Janet Beattie is the Operations Director of Glen Abbot and started the company with David in 1998.
During her years with Glen Abbot she has worked with a large number of blue chip companies in various sectors including banking, oil, medical, and manufacturing as well as public sector organisations such as local councils, the NHS, museums and art galleries. This work has covered all stages of Business Continuity from project management and analysis to writing plans and testing and training. Janet is also responsible internally for developing methodologies, HR, HSE and Quality Assurance.
One of her recent projects has been the delivery of a report for ENISA on Business and IT Continuity Planning. This report presented a methodology which was compiled from a combination of author’s experience and the most well known continuity planning methods from around the world.
In the past, Janet was a research scientist and later moved into Finance and IT, before specialising in the newly emerging discipline of Business Continuity.
Janet is the Administrator for the Scottish Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Forum which involves organising quarterly meetings for Business Continuity professionals in Scotland. She is also a member of the Worldwide BCI Forum and she of the Scottish Continuity Group.
Webpage: http://www.glenabbot.co.uk
Business Continuity Planning
Abstract:Business Continuity Planning is often seen as a black art rather than a science and there are many standards, handbooks, guidelines, regulatory requirements and codes of practice around the world each presenting varied approaches to business continuity and using different terminology. This talk presents a methodology which is based on the best elements from the various worldwide methods and links business continuity to risk management, corporate governance and information security. Each of the methods are reviewed for their relevance, depth of content and ease of use.
