Best Practices: Managing Operational Resilience

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Executive Summary

In an increasingly dynamic and interconnected business landscape, the pursuit of operational resilience has become paramount. Operational resilience is evolving from reactive business continuity and disaster recovery planning to a more dynamic approach, embedded as part of overall business strategy. Developing an operational resilience framework that not only meets regulatory requirements but enables a firm to preserve business integrity requires executives to promote an integrated view of risk management across their organization. This report leverages insights from interviews conducted with industry experts. It can be used by executives seeking to upgrade their operational resilience strategies to preserve the value of their business against future disruption.

Table of contents

Operational resilience is a strategic investment that safeguards firms
Operational resilience transcends business continuity
Operational resilience delivers tangible and significant benefits
Keeping abreast of mandatory regulations and guidelines is a complex task
Best practices for managing operational resilience
People are the backbone of resilient operations
Data are the basis of shatterproof operational resilience
Technology is an enabling tool for operational resilience

Table of figures

Figure 1. Components of operational resilience
Figure 2. Operational resilience component definitions
Figure 3. Operational resilience regulations and industry guidelines 

About the authors

Elizabeth Babalola

Industry Analyst
Elizabeth is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Risk Management practice. Her current research agenda focuses on enterprise risk management, risk management information systems, organizational and strategic resilience, and global risk management trends. Prior to joining Verdantix, Elizabeth worked in corporate risk management roles across the financial and tech industries, where she gained hands-on experience of executing risk management strategies. She holds an MBA degree with a specialty in finance from the University of Lagos.

Daniel Garcia

Senior Manager
Daniel is a risk and compliance subject-matter expert (SME), with over 16 years of global experience, having worked for major financial institutions and consulting firms in Latin America, Europe and Asia. He leads the Verdantix Risk Management practice, where he steers market research intelligence and provides Advisory services on risk and compliance matters. Daniel has a BA in Economics and an MSc in Capital Markets and Financial Engineering.

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