Nothing like a discussion of zombies to get my attention. On a recent drive back from one of my early morning lap swims, NPR was talking about the new Norwegian flick about Nazi zombies, Dead Snow, and how the undead are back in vogue.
Still, I never thought "Zombie Attack" would be the title of an article in my catch-up reading today of Continuity Insights magazine's May/June issue.
"A real risk?" the article starts. "Maybe not, but there are actual lessons to learn from this fictional threat. And using a zombie attack as an exercise scenario or the kick-off for a brainstorming session might help make business continuity cool (gasp!) or even fun for a change."
The inspiration for the article was "Zombie Attack: Applying Business Continuity Professional Practices to Attacks by the Undead," a session at the magazine's recent conference based on the book World War Z, a New York Times bestseller about a zombie outbreak caused by a virus.
I'll let you read the details of how a zombie attack makes a great continuity planning case study in the article. However, I have one more thought to share before I sign off. That is this: Zombies may have gotten my attention, but there's a lot of real business continuity work to be done. The same issue of Continuity Insights also includes articles about threats from being on Twitter and the swine flu, as well as a discussion of "how many continuity plans do you need and what are the different kinds."
Here are some resources from CUES on continuity planning:
- Credit Union Management's business continuity planning archive
- CUES Tech Port's disaster recovery articles
- Playback of the Webinar "Increased Urgency: Finalizing and Activating Pandemic Plans"
- CUES members can access sample disaster recovery plans and "immediate" disaster plans on CUES Members Share (For password help, please e-mail cues@cues.org.)
Lisa Hochgraf is board/operations editor for CUES' Credit Union Management magazine and edits the CUES Tech Port e-newsletter, News to Go.
