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Many organizations assume they are resilient — but without a well-structured, rigorous testing program, how can you be sure? A truly resilient organization doesn’t just test once a year and hope for the best. Instead, it implements a comprehensive, continuous testing strategy to uncover gaps, validate preparedness, and build confidence in its ability to withstand disruptions. Jamie Goodloe, Lead Business Continuity Consultant at Riskonnect, breaks down the essential elements of an effective testing program — one that moves beyond a check-the-box approach and provides real, actionable insights. You’ll learn how to: - Break down testing silos across IT and the business - Design and implement a holistic testing strategy - Define and identify critical roles to support your testing program - Accomplish end-to-end testing in a hybrid environment - Translate testing results into resilient posture metrics NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Riskonnect. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Riskonnect and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

Business continuity isn’t just about having a plan — it’s about building a culture of resilience that empowers organizations to adapt and thrive in the face of disruptions. To truly build resilience, organizations must move beyond a process-driven approach and cultivate a readiness mindset across all departments. In this webinar, you will learn how to foster proactive resilience, gain executive and employee buy-in, and integrate continuity planning into daily operations for long-term success. Fusion’s Principal Customer Success Manager Kurt Blomdahl and Senior Client Service Advisor Mark Elsenheimer explores how to shift from traditional business continuity practices to a resilience-first strategy. This discussion highlights real-world incidents, practical implementation strategies, and ways to sustain business continuity efforts as organizations evolve. NOTE: This is a sponsored webinar with content produced by Fusion Risk Management. The information contained in this presentation represents the views and opinions of Fusion Risk Management and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of DRI International.

In 2023, we celebrated our 35th year serving this exciting profession of service. Because milestones are always a time for reflection, we’d like to dedicate this edition of our annual review to look back at some of the accomplishments of this venerable institution not just from this year but also to provide a review of all the various ways in which we support you every year.

The International Glossary for Resilience is a language guide designed to improve communications and increase clarity across the business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience community.

Operational Resilience (OpRes) seems to be the new buzzword in the industry. Is there something interesting about it, or is it just the next flavor of the day? In this session, three industry leaders will discuss their take on Operational Resilience. They will present an overview of recent drivers for OpRes, namely regulatory requirements in the Financial Services Industry (FSI) and the increasing pressures of unhindered operations in an interconnected customer-centric world. They will then outline what it means for organizations inside and outside the regulated industry. Finally, they will wrap up with challenges to consider when thinking about adopting Operational Resilience capabilities in your organization.

2022 was a landmark year at DRI International. Our community is not only rebounding from the pandemic but also has been growing by every metric. From our popular Cyber Resilience training and certification program which continues to break records, to finding unique ways to serve you through organizational certification and custom training programs to continuing strong demand for our core Business Continuity programs, it is clear that the resilience profession is growing in visibility and prestige. We are continuing to find fresh ways to engage with you across every platform and can’t wait to see more of you in person again in 2023 whether at DRI2023: The Business Continuity Conference, a newlyreturning DRI Collegiate Conference, or an in-person class.

DRI has partnered with CRJ to provide DRI Certified Professionals access to a PDF version of the most current issue. To access the ‘Flipping Book' version of the current digital issue plus access to the CRJ 15 year back issue library will require a separate subscription. CRJ offers DRI Certified Professionals a digital subscription for only $15 and hard copy subscription for only $100, a significant discount from the list price. To take advantage of this offer, go to https://crisis-response.com/discounted_subscriptions and enter the discount code DRI15 or DRI100.

De acuerdo con el reporte de la Contraloría General de La República de Costa Rica sobre la continuidad de la entrega de servicios por Covid, el Banco Nacional de Costa Rica es la única institución pública en el país que alcanzó un nivel óptimo en la Continuidad Institucional. Este Webinar busca mencionar las acciones y caso de éxito que han hecho que el Banco Nacional de Costa Rica lidere procesos exitosos para dotar de resiliencia a sus procesos, beneficiando al cliente final con productos y servicios de alta calidad. El expositor, Randall Villalobos, CBCP, es el Gerente de Continuidad de Negocio del Banco Nacional, banco líder en el mercado financiero costarricense con un enfoque a la experiencia del cliente y con la innovación como su estandarte. Randall es líder con amplia experiencia en desarrollo e implementación de proyectos. Es líder con conocimientos de normas y mejores prácticas internacionales como las del DRI Int., respaldado por la experiencia en su implementación y mejora en las organizaciones. Ha sido el encargado de la Oficina de Continuidad de Negocio del Banco Nacional desde el 2013 y hasta la actualidad.

