BCI AI SIG - Micro Webinars: AI for BCM - Practical Use Cases with a BIA Case Study
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This micro webinar is part of the BCI Micro Webinars series, which features short, practical sessions designed to help BCM and risk professionals build repeatable AI capabilities.
Following Session 1, which covered LLM foundations and prompting, and Session 2, which focused on establishing a governance baseline, this session will provide applied, hands-on practice led by Charlie Maclean. We will begin by exploring the vision for AI in Business Impact Analyses (BIAs) and discussing what constitutes a successful outcome. The remainder of the session will focus on actionable steps you can take now.
Charlie will guide you through a fictional BIA case study and demonstrate a series of real BIA tasks using AI. You will learn how well AI performs, where it faces challenges, and what the outputs look like. We will showcase how AI can assist in automating the capture of fundamental BIA information and how it can analyse interview transcripts and scripts to draft a department BIA report that adheres to the requirements of the BCI Good Practice Guidelines 7.0.
Additionally, we will demonstrate how to aggregate data from multiple departments into a comprehensive organisation-wide BIA report and illustrate how a structured BIA pack can be used dynamically during an incident or for scenario and risk modelling. This includes quickly retrieving recovery timeframes, dependencies, and key constraints. We will provide scripts, prompt templates, and example outputs so you can practice safely.
By the end of the session, you will have a clearer understanding of the benefits and limitations of using AI for BIAs, along with practical next steps you can implement immediately.
Agenda:
- Defining success in BIAs
- Capturing basic BIA information using AI
- From interviews to outputs: Reviewing transcripts and drafting a department BIA report.
Speakers:
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Konstantin Gerner CBCI
Committee Member, BCI AI SIG
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Charlie Maclean-Bristol, MA (Hons), PgD, FBCI, FEPS
CEO & Head of Training and a Founding Director , PlanB Consulting and Business Continuity Training Ltd.
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, MA (Hons), PgD, FBCI, FEPS, CBCI, MCIPR, is a business continuity, cyber incident management, and crisis management consultant with over 30 years' experience. He co-founded PlanB Consulting and Business Continuity Training (BCT). With a background including military service and roles at Anglian Water and Scottish Power, he's a hands-on expert delivering consultancy globally. A former BCI Board Member and Fellow of both the Emergency Planning Society and BCI, he's won numerous awards, including the BCI Global 'Business Continuity and Resilience Volunteer.' Charlie holds a PgD in 'Emergency Planning and Disaster Management' and teaches at Glasgow Caledonian University. He's a prolific writer, speaker, and author, contributing significantly to the profession.
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