business continuity: General information

LATEST NEWS ARTICLES

‘Your Ten Step Guide to Becoming Games Ready’
A business continuity planning guide has been published by SunGard to help UK businesses prepare for London 2012.

Insurance: preparing, managing, and responding to catastrophic event claims
Insurance is an important aspect of business continuity; and good planning and preparation in this area can make the difference between business survival and failure.

London 2012 kicks off free preparation sessions for businesses
Workshops and drop-in sessions commence during the first week of February.

UK Climate Change Risk Assessment
700 potential impacts of climate change in a UK context examined.

Napolitano presents ‘National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security’
Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, has presented the US National Strategy for Global Supply Chain Security at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

South Africa: top 10 business continuity issues for 2012
ContinuitySA has identified what it believes are the main risks facing South African business in 2012.

The Business Continuity Institute announces inaugural North America business continuity awards
The BCI will be hosting the first annual BCI Awards - North America at DRJ Spring World 2012.

Many organizations lack confidence in London 2012 business continuity plans
Voice continuity revealed as weak spot in contingency planning.

Telecommunications risk management report
Study shows inconsistent adoption of telecommunications risk mitigation practices across enterprises.

New business continuity advice from Greater London Authority
The Greater London Authority has published a five-step guide to business continuity management.

The consequences of high-impact low-probability events highlighted in new Chatham House report
A one week disruption is the maximum tolerance of the 'just-in-time' global economy.

Announcing: The Journal of Business Continuity and Resiliency
Continuity Central has relaunched its international Business Continuity Journal publication and has renamed it as ‘The Journal of Business Continuity and Resiliency.’

‘Flood risk and insurance - a roadmap to 2013 and beyond’
The UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published an update about ongoing work on flood risk, insurance and resilience.

Advances in self-healing technologies offer potential for greater resilience in electronic systems
In many mission critical applications electrical failures can cause very real business continuity problems; a new technological advance promises to help enhance the resilience of such systems.

2012 UK Business Continuity Awards open for entries
Deadline is 17th February 2012; two new awards introduced.

BCI updates business continuity dictionary
Dictionary of Business Continuity Management Terms Version 2.

Guidance from ENISA on new security and continuity rules for telecoms companies
How to implement the new telecoms legislation on security and integrity ('Art 13a').

UK university offering new Business Continuity Diploma
30-week course is being run by Buckinghamshire New University in partnership with the Business Continuity Institute

‘Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’
An assessment on how climate related disaster risk is likely to change in the future.

‘Business Continuity Planning in Severe Weather’: Irish government advice
Forfás, Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation have prepared a short document including a practical checklist for businesses to help prepare for severe weather events.

New supply chain business continuity management resource freely available
3rd Party Questionnaire (3PQ) provides a common set of basic questions that will enable your organization to obtain the majority of the business continuity management information required from your suppliers.

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FEATURE ARTICLES

Calling the shots…
Does true business continuity play second fiddle to IT recovery?

The challenges in a changing world: adopting an integrated approach to risk mitigation
In this paper Robert Hall looks at attitudes to risk within businesses and explains why the balance may be too far on the side of risk avoidance.

Supply chain resilience
Supply chain continuity management has been much discussed over the past year but many organizations struggle to get beyond the basics. In this article John Robinson provides advice on how to take control of this area.

Social media and business continuity
The one thing you can’t do about social media is ignore it. By Mike Jacobs.

Business continuity and risk – what is in scope?
Are we right in our approach to risk assessments to be only looking at the physical / IT related / reputational risks and ignoring the much larger questions out there such as the financial instability in the markets?

Executive buy-in? It doesn't end there
Middle management also needs to be sold business continuity if corporate inertia is to be overcome.

Business continuity and financial turmoil
What is the business continuity professional’s role in preparing organizations for macroeconomic financial crises?

From here to maternity?
The UK NHS provides an excellent example of what business continuity is about in its most basic form, says Mike Jacobs.

Are we fear-mongers? Business continuity and the boy who cried wolf
Nick Johnson discusses the pros and cons of using a ‘fear-based’ approach to getting business continuity buy-in.

Business continuity management lessons from English public disorder incidents
BCM professionals must begin to look at what happened and assess how well plans and processes stood up to the events, says Gary Hibberd.

UK riots in retrospect
Peter Power, FBCI, looks at some of the lessons that can be learned from the riots that shook the UK during the summer.

Supply chain continuity insights
Robin Gaddum shares his experiences of supply chain business continuity management.

Business continuity and brand protection
Five steps that organizations can take to bolster business continuity plans to help protect their brands.

Business continuity management: reflections from disaster
The Asia Pacific region experienced more than its fair share of natural disasters in the first quarter of 2011; but what impact have these events had on attitudes to BCM in the region, and what lessons have been learned?

Using wikis for business continuity training
One of the biggest challenges for a business continuity manager is to train a large group of people to an appropriate level, with limited resources. Michelle Lang explains how wikis can help.

Emerging business continuity threats: acid mine drainage
ContinuitySA’s Lynn Jackson provides an update about the issue of acid mine drainage (AMD) and its business continuity implications.

Unrealistic scenarios? C’mon man!
Unpredictability is fast becoming our new normal; and addressing unpredictability requires that we change how business continuity planning programs operate. By Geary Sikich.

Murphy’s Three Laws of Business Continuity
"When I talk to people about what we do in our profession, rather than bore them with the textbook definition of business continuity instead I often refer to Murphy’s Law." Robin Gaddum explains more.

Top ten business continuity tunes
As compiled by Charlie Maclean-Bristol

Maximum tolerable period of disruption: a new definition
Mel Gosling argues that the current definition of the term maximum tolerable period of disruption not only causes confusion, but is actually wrong.

Avoiding the dangers of groupthink during business continuity planning
David Honour highlights specific areas in the business continuity lifecycle which are at particular risk from groupthink.