Every business depends upon certain "givens," which range from retaining key personnel, to emergency planning, to credit arrangements. But what happens when a relatively young CEO is killed in an ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In today’s ever-changing business environment, business owners, entrepreneurs and franchise owners need to be prepared for the unexpected ...

Companies of all sizes across all vertical markets are now in an uncertain and uncharted situation due to COVID-19. Many of you may have recently pulled out and used parts of your business continuity ...

A business that does not address risk management from the onset is one that will find itself vulnerable to the various intangible things that happen. There are four primary methods a company can plan ...

On Oct. 27, 2009, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Computer Security Division (CSD) published Special Publication (SP) 800-34 Revision ...

Construction risk management is a process of identifying and evaluating the unique risks that each project presents. Crucial to the evaluation is developing methods to mitigate the impact of risks to ...

I suggest rolling through the five areas listed above and identifying contingencies that are somewhat likely and would require a major change in the business. A company could have over a dozen major ...

Nobody wants a supplier to go out of business, lose key people or get acquired. But sometimes it happens. Who would have imagined that WorldCom or Arthur Andersen could disintegrate? In today’s market ...

Whether it’s hurricanes like Dorian that routinely pummel the Southeast and parts of the Atlantic coast or the wildfires that wreaked havoc up and down the West Coast last year, summer has a way of ...

Rapid and violent disruption to supply chains, trade partnerships, technology stacks, and global markets is plunging midsize companies into a period of high unpredictability. While no one ever wishes ...

A disaster recovery plan is like insurance—you’re glad you have it, but you hope you never need it. With automobile insurance, you pay a regular fee so that you are covered if you have an accident. In ...