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Introduction to BCDR

Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Workshop for Small Business

Bob Schouten is the founder of Operational Network Solutions, a cyber security and high risk networking firm located in Edmonton, Alberta. He has been protecting critical infrastructure in the power industry for 15 years and brings his experience and expertise to the small business sector to challenge small businesses to see risks as opportunities.

This topic will give you the vision and strategies you will need to protect your business. You don’t have to look far into the future or the past to see threats to how you make money. COVID disrupted business with no plans, despite warnings on the horizon.

 We will discuss cyber-security, asset management, supply line management and develop personalized strategies to protect your business with the resources you have. We will develop strategies to ensure that you can continue to make money despite an uncertain future.


 Learning Objectives:

  • To familiarize participants with asset management, cyber-security, and supply line management
  • To assist participants in identifying business risk points.
  • To provide participants with strategies to mitigate business continuity risks.

 

Actioning the Learning:

  • Participants will evaluate hazards and risks and the impact/ risks to their business.
  • Participants will develop BC/DR plans to ensure business continuity
  • Participants will learn best practices for cyber-security

Handouts/ documents:

  • Exercise 1 - Critical Business Assets
  • Exercise 2 - Risk Mitigations Strategies