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Research, frameworks, and practical guidance on business continuity and operational resilience.

Resilience
Why Most BCP Software Still Can't Tell You What Breaks When Something Fails

The BCM software market is projected to hit $2.2 billion. Most of that spend goes to tools that manage plans — not tools that test whether those plans are right. Here's what's missing and what the next generation looks like.

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9 min read Gartner · DORA · SIMEX 24
Resilience
How to Keep BCP Documentation in Sync with Infrastructure (And Why It Never Is)

Every company has a process for keeping continuity docs in sync with infrastructure changes. We ask teams to submit updates at time of change. We all know that doesn't happen. Here's why sync breaks down and what actually fixes it.

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8 min read IaC · auto-discovery · configuration drift
Resilience
How Companies Actually Maintain Business Continuity Plans (And Why Most Don't)

85% of organizations have a BCP. The number who keep it current, tested, and aligned with what their infrastructure actually looks like today is much, much smaller. Here's what actually happens — and what it takes to fix it.

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7 min read KPMG · Databarracks · practitioner survey data
Resilience
What Is Operational Resilience Modeling? From Compliance to Continuous Confidence

Operational resilience modeling builds a testable representation of how your organization delivers critical services, then stress-tests it against realistic failures. With DORA, FCA/PRA, and OSFI E-21 now demanding evidence over assertions, static plans are no longer enough.

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16 min read DORA · FCA/PRA · OSFI · SIMEX 24
Resilience
What Is Infrastructure Dependency Mapping? A Complete Guide

Infrastructure dependency mapping discovers and visualizes how every service, database, and API in your stack connects. If this one thing fails, what else breaks? Most engineering teams can't answer that question. Dependency mapping exists to make the invisible web of connections visible — before something goes wrong.

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14 min read 4 dependency types · 3 discovery methods
Infrastructure
What Happens When AWS Goes Down? Every Major Outage Since 2017

AWS powers more than 90% of Fortune 100 companies. When it goes down, the internet doesn't just slow — entire industries stop functioning. Here is every major AWS outage since 2017, what cascaded, and what it cost.

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22 min read 10 outages · 16 sources cited
Compliance
Business Continuity Reports Are Mandatory. Why Are You Still Writing Them in Word?

If your organization operates in financial services, healthcare, government, or critical infrastructure, you are legally required to maintain a documented business continuity plan. The vast majority are fulfilling this obligation with Word documents and static spreadsheets that go stale the week they're published.

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18 min read FINRA · OSFI · CISA · HIPAA
Resilience
What Is a Minimum Viable Company — And Why Every CTO Needs to Define Theirs

The concept of a Minimum Viable Company is gaining serious traction. Popularized by PwC's Global Centre for Crisis and Resilience, the idea is deceptively simple: if a major disruption hit your organization tomorrow, which services absolutely must keep running for the business to survive?

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12 min read PwC · Uptime Institute · Cockroach Labs