Practical crisis management and business continuity resources.
Crisis management · 2026-11-05A post-crisis review can produce a brilliant analysis without leaving the organisation any better prepared for next time. To make it count, you have to look at how decisions were really made, accept being challenged and go back to check, on the ground, that things have actually changed.
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Crisis exercises · 2026-10-27A successful crisis exercise is prepared through its scenario and timeline. Here is a six-step method, from observable objectives to the debrief, based on ANSSI guidance, with a complete example timeline for a fictional SME and a free skill to apply the same method from one designer to the next.
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Business continuity · 2026-10-26ISO 22301 sets out the requirements for a business continuity management system. Here is an educational overview of its ten main areas, from context to continual improvement, each with its objective, a fictional SME example and a question to assess your readiness. The article covers the current edition and its 2024 amendment, distinguishes ISO 22301 from ISO 22361 on crisis management, and takes a closer look at exercises.
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Crisis exercises · 2026-10-26A crisis exercise only truly trains a team if it follows a few principles: start from real risks, set observable objectives, match the level, recreate pressure, observe, act on lessons learned and train regularly. Here are these seven principles, followed by how the SME assessment, Exerce-Ease Studio, the Exerce-Ease platform and support services help you apply them.
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Business continuity · 2026-10-26After a major incident, not everything can restart at once. Here is a five-step method to rank your activities by the consequences of stopping them, map their dependencies, compare desired timeframes with actual capabilities, allocate shared resources and test these priorities in an exercise, with a fictional SME example and a checklist, based on the SGDSN business continuity guide.
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Crisis exercises · 2026-10-26A crisis exercise can run smoothly and teach the organisation nothing. Vague objectives, a known scenario, no real pressure, a rushed debrief: here are seven common mistakes, their consequences, a practical fix and the question to ask at the debrief for each, with a preparation checklist based on ANSSI guidance.
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Crisis management · 2026-10-26Email down, contact directory unreachable, procedures stored on an encrypted server: many crisis arrangements depend on the very system they are meant to help recover. Here is a six-step method and an operational checklist to keep your crisis management team working in degraded mode, based on ANSSI recommendations and the ISO 22301 standard.
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