There are many ways to describe the global events that have unfolded over the course of the last year. Overwhelming, uncertain and pivotal come to mind. But also courageous, caring and resilient are a few ways that we might describe our collective experience as resilience professionals. Our goal at DRI International is always to provide you with learning-focused opportunities that will add value to your certification, help you grow as professionals and empower you to give back to your community. In 2021, that goal felt more meaningful than ever. We worked hard to bring you quality virtual programming to support you through your response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the seemingly never-ending onslaught of cyberattacks, severe weather events, supply chain disruptions and the like. Read on to learn about just a few highlights from our activities over the last year.

For DRI’s latest webinar we look at the relationship between organizational and operational resilience, and the regulations in-between, with three of the UK’s top professionals: - Dr Aaron Gracey, Managing Director of Squared Apples, will introduce listeners to the concept of Organisational Resilience and how organisations should start to review how they develop their frameworks in order to incorporate the capability. - Mike Price, Managing Director of Resilius Consulting, will introduce listeners to two new policy and regulatory landscape changes. While they target principally the finance sector, he will explain why they have wider implications into others. - Steve Yates, CBCP, Director of Acertia Unlimited, will close the presentation by delineating the relationship between organizational and operational resilience.

2020 was a difficult year for everyone and the crisis is far from over. I want to acknowledge the ongoing challenge presented by Covid-19 and share what DRI is doing to continue assisting you. We know that our resilience professionals around the world are still actively responding to the public health crisis. Our continuity community is rising to the mounting challenges brought on by this pandemic. We have tremendous faith in your skills and dedication and we are beyond proud to be associated with such tireless and innovative professionals. Please know that we are here for you during this unprecedented global response.

Is the coronavirus pandemic actually the death of the city or will our superstar megacities bounce back brighter than ever? Experts have debated the issue without consensus, so I decided to go directly to a leader who is not only an expert on cities, but also on what makes them resilient to shocks like the Covid-19 pandemic. As the Founding Principal of Resilient Cities Catalyst and the former President of 100 Resilient Cities, Michael Berkowitz has made a career of assessing what ails cities and how to free them from those constraints. Does he think it’s possible to get out of a challenge as big as this?

Juan Carlos González Cardozo, CBCP, consultor, conferencista e instructor internacional en materia de Gestión del Riesgo Empresarial, Resiliencia Organizacional, Gestión de Continuidad del Negocio y Gestión de Crisis conversa sobre los lineamientos estratégicos de la Gestión de Continuidad del Negocio en momentos de Pandemia, como orientación a la Dirección de las organizaciones en la preservación de sus operaciones y en la mitigación de los efectos del Covid-19.

2019 was a truly remarkable year. Our community is growing in exciting ways. From the launch of our popular new Cyber Resilience training and certification program to surging growth in the Public Sector track and continued record numbers in our core Business Continuity programs, the future looks bright for the resilience profession. We are bursting with even more ideas for how to serve you and can’t wait to get you more involved in 2020. Since it is the time of year to look back as well as forward, I want to take a moment to celebrate a landmark year for DRI and our larger community. I am very proud to release this year-at-a-glance report to showcase all of this activity. Read on to see exactly what DRI has done for you lately.

The DRI International Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report is now in its fifth year. It continues to provide a global perspective and comprehensive trends analysis of the resilience profession from both an internal and external perspective. It provides expert opinion on the key trends and changes that have happened in the past year.

Join DRI for a discussion of the latest trends and issues facing resilience professionals. Patrick Alcantara will discuss the latest risks and resilience trends in Asia and Oceania from our Future Vision Committee. In his presentation, he will give an overview of the most pressing economic and political concerns facing resilience professionals. Patrick will be joined by Lim Sek Seong of Marsh Risk Consulting who will share their perspective on the risk and organizational landscape and trends in the region.

Listen to an impressive panel of MBCPs answer your questions from various industries and with a wide range of expertise during our “Ask the MBCPs” webinar.

Adrián Sanchez, CBCP, profesional con 15 años de experiencia profesional en BCM y Resiliencia, será el expositor principal del webinar sobre la resiliencia desde una perspectiva integral en la organización y se darán recomendaciones para impulsar la resiliencia organizacional.

Join Future Vision Committee members Lyndon Bird, Richard Knowlton, and Patrick Alcantara, along with DRI President Chloe Demrovsky, for highlights from the Fourth Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends and Predictions reports. Discover how your job will be impacted by world events - including sustainability, cyberthreats, and more - and what you can do about them.

One way of promoting our relevance to the wider business community is to look at what might happen and evaluate how well we can deal with it to minimize impact. Most professionals will have developed tests and exercises based on scenarios – these give realism, focus, and interest to our resilience programs. Predictions are really an extension of that – a look at the wider world and how such trends and possible events might threaten our ability to respond.

