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In an era defined by disruption, such as cyberattacks, global outages, pandemics, and supply chain failures, resilience is no longer optional. Anticipate and Secure: Enhancing Resilience Through Effective Business Continuity Management is an open access book and provides organisations, leaders, and students of BCM with the tools to prepare, respond, and recover from crisis with confidence.
Drawing on decades of research and practical experience, the authors present a comprehensive and accessible framework for modern Business Continuity Management (BCM). The book goes beyond compliance checklists to show how BCM can become a strategic driver of organisational resilience, protecting value, reputation, and stakeholder trust. Through contemporary case studies, including the 2024 global IT outage and COVID-19, Anticipate and Secure demonstrates how effective continuity planning transforms crises into opportunities for growth and learning.
Whether you are a manager, policymaker, or student, this volume offers clear guidance on implementing international standards, fostering leadership commitment, managing third-party risk, and embedding continuity within corporate culture. Practical, evidence-based, and future-oriented, it equips readers to anticipate disruption, secure continuity, and build lasting resilience in an unpredictable world.
List of contents
Introduction to Business Continuity Management (BCM).- Definitions of BCM.- The Role of BCM.- Overview of Key Models.- Implementing BCM.- Critical Success Factors in BCM Implementation.- Mini Case Studies of Good Practice.- Conclusion.
About the author
Professor Caroline McMullan
is Full Professor of Business and Society: Risk and Crisis Management at DCU Business School. She holds a PhD in Crisis Management from the University of Strathclyde and has advised the Irish Government on national risk policy, including the development of Ireland’s National Risk Assessments. Her research and teaching centre on resilience, risk management, and emergency management.
Dr. Gavin Brown
is Assistant Professor of Business and Society: Risk and Crisis Management at DCU Business School. He holds a PhD in the field of Emergency Management, and his research focuses on risk management, resilience, and crisis management at organisational and societal levels. He has published widely in leading journals and contributes to national and EU projects on disaster risk reduction.
Professor Dominic Elliott
is Executive Dean of DCU Business School and a leading scholar in business continuity management. He holds a PhD in Crisis Management from Durham University and has extensive experience advising global organisations on resilience, business continuity, and learning from crises. His work bridges academic research and practical application in organisational preparedness.
Dr. Monica Kelly
is an expert in Transnational Education and organisational resilience and business continuity. She holds a PhD in Business Continuity Management from DCU, where her research focused on resilience and business continuity management. Her career spans academia and industry, combining extensive project management experience with higher education leadership in risk and resilience.
Niamh Reilly
is a Research Assistant on the EUMA project at DCU, where she supports research in emergency management and disaster risk communication. She has contributed to several EU-funded projects aimed at strengthening public preparedness frameworks. Niamh is also a part-time PhD scholar at Dublin City University.
Summary
In an era defined by disruption, such as cyberattacks, global outages, pandemics, and supply chain failures, resilience is no longer optional.
Anticipate and Secure: Enhancing Resilience Through Effective Business Continuity Management
is an open access book and provides organisations, leaders, and students of BCM with the tools to prepare, respond, and recover from crisis with confidence.
Drawing on decades of research and practical experience, the authors present a comprehensive and accessible framework for modern Business Continuity Management (BCM). The book goes beyond compliance checklists to show how BCM can become a strategic driver of organisational resilience, protecting value, reputation, and stakeholder trust. Through contemporary case studies, including the 2024 global IT outage and COVID-19,
Anticipate and Secure
demonstrates how effective continuity planning transforms crises into opportunities for growth and learning.
Whether you are a manager, policymaker, or student, this volume offers clear guidance on implementing international standards, fostering leadership commitment, managing third-party risk, and embedding continuity within corporate culture. Practical, evidence-based, and future-oriented, it equips readers to anticipate disruption, secure continuity, and build lasting resilience in an unpredictable world.
