White paper – The new ISO standard ISO/IEC 27031:2025

Since May 2025, the revised ISO/IEC 27031 has placed organisational resilience at the centre of attention. ICT Readiness for Business Continuity (IRBC) is now strategically anchored and closely interlinked with business continuity, information security, incident response and risk management. This makes crisis resilience an integral part of corporate strength and future security.
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ISO 27031 reality check: How the final MBCO closes the gap between desire and reality

The publication of the ISO/IEC 27031:2025 standard marks a paradigm shift in corporate resilience and fundamentally redefines the relationship between Business Continuity Management (BCM) and ICT Readiness for Business Continuity (IRBC).
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ISO 27031 reality check: Why ITSCM is not enough and ISO 27031 requires genuine BCM

Many companies are labouring under a dangerous misconception: IT departments confuse IT service continuity management with genuine business continuity management. This misjudgement creates a risky resilience gap, as it overlooks the fact that IT itself is an independent, vulnerable business area.
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ISO 27031 reality check: Operationalising manual workarounds in the business continuity plan

ISO 27031:2025 represents a significant advancement in business continuity management (BCM). It acknowledges that absolute technological reliability is unattainable and instead focuses on an organisation's ability to remain operational even in the event of technological failure.
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ISO 27031 reality check: The dangerous gap in RTO between business and IT

In the world of business continuity management (BCM), there is hardly any other metric that is as fundamental and at the same time as dangerously misunderstood as the recovery time objective (RTO).
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Whitepaper Organisational Resilience Management

Organisational Resilience Management (ORM) is an essential component of a future-proof corporate strategy. It enables organisations not only to prepare for regulatory requirements, but also to effectively overcome unforeseen challenges.
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[alive-IT] Version 7.0

The new [alive-IT] version 7.0 is now available for download.
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Whitepaper Crisis communication in a digitalised world

‘You can't not communicate.’ We often hear this mantra, but what does it mean for crisis communication?
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Whitepaper - Working and practising with multiple teams

Emergency and crisis management organisations in companies are diverse and generally do not follow a single template.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1.6

The new [alive-IT] version 6.1.6 is now available for download.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1.5

The new [alive-IT] version 6.1.5 is now available for download.
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Whitepaper Early Crisis Detection

Corporate crises rarely arise overnight. In most cases, a longer history precedes the point of acute corporate problems or even the threat of insolvency.
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Whitepaper Recommendations for action for internationally operating companies in the Russia-Ukraine war 2022

In this white paper, we describe recommendations for action for companies and organisations affected by the Ukraine-Russia war.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1.3

The new [alive-IT] version 6.1.3 is now available for download.
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[alive-IT] receives second award from SoftwareReviews

[alive-IT] wins gold medal again in BCM Software Review!
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1.2

The new [alive-IT] version 6.1.2 is now available for download.
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Guideline crisis team exercise cyber attack

We have prepared a short guide for you on how to prepare crisis team exercises with the cyber-attack scenario.
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Whitepaper Virtual Crisis Organization

In this white paper, we describe the evolution from a presence-oriented to a virtualised crisis organisation.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1.1

[alive-IT] receives award from SoftwareReviews

[alive-IT] wins gold medal in BCM Software Review!
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The effectiveness of BCM in the current pandemic

An incident like the Covid 19 pandemic is extremely rare and provides an opportunity to reflect on how effective business continuity management has been in coping with the pandemic in recent months...
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[alive-IT] Version 6.1

From 17.09.2020 the new [alive-IT] version 6.1 is available for download.
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Whitepaper Crisis Management

In this whitepaper we give a brief overview of the essential features and principles of a successful crisis management system.
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White Paper COVID 19 Pandemic

Here you can download our whitepaper for free...
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With plan and test through the crisis

Events such as the outbreak of the corona virus prove that crises and their consequences are difficult to predict. This is where Business Continuity Management (BCM) comes in.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.0.1

The new [alive-IT] version 6.0.1 will be available for download from 20.03.2020.
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E-Learning Pandemic

Free E-Learning
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Pragmatic tips for dealing with the coronavirus

In recent weeks, the topic of coronavirus (also SARS-COV-2 or Covid-19) has been on everyone's lips. In this article we would like to answer the questions that have been put to us.
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Armed for emergencies with ITSCM

Jörg Kobeleff has published a new professional article on ITSCM.
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Successful leadership in chaos

Those who prepare for crises will repeatedly ask themselves how emergency teams should be led in the so-called chaos phase.
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Eisenhower principle unsuitable during a crisis

For years, the Eisenhower Principle has been promoted in management literature and crisis management courses as a method for the division of labour between strategic and operational levels.
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No fear of the worst case

Our senior consultant Astrid Geschwendt has published a technical article entitled No Fear of the Worst Case in the IT-Business magazine.
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[alive-IT] Version 6.0

The new [alive-IT] version 6.0 will be available for download on 24.06.2019.
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BCI European Awards 2019

BCI European Awards: "Continuity and Resilience Industry Personality 2019"
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[alive-IT] Version 5.9.1.1

The new [alive-IT] version 5.9.1.1 will be available for download from 14.06.2018.
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[alive-IT] Version 5.9

As of March 1,2018, the new [alive-IT] Version 5.9 will be ready for download.
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