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Quality control of business continuity plans and systems The results of Continuity Central’s recent survey into business continuity quality control throw an interesting spotlight on the varying practices across the profession. >> 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 Emulating the enemy DRI International recognized for excellence in education NIST publishes initial analysis of Cybersecurity Framework for Critical Infrastructure comments Council of the European Union issues tender for provision of software as a service for a business continuity management system Aon launches guide to risk management information systems Major disaster declared for Oklahoma tornadoes 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 Canadian government announces third round of Kanishka Project anti-terrorism research High storage costs and performance remain key obstacles to virtualization of critical business apps Cloud governance: five questions boards need to ask Natural catastrophes: business risks and preparedness >> 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: • TwinStrata introduces on-demand DR as a Service for VMware users • Continuity Software launches AvailabilityGuard product suite • The Asigra 2013 Cloud Backup Summit • Shortlist for BCI Inaugural European Awards announced >> 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 Business continuity in US real estate companies CPNI publishes research into insider threats Most companies could not meet their recovery time objectives Majority of crisis communications plans lack a social media strategy 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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