Author’s note: This article introduces a longer working paper, The Governance Stress-Test Doctrine for Internet Institutions, Version 1.0 - Final Working Draft. The ...

Business continuity plans are worthless unless they are periodically tested. The key to achieving resilience during a crisis is to incorporate testing as part of the overall business continuity ...

BCP testing is the process of validating a business continuity plan by simulating the disruptions it's designed to survive: data loss, power and network outages, physical site loss, and communication ...

Discussion, creativity and validation make business continuity initiatives stronger. When IT teams run exercises to test a business continuity plan, they learn firsthand what works and what does not.

The business continuity plan may be backed by good technology and written documentation, but unless it’s brought out and tested every now and then, there is still a risk that everything may not work ...