Erika Andresen
They're Called Growing "Pains" For a Reason
Business continuity is generally understood to prepare businesses for two things: disasters and disruptions. Disasters are defaulted to...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 26, 20233 min
Devil in the Details: Knowing Too Much About Travel
Bah, there is no such thing as knowing too much information about travel. As an invited in-person speaker, I need to “business...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 19, 20232 min
You want "sexy"?
It’s not sexy. It’s got to get done. And you are so proud of yourself and feel accomplished afterwards. What is it? Adulting. You get to...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 12, 20232 min
Ewww, Legal. No, no! You want to hear this!
Ugh. Lawyers. I was invited to write a journal article about the legal issues of business continuity for the Journal of Business...
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Erika Andresen
Nov 5, 20232 min
You Already Know What You Know (If You're a Veteran)
Last week was national Veteran Owned Small Business Week! This week has Veteran's Day. I'm a veteran so I am choosing to focus on...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 29, 20232 min
We must, we must, we must be robust!!
As the sun sets on 2023's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, I want to offer a last bit of advice by asking a question: What is the...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 22, 20233 min
Using 1995 Movies to Demonstrate Today’s Cybersecurity
1995 saw a series of films come out about the internet, hacking, and cybersecurity. We don’t really get that in film right now. Why? It...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 15, 20233 min
The Question isn't "Are IT and Cyber different?" - It's "How are IT and Cyber different?"
It would be natural to assume that the IT department does cybersecurity. Both deal with computers, right? When I was a corporate lawyer,...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 8, 20233 min
Cybersecurity Awareness Month: Ransomware
It seems like it should always be cyber awareness month as it is truly a year-round concern. Kind of like Valentines Day is supposed to...
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Erika Andresen
Oct 2, 20232 min
Who is NIST? (psst, they aren’t just for cyber!)
The National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST) “aims to enhance economic security through collaboration between industry and...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 24, 20232 min
Why Anniversaries Matter
Most people think of anniversaries as celebrations- usually with a positive spin. To make another trip around the sun. To mark an...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 18, 20232 min
It's All Yours and It All Matters
What is “yours”? Is it where you live? Where your business is? Where your office is? All of these things can all be “yours” but exist in...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 10, 20232 min
Back to School
Is business continuity just for businesses? No. Schools either are or need to be doing business continuity. Schools provided necessary...
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Erika Andresen
Sep 3, 20232 min
Back to Budget
What do you notice in September? A whole bunch of seemingly needless projects starting. That perfectly fine sidewalk being torn up to be...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 27, 20232 min
Squirrel!
One of the basic tenets of business continuity is looking ahead to lots of what if's. That's the only way to be prepared. But even in...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 20, 20232 min
Hear ye (me)! Hear ye (me)!
Promoting some events in September open to the public and some podcast interviews dropping as well -- and giving a platform to advertise...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 13, 20233 min
Wishful Thinking
When I do blog posts, I think about them in advance, and then current events throws me off plan. But, hey, I'm agile. It's what I empower...
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Erika Andresen
Aug 6, 20233 min
Infrastructure is Critical (and beyond your control)
Business continuity looks a lot at micro-level events: the ones inside your four walls (and even slightly beyond). One is so macro, it...
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Erika Andresen
Jul 30, 20233 min
This is (not) Fine
Crisis communications is an intricate and overlooked part of business continuity. If you are unable to work or run your business, you...
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Erika Andresen
Jul 16, 20232 min
It's Getting Hot in Herre
I teach Emergency Management to graduate students. I am ashamed to say I was today days old when I learned that although I teach (as does...
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