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Quality control of business continuity plans and systems The interim results of Continuity Central’s survey into business continuity quality control show an interesting divergence of views and practices. >> Read more How organizations are improving business resiliency with continuous IT availability This Forrester technology white paper has been made available to Continuity Central readers. Offshore risks: attitudes and trends Continuity Central and SunGard Availability Services are carrying out a joint survey into offshore risks. News headlines Private sector must engage more in disaster risk reduction: United Nations GAR13 report KPMG survey looks at c-suite views on top risks RIMS welcomes the introduction of US Fostering Resilience to Terrorism Act of 2013 New Zealand government Budget provides additional funds for Christchurch disaster recovery Many manufacturers are blind to potential supply chain business continuity risks The 10th annual Terrorism and Political Violence Map Protecting networked control systems from cyber-attack Create resilience with automated disaster recovery The advantages of deduplication in virtual environments MIT study looks at where the next flu pandemic may come from From chaos to compliance: adapting records retention to the digital age APEC officials discuss regional promotion of business continuity Majority of organizations underestimate scope of privileged account security risk: survey BCI Asia Business Continuity Awards Canadian government announces third round of Kanishka Project anti-terrorism research SunGard Availability Services recognized for creative marketing campaigns High storage costs and performance remain key obstacles to virtualization of critical business apps Cloud governance: five questions boards need to ask Association of Contingency Planners webinar on NFPA 1600 Revisions Earthquake and flooding events dominate April natural disasters Natural catastrophes: business risks and preparedness Southern California businesses warned to prepare for potential power outages this summer 2013 Financial Services Availability Benchmark Study results Globally networked risks and how to respond Business continuity in US real estate companies >> 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: • WHO update on novel coronavirus infections • Republic of Korea provides Nepal government with a grant for disaster recovery centre construction • eBRP 10th annual eBRP User Group Conference 2013 • CSARN Business Continuity Briefing >> Read Business continuity briefs Cultural implications of multi-stakeholder resilience building initiatives Culture impacts on resilience initiatives in both negative and positive ways. In this article Mark Clegg explains what these impacts can be and how culture can be used as a key enabler in devising and implementing robust resilience initiatives. The tragedy of business continuity This article looks at five ‘tragedies of business continuity’: ways that organizations fail to get the most from BC programmes. Business continuity: certification and experience in the field Organizations should seek to expose business continuity planners to real disasters says Scott Sanderson. A guide to incident planning and leadership What does effective crisis management look like? Tony Schmitz uses a case study of a fire in a Taiwanese data center to explore this question. BCM in the United States: where is it heading? Have changes in the risks faced by both the public and private sectors increased the importance given to BCM? The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal is Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication. Q1 2013 now available. BC statistics and research CPNI publishes research into insider threats RAID-5 reduces long-term reliability of SSD Arrays, warns Skyera Most companies could not meet their recovery time objectives Majority of crisis communications plans lack a social media strategy Backup and recovery in 2013 Business continuity in 2013: survey results During November and December 2012 Continuity Central conducted a survey to determine what changes and challenges we can expect to see in the business continuity profession during 2013. >> Read more 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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