The New COVID-19 Risk Environment: Reassessing Risk
Risk has always been a part of banking. But today, with the spread of COVID-19 wreaking havoc on customers, the economy, and how we live and do business,
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & IT (Part 6)
HR may be setting up work-from-home policies and dealing with employee concerns, but the IT department has to make sure the technology works.
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Finance & Lending (Part 5)
As COVID-19 spreads across the U.S., finance and credit departments at financial institutions are facing a new world of risk.
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Compliance and Risk (Part 4)
While many necessary compliance and risk functions continue, it’s by no means business as usual. COVID-19 is creating new operational risks that need to
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Board & Management (Part 3)
As COVID-19 spreads across the country, boards and management are making critical decisions to adapt to changing conditions.
Pandemic Preparedness & BCP Department-by-Department Series: COVID-19 & Human Resources (Part 1)
Ncontracts will address key operational risk considerations department-by-department to help your FI with pandemic preparedness & business continuity
Pandemic Planning: 10 Questions to Ask Your Vendors About Coronavirus Preparedness
As COVID-19 spreads across the country at an alarming pace, creating panic, quarantines, and serious health risks, it’s important to make sure your...
Pandemic Planning: Is Your FI Prepared for Coronavirus?
The largest bank in Singapore made headlines last week for being the first lender to shut down its office due to coronavirus after an employee tested
6 BCP Lessons Learned When Ncontracts Shut Down Its HQ for the Day
Ensuring smooth operations, even when your main office is inoperable or unreachable, is a cornerstone of business continuity management.
Business Continuity
Business continuity means planning for major disruptions in a company so that the company can continue operations.
RPO - Recovery Point Objective
RPO is otherwise known as Recovery Point Objective and refers to the age of files that must be recovered from backup storage for normal operations to
Business Continuity Software
Business continuity software is a software solution for planning for adverse events that would disrupt the operation of the financial institution.
Contingency Plan Template
A contingency plan template can be a physical document, or a digital form used to create a compliant contingency plan.
Business Continuity Planning Checklist
A business continuity checklist is a concise list of tasks that must be done to create an adequate business continuity plan (BCP). The BCP is a plan for
What Does the N in Ncontracts Stand for Anyway?
Nashville? Network? Need? Those are just a few of the most common guesses when people ask me what the N in Ncontracts stands for.
Four Ways to Ensure Your Vendors Are Prepared for Disaster
If you’re dependent on a third-party vendor that can’t quickly recover from a disaster, there’s a major gap in your own business continuity plan.