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Winner of the Business Continuity Paper of the Year 2012 competition announced The winning paper from our recent Business Continuity Paper of the Year 2012 competition and five short-listed papers are now available to read in the latest issue of the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal. >> 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. Human resources: covering all the bases A human resources checklist for enterprise-wide business continuity plans. By Lee Glendon CBCI. News headlines UK businesses failing to include ‘talent risks’ in business continuity strategies The Cloud Risk Framework Business continuity considerations for the Chicago NATO summit 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 April’s major disasters around the world Enterprise data recovery myths The 2012 Private Cloud and Storage Virtualization Survey Business continuity in Toronto Australian businesses face changing privacy risks ‘Cities and Flooding: A Guide to Integrated Urban Flood Risk Management for the 21st Century’ Research looks into business preparedness for London 2012 Australian businesses given data breach crisis management advice BANG Awards winners 2012 Survey looks into bring your own device trends Council of The European Union makes recommendations for improving post-disaster lessons learnt process Association of State Floodplain Managers urges Congress to accept two year extension to US National Flood Insurance Program Risk management wins seat at boardroom table in financial institutions: Marsh research US GAO reports on ‘Cybersecurity: Threats Impacting the Nation’ The world has become a less safe place: according to the Aon 2012 Terrorism & Political Violence Map The 2012 Information Security Breaches Survey >> 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: • Equinix expands in Asia-Pacific • SunGard releases first quarter 2012 results • Technical Aspects of Botnets • Date Change: ANSI-HSSP Workshop on CBRNE Standards rescheduled for September • Continuity in a Changing World • The Business Case for BCM Systems >> Read Business continuity briefs 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. It’s time to change your mindset… Business continuity planners who feel that they lack top-level support should stop blaming senior managers: the problem probably lies closer to home. How to secure boardroom buy-in for backup and IT disaster recovery David Blackman offers some tips for success in this area. US hospital preparedness: the intersection of HICS, business continuity and IT disaster recovery By Jacque Rupert. 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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