Will AI Replace Business Continuity Planners?

Develop emergency management plans for recovery decision making and communications, continuity of critical departmental processes, or temporary shut-down of non-critical departments to ensure continuity of operation and governance.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Test documented disaster recovery strategies and plans.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Develop disaster recovery plans for physical locations with critical assets, such as data centers.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Establish, maintain, or test call trees to ensure appropriate communication during disaster.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Identify opportunities for strategic improvement or mitigation of business interruption and other risks caused by business, regulatory, or industry-specific change initiatives.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Maintain and update organization information technology applications and network systems blueprints.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Review existing disaster recovery, crisis management, or business continuity plans.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Analyze impact on, and risk to, essential business functions or information systems to identify acceptable recovery time periods and resource requirements.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Write reports to summarize testing activities, including descriptions of goals, planning, scheduling, execution, results, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Create or administer training and awareness presentations or materials.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Design or implement products and services to mitigate risk or facilitate use of technology-based tools and methods.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Recommend or implement methods to monitor, evaluate, or enable resolution of safety, operations, or compliance interruptions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct or oversee contingency plan integration and operation.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Create business continuity and disaster recovery budgets.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Create scenarios to reestablish operations from various types of business disruptions.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Interpret government regulations and applicable codes to ensure compliance.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare reports summarizing operational results, financial performance, or accomplishments of specified objectives, goals, or plans.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Analyze corporate intelligence data to identify trends, patterns, or warnings indicating threats to security of people, assets, information, or infrastructure.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Attend professional meetings, read literature, and participate in training or other educational offerings to keep abreast of new developments and technologies related to disaster recovery and business continuity.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Conduct or oversee collection of corporate intelligence to avoid fraud, financial crime, cyber attack, terrorism, and infrastructure failure.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Identify individual or transaction targets to direct intelligence collection.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.