Tooling for optimal resilience

Abstract

This paper discusses the benefits of tooling as an enabler for resilience management, specifically business resilience. Business resilience entails the integration of different areas of expertise in a joint effort to secure the future of an organisation in a dynamic environment. It requires the right balance of risk management, information security and data protection, business continuity management and crisis management. To ensure that each area of expertise can operate independently within a coordinated framework, the right structure is essential. Much like a carpenter needs a hammer, the business resilience manager requires the right tools. Attention must be paid to collaboration, information sharing and balancing the right level of integration. While the tooling process will not be a panacea for the various challenges facing the business resilience manager, it will, however, be an enabler: it is beneficial, has deliverables and supports management and control.