Resiliency scoring for business continuity plans

Author's Biography

Anna Olson is a CBCP certified Senior Corporate Security Consultant with the Global Continuity and Resiliency (GCR) team at Target Corporation. She has served as a subject matter expert and provides leadership in developing and exercising plans to mitigate the impact of potential business disruptions at Target. Through her focus on planner engagement, she developed the global GCR training programme, co-led the programme life cycle through Assess, Planning, Exercising and Mature phases, and provided recovery support and continuation efforts during business disruption events. Recently she developed an online community to provide a forum for Target planners to connect, ask questions, share ideas and provide recognition. She is also the co-host of an innovative podcast dubbed Morning Latte which incorporates a talk show format style of training that appeals to partners across the organisation and focuses on planner engagement.

Jamie Anderson is a Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and a Member of the Business Continuity Institute (MBCI). For the past ten years, she has worked in business continuity and disaster recovery at Target Corporation and is currently a Lead Corporate Security Consultant on the Global Continuity and Resiliency team. She provides subject matter expertise and consulting for critical business functions and technology platforms across Target and works with teams to mature their recovery posture by identifying and assessing risk, documenting continuity plans and performing exercises. She recently developed and implemented Resiliency Scoring for the company’s Business Continuity Plans in order to aid in assessing plan contents and to provide a roadmap for plan maturity. This is an exciting initiative that is enhancing engagement, visibility and compliance within the Target Continuity Programme.