Business continuity for small firms
Carver Group International builds clear, professional business continuity plans for small financial and professional-services firms — fixed fee, delivered in weeks, and built around the obligations regulators already expect you to meet.
Small, owner-led practices where a few days offline puts the whole business at risk — and where the plan has to satisfy more than your own peace of mind.
A written, annually reviewed continuity plan is required under FINRA Rule 4370 — and expected of advisers under SEC and NASAA rules. We build one that's tailored to your firm and holds up under examination.
Most common engagementThe HIPAA Security Rule expects a contingency plan for your data and operations. Most practices have a thin one — or none. We make it real and ready to use.
Client data you can't lose and deadlines that can't slip. We map what has to keep running and exactly how you'll keep it running.
Matters, files, and clients that won't wait for you to recover. A plan that gets you operating again in hours, not weeks.
Fixed-fee options so you know exactly what you're getting and what it costs — from a quick plan review to a full build. We'll confirm the right fit on the first call.
We assess your existing plan against the standard you answer to and hand you a prioritized gap report. The fee applies in full to a complete plan if you move forward within 60 days.
We review, refresh, and re-test your plan every year — so it stays current and, if you're regulated, satisfies your annual-review obligation without you having to think about it.
A 15–20 minute call where we pinpoint the two or three biggest exposures in a firm like yours. No cost, no obligation.
Within 48 hours, a clear one-page picture of where you stand and which plan fits — so you can decide with the facts in front of you.
A tailored, professional continuity plan delivered in weeks, plus a live walkthrough so your team knows exactly what to do.
We design every plan to meet the standards your regulators already hold you to — then make it genuinely useful on the day you need it.
Carver Group International is led by Joseph C. Carver, CBCP, CFPS — a business continuity and risk professional with more than 25 years spent building enterprise resilience programs for some of the world's largest insurers and the multinational clients they protect.
Across finance, healthcare, manufacturing, and transportation, he has designed business impact analyses, crisis-management frameworks, and disaster-recovery strategies — and advised C-suites and boards on keeping critical operations running through pandemics, cyberattacks, and natural disasters. He holds the Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) and Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) designations and is an active member of DRI International, the Association of Continuity Professionals, and the Business Continuity Institute.
He founded Carver Group International on a simple conviction: the same rigor that protects billion-dollar enterprises should be within reach of the small firms that need it just as badly — delivered plainly, at a fixed fee, without the enterprise price tag.
Book a 15-minute gap check. You'll leave the call knowing exactly where your firm is exposed, whether or not you ever work with us.