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How to exercise your crisis management team Chris MacArthur, CBCP, MBCI, provides practical advice based on his experience in planning exercises for crisis management teams. >> Read more ISO 22301 is now available Business continuity managers around the world can now purchase ISO 22301 - The international standard for business continuity management – from BSI. Are you prepared for the UK’s special summer? Thomas Puschnik, Zurich UK’s Head of Business Continuity Management Europe, believes it is still not too late to get your organization in shape. News headlines Study looks at how Twitter is used to share information after a disaster National Standards Authority of Ireland publishes new cloud computing standard SBA presents its annual Phoenix Awards for disaster recovery efforts Deadline extended for Canadian Awards for Emergency Management & Business Continuity Information management at the crossroads: is it time for ‘corporate information responsibility’? Adopting cloud in your backup strategy Dealing with downtime 2012 SMB Disaster Preparedness Survey results ‘How Boards & Senior Executives Are Managing Cyber Risk’ Portable Fuel Container Manufacturers Association issues alert about portable gas can shortage: may impact 2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season planning DHS schedules PS-Prep program webinar A ten point plan for preparing your organization for London 2012 disruptions ‘Mission-critical Business Continuity for SAP’ SunGard Availability Services shakes up its US consulting organization Cloud deployment survey finds that business continuity is one of the top three reasons for migrating to the cloud Transport for London conducting London 2012 briefing in Tower Hamlets UK businesses failing to include ‘talent risks’ in business continuity strategies The Cloud Risk Framework Five tips for faster, simpler, better data deduplication Cloud Security Alliance announces open certification framework for cloud providers Business continuity certification guidance published StrategicRISK Award winners 2012 Survey looks at IT continuity in industrial companies United Nations urges Philippines businesses to take business continuity planning seriously Many boards show ‘risk blindness’: Airmic FEMA publishes 2012 National Preparedness Report The role of the chief information security executive is changing >> More news Sign up for Continuity Briefing Never miss a news story: signup for our free weekly email newsletter. Read the latest issue Latest Business Continuity Briefs This issue includes: • Australia and the US agree to further collaboration in the areas of cyber security and cyber incident response • EMC ‘transforms backup and recovery landscape’ • UK Heatwave Plan 2012 published New Zealand earthquake response • Terremark expands European cloud infrastructure capacity >> Read Business continuity briefs Winner of the Business Continuity Paper of the Year 2012 competition announced Now available to read in the latest issue of the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal. New thinking for new media Business continuity managers have traditionally seen the media as something of a threat; but a different approach can bring big benefits. By Abdullah Al Hour, MBCI. How to secure boardroom buy-in for backup and IT disaster recovery David Blackman offers some tips for success in this area. Human resources: covering all the bases A human resources checklist for enterprise-wide business continuity plans. By Lee Glendon CBCI. Continuity Central ISO 22301 webinar A replay of the above event is now available: watch standards expert Hilary Estall overview the new business continuity standard. The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal is Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication. Q2 2012 now available. BC statistics and research Results from global business continuity management program benchmarking study Power and communication failures were the main cause of UK business disruptions in 2011 Fifth Annual State of the Network Global Study results Chartered Management Institute publishes its annual business continuity management survey Discuss business continuity management Continuity Central recently launched a new resource to enable real-time discussion of selected Continuity Central articles as well as general business continuity subjects. Called MyContinuityCentral, the new website offers interactive resources to enable you to discuss, debate and expand your business continuity thinking. Access is free after registration. >> Go to MyContinuityCentral The benefits of business continuity: a summary Continuity Central recently asked readers to help build a list of the benefits that business continuity brings. This article provides a summary of these. >> Read more

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