Operational Resilience Framework

CEO Mark Orsi discusses BRC efforts to enhance operational resilience.

Traditional disaster recovery and business continuity efforts have focused on data recovery with little regard for providing services in an impaired state. In 2021, the Business Resilience Council launched a multi-sector working group to develop the Operational Resilience Framework to help solve that challenge.

The framework provides rules and implementation aids that support a company’s recovery of immutable data, while also – and uniquely–  allowing it to minimize service disruptions in the face of destructive attacks and events.

The ORF was developed to be broadly applicable and is aligned with existing controls like those from NIST and ISO.

Operational Resilience Series – Communications Disruption Exercise

June 11 & August 20 at 12pm ET

A disruption to telecommunications can have cascading effects across industries, impacting critical operations, service delivery, and crisis response. The complimentary, online Communications Disruption Exercise will challenge organizations to test their resilience against telecommunications disruptions, refine incident response plans, and share best practices during a panel-led discussion with real-time response and data aggregation. During the event, participants will further their strategic understanding of their service dependencies and their organization’s ability to adapt and maintain operations. This exercise allows attendees to assess operational resilience, identifying any gaps in handling disruptions, and set minimum viable service levels to ensure continuity amid any physical or cyber incident. The exercise will also aid attendees in evaluating communication strategies, strengthening internal and external coordination during a widespread outage. As a multi-sector exercise, the event will help enhance collaboration and coordination with government agencies, industry peers, and partners, ultimately bolstering operational resilience against critical infrastructure failures.