Insights
Plain answers to the questions risk, compliance and audit teams ask about business continuity and crisis management exercises in the UAE. Each article answers one question, with the clauses and sources behind it.
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NCEMA 7000
What does NCEMA 7000:2021 require for exercising and testing?
What NCEMA 7000:2021 clause 8.6 requires for exercising and testing: the five design elements, when to exercise, and the evidence auditors ask for.
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ISO 22301
What should an ISO 22301 exercise programme contain?
ISO 22301 clause 8.5 asks for an exercise programme, not one exercise. What it must cover, how NCEMA 7000:2021 compares, and a workable UAE plan.
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Exercising
Tabletop exercise or simulation: which one does the auditor expect?
Neither ISO 22301 nor NCEMA 7000:2021 names an exercise type. What auditors check, what each level of exercise proves, and how to choose.
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Crisis management
How do tabletop exercises prepare your team for better crisis management?
What changes in a crisis management team after a tabletop exercise, what the first ten minutes reveal, and how to prepare so it is worth the time.
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Reporting
What does a readiness score tell a board — and what doesn’t it?
What a tabletop-exercise readiness score can honestly tell a board, what it cannot, how PlanProof’s score works, and five questions to ask about any score.
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Exercising
The annual business continuity exercise checklist
A year of business continuity exercising as one checklist for the UAE calendar: planning, the date, preparation, the day, the report and the audit evidence.
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Severe weather
Is your organization ready for the rainy season? A pre-season continuity checklist
A pre-season continuity checklist for the UAE rainy season: the decisions, the basement, the people, the insurance and one rehearsal before the first storm.
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Insurance
Flood insurance claims in the UAE: what is and is not covered, and why claims get declined
What the April 2024 floods showed about UAE motor, property and business-interruption cover, why claims were declined, and what to ask your broker first.