Case Studies & White Papers

This section lists studies of the PS-Prep^TM Program and its foundation standards.   A considerable number of organizations and business have examined the impact of certification to one or more of the Program’s foundation standards, and hyperlinks to these studies are provided in this section.

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PS-Prep^TM

• "Is Business Continuity Certification Right for Your Organization?"  Avalution Consulting, LLC, 2013
• "Workshop on Private Sector Emergency Preparedness -- Summary of Proceedings and Resource Guide"  APEC/USAID, 2011

ASIS SPC. 1-2009

• "Hotel Makes Room for Resilience"  Stephanie Berrong, Security Management, July 2010
• "Using the ANSI/ASIS Resilience Standard to Prepare for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa"  Marc Siegel, Commissioner, Global Standards Initiative, ASIS International, 2010
• "Proven Solution Innovation Case Study Creating the Common Operating Picture (GSOC)"  The Security Executive Council (SEC) Solution Innovation Partner Program, 2013
• "A Recommended Management Methodology for Organizational Resilience"  John B. Gargett, TRUSYS Institute, 2011
• "Data Management and Organizational Resilience"  Jeffrey A. Slotnick & Michael Keneipp, OR³M, 2013

ISO 22301:2012

• "Implementing ISO 22301:2012, The Business Continuity Management System Standard"  Avalution Consulting, LLC, 2013
• "White Paper: Societal Security Business Continuity Management Systems"  Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB)
• "Build an ISO 22301 Management System to Capture Executive Attention"  Robert Griffin, Disaster Recovery Journal, Spring World 2014
• "How Alternative has used certification to multiple international standards to increase business efficiency and demonstrate excellence"  BSI Case Study Alternative Networks Plc, Multiple Standards
• "Automotive leader Vauxhall strengthens business resilience with ISO 22301 certification"  BSI Case Study Vauxhall, ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management
• "Integrating management systems to improve business performance and achieve sustained competitive advantage"  BSI Case Study Costain Group, Multiple Standards
• "Certification to international standards underpins quality, service delivery and security for Exponential-e, providing a vital competitive edge"  BSI Case Study Exponential-e, Multiple Certifications
• "Lettergold Plastics Ltd shows how certification to ISO 22301 can boost small firms as well as large organizations"  BSI Case Study Lettergold Plastics Ltd, ISO Business Continuity Management
• "Building resilience in the provision of critical national infrastructure with ISO 220301"  BSI Case Study Telefonica UK Ltd, ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management
• "Vodaphone UK demonstrates continual excellence with one of the first international certificates recognizing best practice business continuity management"  BSI Vodaphone UK, ISO 22301 Business Continuity Management
• "ISO 22301 & ISO 22313: Business Continuity Management Standards and Application for Incident Communication Plans"  Everbridge Best Practices White Paper, 2015
• "Case Study: How CityPoint Achieved the World's First 'Tall Building' ISO 22301 Certification"  Continuity Central, 2015
• "White Paper: ISO 22301:  A Framework for Business Process Definition -- Taking your business continuity program to the next level via ISO 22301"  Sungard Availability Services, 2014

NFPA 1600: 2013, 2016

• "NFPA 1600 - 2013 Edition & PS-Prep -- Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs"  Donald Schmidt, Preparedness LLC, 2014
• "The Importance of Conducting Maturity Assessments for Your Business Continuity Management Program"  Aon Global Risk Consulting, Business Continuity Management, 2015
• "Guide to Business Continuity Management, Frequently Asked Questions"  Protiviti Risk and Business Consulting, 2013
• "National Preparedness Requirements: Harnessing Management System Standards"  Sharon Caudle, Homeland Security Affairs, June 2011