encourage participation across the organization and reporting tools that provide insights into the nature of incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities.
Assessment & Review
From Business Impact Assessments (BIA) to security surveys, successful programs identify and address real-life risks and vulnerabilities, while constantly adjusting to changing conditions.
Standards, Policies & Procedures
Dusty three-ring binders are no longer an acceptable legal or ethical defense. In the world there is a clear duty (and opportunity) to inform, educate, and train all of your employees.
Training & Education
Practice, practice, practice! Again, any organization today has ample opportunity to engage, educate, and test of all its members with zero-to-low cost interactive training content ranging from new employee orientation to hazardous materials handling procedures. As one crisis after the next continues to prove, those who practice prevail.
Specialized Resources
Each vertical initiative may need specialized technology and teams - from specialized web sites capable of acting as a management tool, to cross-platform emergency notification applications, and a capable well trained crisis management team.
The next article in this series will take a closer look at each of the above areas and consider what each area means to the enterprise starting with Commitment.
Download the entire white paper on Data Management & Organizational Resilience.