How might my company be affected by future terrorist activity?
That will depend largely on the nature of your business, the extent of international operations, name/brand recognition, or other factors that may make your business a target of terrorist activity. An analysis of the potential threat and existing security measures will help you determine your exposure to a direct terrorist attack. A more likely scenario will involve terrorist attacks to the public sector utilities and service providers. You should ask yourself “What if?” there was a disruption to vital services such as electrical power, telephone, natural gas, or mail delivery. The answers to these questions will help you develop a plan for each possible occurrence. [Back to top] My company has an Emergency Plan to get employees out of the building but nothing after that. Where should we start? Emergency Response Plans are a critical aspect of your plan; however, these plans themselves do not do enough on their own to produce full Business Continuity. In many cases, the Emergency Respo