Join cybersecurity expert Wade Richmond for an information-packed hour of important information on one of the profession’s hottest topics. Explore aspects of cybersecurity and business continuity, with the goal of integrating the two and achieving the ultimate goal -- cyber resilience. Learn how to talk to top management about these issues and sell them on the concept of cyber resilience.

Organizations today are confronted by a wide range of cyberattacks, so it comes as no surprise that cyberattacks and data breaches have consistently ranked high on the list of key issues identified for the resilience community according to the DRI International Global Risk and Resilience Trends Reports, issued annually by DRI’s Future Vision Committee. This year’s report revealed that although the top issues remain the same, there appears to be an even greater focus on technological risk. Given the development of technologies and the growth of business data, this is likely to remain the case moving forward … which may provide new opportunities for hackers to cause such massive disruptions.

Part of the 2018 Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report, a worldwide survey of business continuity professionals revealed the following top 10 risks depicted in this infographic.

The DRI International Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report provides a global perspective and comprehensive trends analysis of how resilience professionals view their industry and the external factors that are shaping it. It provides insight into the key trends and changes that have been observed since the last report, and has been extended this year to give an even more detailed picture of the state of the profession.

El DRI se complace en anunciar el webinar en español del 2018. Buscamos entregar beneficios a nuestros profesionales certificados y a la comunidad del DRI en general, por lo que no solamente brindamos webinars en inglés, sino que ahora también los traemos en el idioma español. Anota en tu calendario este 12 de Octubre de 2018 en el horario 9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CDT, el siguiente webinar educacional del DRI: Tendencias y Predicciones en Continuidad de Negocio Chloe Demrovsky, Presidente y Directora Ejecutiva del DRI Internacional y Karol Cordero, Directora de Mercadeo para América Latina del DRI, serán las presentadoras del Webinar. Con base en los eventos y resultados del 2017, el Comité de Visión Futuro del DRI Internacional ha elaborado el tercer informe anual de tendencias y predicciones para la profesión de Continuidad de Negocio y Resiliencia. En este webinar presentaremos los resultados de este informe, mirando hacia atrás en lo que ha ocurrido y viendo lo que podría estar a la vuelta de la esquina para nuestra profesión. ¡No te pierdas este webinar gratuito totalmente en español!

DRI recently presented at the 11th Corporate Governance Summit, held in Istanbul, Turkey, this January by Turkey’s Corporate Governance Association (TKYD). This year’s summit theme was “Corporate Governance’s Driving Force: Resilience and Durability,” focusing on organizational resilience and sustainability including a discussion of the implications of these two disciplines at the policy level.

Lyndon Bird, Chairman of DRI International’s Future Vision Committee, and Chloe Demrovsky, DRI President and CEO, discuss the findings of the Third Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends and Predictions reports (also available in the resource library). Discover how your job will be impacted by world events — including supply chain disruption, extreme weather events, data protection, and more — and what you can do about them.

It’s never easy to predict the future. With the pace of change rapidly increasing, accurate predictions are ever more difficult to make solely based upon extrapolation of past events. In this report, we have tried to make reasonable predictions given our current knowledge, and the DRI Future Vision Committee has limited its predictions to those issues most likely to impact resilience professionals.

Published each November, the DRI International Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report is essential reading for resilience professionals. It provides a summary of key trends that emerged over the course of the year as well as insight into the current state of the profession.

Lyndon Bird, Chairman of DRI International’s Future Vision Committee, discusses the findings of two recent reports (also available in the Resource Library): Trends in 2016 and Predictions for 2017. Discover how your job will be impacted by world events – including cyber threats, supply chain, and the environment – and what you can do about them.

From politics to technology to the environment, the DRI Future Vision Committee examines the current global landscape to learn what we can expect and prepare for in 2017.

The Future Vision Committee 2017 Trends Report looks at how accurate the committee's predictions were for 2016, what significant changes have occurred since it made those predictions, and how the committee sees the political, economic, social, technological, environmental, and legal landscape from a risk and resilience perspective.

The State of Business Resilience: 2016 Forecasts and Predictions - A White Paper by the DRI International Future Vision Committee

Marsh, in collaboration with DRI, surveyed nearly 200 C-suite executives, risk professionals and business continuity managers from large and medium-sized corporations internationally about their organizations’ attitudes toward business risks and the risk mitigation processes they have in place. The 2015 International Business Resilience Survey results indicate that organizations are better positioned to address traditional than non-traditional risks and that risk managers and CEOs have different perceptions about the severity and control measures in place for various risks facing their organizations.

This presentation at KL 2014 details Mr. Nagase's experience managing crises and the lessons learned for resiliency.

In this two-page sample case, learn how Texas hospitals responded to Tropical Storm Allison in June, 2001. Then download the complete report!