Avalution White Papers and Presentations

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Our consulting teams have deep experience in a wide range of topics. Consistent with our objective of publishing “perspectives” on varying business continuity topics, we frequently publish white papers that allow us to explore key topics in a more detailed manner.

We’re also frequently invited to speak at industry conferences to present concepts and ideas, as well as field questions, on the most significant challenges facing the public and private sector. This page catalogs our most recent white papers, as well as some of our presentation slide decks (or links to the slide decks). Should you have any questions about these materials, or wish to discuss them further, please email us at contactus@avalution.com or call our professionals at 800.941.0381.

White Paper:	How To Deploy BS 25999 (second edition)
	The second edition of “How to Deploy BS 25999” addresses changes to the BS 25999-2 Specification, finalized in late 2007, after the initial release of the white paper. This edition also takes advantage of lessons learned from recent BCMS development projects designed to meet BS 25999 requirements.
Presentation:	Choosing to Become Certified – Making the Decision and Achieving Success (BSI Dallas)
	This presentation highlights why organizations choose to pursue certification, how to obtain management buy-in, and key success factors in preparing for the certification process. Real-world examples were used to reinforce the points made throughout the presentation. Additionally, the presenter compared BS 25999 to other standards, including NFPA 1600.
White Paper:	Is Business Continuity Certification Right for Your Organization?
	This white paper analyzes the business case for pursuing organizational business continuity certification, including what it takes to complete the certification process and how best to begin preparing.
White Paper:	Designing A Business Continuity Training Program To Maximize Value & Minimize Cost
	This white paper explores the value of business continuity training and awareness programs, offers solutions to control development and delivery costs and introduces solutions to deliver content to key business continuity stakeholders.
Webinar:	Practical Pandemic Planning For Businesses
	This webinar eliminates the complexity and provides a straightforward understanding of exactly what the threat of pandemic means for businesses, what your organization can do to mitigate the risk associated with a workforce disruption, and how planning for a pandemic will improve your entire business continuity capability.
Presentation:	The Risk Assessment Executives Are Begging For
	This presentation explores the value of a business continuity-oriented risk assessment and the relationship to enterprise-wide risk management and business impact analysis processes. It also delves into the ways in which this process can add significant business value. Ultimately, this presentation focuses on prioritizing risk mitigation, an activity which will elevate the importance and value of the business continuity-oriented risk assessment.
Presentation:	Your Board Will Soon Care About Business Continuity
	This presentation highlights recent board-level requirements based on five organizations that have recently implemented, expanded, or improved their business continuity programs. Specifically, this presentation addresses the following: How do you understand what “type” of board you have and how to read their needs? What happens when a board elects to ignore risk management? What are the drivers influencing the board’s decision to invest in business continuity? What are boards mandating in terms of business continuity? This session also provided a recommended governance framework and method to keep your board informed.
Presentation:	Successfully Building Business Continuity Awareness
	Who needs to know about the business continuity program? What do they need to know, and how do you create a message they will understand? What’s the most appropriate method to get the message to them in a way that it will be retained? In addition to outlining strategies to answer each of the questions above, this presentation explores trends in business continuity awareness program development and execution, identifies optimal timing and methods to present awareness program content, and discusses how leading organizations are making their people aware of business continuity program roles and responsibilities.
Presentation:	Measuring Readiness
	This presentation presents real-world methods to measure (or estimate) readiness in a way that executive managers, auditors and regulators understand. In addition to measuring and communicating readiness to executive management, many of the techniques discussed can be used to perform self-assessments and therefore mature many aspects of the business continuity lifecycle.