Managing Business Resilience in an Increasingly Decentralized World

Almost every organization is increasingly relying on vendors, service providers, SaaS and cloud solutions, and other third parties to execute their operational strategies. Accordingly, the focus of your business continuity plans must shift toward third-party management. How can you be sure that the continuity and disaster recovery (DR) capabilities of your third parties align with your own organization’s requirements? Do you and your third parties have a mutual understanding of each other’s requirements and capabilities, let alone a cohesive plan to respond to incidents?

Learning Objectives:

• Defining the nature of the continuity and DR impacts that third parties can have on you.

• Identifying and measuring business requirements related to the availability of a third-party’s product or service.

• Best practices for third-party due diligence and monitoring programs.

• Reports, certifications, and standards to utilize within your third-party management program.

• Strategies for dealing with smaller or less-mature service providers.

Duration: 60-minutes

Who Should Attend: C-Suite, IT Management, Vendor Management

Instructor(s): Ryan Rodrigue, Principal, Wolf & Co.

Recorded: Feb. 20, 2025.