""This comprehensive research consistently portrays a set of common
factors that precedes each disaster - poor management, a lack of proper
planning and weak risk management practices. An eye-opener to all those
executives that fail to understand the importance of business continuity
and disaster recovery mechanisms."" Luciano Anastasi, MA MBCS CITP, Head
of Information Technology at APS Bank, Malta ""I have found 'In
Hindsight' to be an interesting, thought provoking and stimulating
collection of studies; and I have learned a great deal in reading it.""
Phillip Wood, MBE MSc FSyI CPP PSP AMBCI MInstLM, author of Resilient
Thinking ""I am constantly amazed by the number of executives who
dismiss potential disasters as being too unlikely to consider, or who
put off dealing with known risks because they have other things to worry
about. This book is full of these people, and what happens in the case
studies provides ample evidence to counter their complacency."" Martin
Caddick. LLB MBA MBCI MIOR What causes disasters? In this book, the
authors analyse the causes of some of the major disasters from the last
thirty years and explain what could have been done better, before and
after the event. Unlike many titles on business continuity and disaster
recovery, In Hindsight: A compendium of Business Continuity case studies
does not build up from the theory of business continuity planning.
Instead, it takes apart real events such as Hurricane Katrina, the
terrorist attacks in London, Madrid and Glasgow, and the collapse of
Barings Bank, revealing the themes that contributed to each. Plan for
the worst Using these incidents as case studies, the authors demonstrate
the potentially devastating results for organisations that have not
planned for the worst. Crucially, the book proposes measures that could
have helped to minimise the risks and consequences. Learn from other
people's mistakes By showing the potential repercussions of a badly
thought-out disaster management and business continuity plan, this book
helps you avoid making similar mistakes, reduce risks and enable faster
recovery when things do go wrong. About the editor A Member of the
Business Continuity Institute and an Approved BCI Instructor, Robert A.
Clark is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Member of
the Security Institute. His career includes 15 years with IBM and 11
years with Fujitsu Services working with clients on BCM related
assignments. He is now a freelance Business Continuity Consultant at
www.bcm-consultancy.com
