Practice Area // Business Continuity

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Hi, I’m Barry Moore, Principal, Business Continuity and Technology Resilience at Trace Associates Inc. (Trace). When disruption strikes, every minute matters. Is your organization ready to respond? Have you identified the key business functions that are essential to serving customers, generating revenue, and meeting regulatory obligations? Do your teams know exactly what actions to take to maintain operations during a crisis? Without a well-defined resilience strategy, even a single disruption can have significant operational, financial, and reputational consequences.

Business Continuity is the cornerstone of operational resilience. At Trace, we help organizations across Canada develop practical and effective continuity capabilities that reduce the impact of disruptions, protect critical operations, and enable the continued delivery of services when they matter most.

Business Continuity
Program Development

  • Business Continuity Program design and implementation
  • Business Continuity Governance Framework establishment
  • Policy and standards development
  • Program maturity assessments

Business Impact Analysis

  • Critical business processes identification
  • Disruption impact analysis
  • Recovery objective determination
  • Interdependency mapping

Risk Assessment Services

  • Enterprise continuity risk assessments
  • Operational risk assessments
  • Facility risk assessments
  • Supply-chain risk assessments

Business Continuity Plan
Development

  • Business Continuity Plan creation
  • Departmental/Functional continuity planning
  • Recovery strategy development
  • Team-specific response procedures

Exercises and Testing Services

  • Exercise (tabletop, functional, full-scale) design and facilitation
  • Crisis/emergency response simulations
  • Functional / disaster recovery exercises
  • Post-exercise evaluations and reporting

Third-party and
Supply-chain Resilience

  • Third-party continuity assessments
  • Supplier resilience reviews
  • Critical vendor dependency mapping
  • Service-level Agreement and recovery objective alignment

Regulatory Compliance Consulting

  • Compliance readiness assessments
  • Regulatory gap analysis
  • Audit preparation
  • Evidence collection support

Business Continuity Management
Maturity Assessments

  • Program benchmarking
  • Criticality assessments
  • Maturity model evaluations
  • Industry comparisons

Training and Awareness Programs

  • Executive leadership training
  • Business continuity awareness sessions
  • Incident management advisory
  • Exercise facilitation training

Business Continuity Management
Advisory Services

  • Annual Business Impact Analysis updates
  • Plan maintenance
  • Exercise management
  • Continuous improvement programs

what our clients are saying

“We like Trace. We like Ron, we like Nick, and we like the relationships we’ve built on our projects with them. They have a suite of services that cover the ecological and environmental, and they have demonstrated that they understand what needs to be done, aren’t doing unnecessary work, and they make sure it gets done. Ron told me that the Trace motto is to 'consult better.' This motto is reflected in the service they provide.”

Clark | Qualico Communities

“I appreciate Trace’s candidness, honesty, and straightforwardness. The communication is strong, they are always professional, and they stay on point. They’re good at what they do and are always available when I need them.”

Confidential Client

“Trace provides a level of personal service that we don’t get from other companies. We get straightforward, open communication with Project Managers, including frequent touch-points. Trace always does what they say they are going to do.”

Neil Reid | Midstream Energy Client

“I choose Trace because of their expertise and clarity on what they will deliver, and my trust in them. We share similar values of honesty and communication. They’re very thoughtful in what they do and their expertise is very appreciated. Nothing they do or say leaves you scratching your head.”

Warn Franklin | works with Ron at Trace

“I value our relationship with Trace and can see it continuing into the future.  Having a third party come in to do environmental inspections is very helpful and gives added focus on areas that might otherwise be neglected due to the busy nature of the business. Trace's expertise in the Environmental Consultant field helps keep NorSask on a path of continuous improvement. We very much appreciate the proactive approach that Trace takes to meet our needs.”

Kelly | NorSask