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Competition launched for Business Continuity Paper of the Year 2012 Continuity Central and the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal are inviting entries for a new competition which seeks to discover the best new business continuity papers and articles. A £500 or $800 prize will be presented to the winner. >> Read more ISO22301 update ISO22301, the international business continuity standard, has now been published as a Final Draft International Standard (FDIS). The benefits of business continuity What specific benefits does having a business continuity plan in place bring to an organization? Continuity Central invites your input. News headlines Horizon scanning: the Schmallenberg virus Threat of bio-terrorism to London 2012 highlighted FEMA Seeks Applicants for National Advisory Council United Nations praises Delhi exercise Benefits of business continuity plans surveyed by British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA) and the UK Cabinet Office The CERT Guide to Insider Threats: new book Managing remote working risks SunGard Availability Services enhances highly available cloud backup offerings with Amazon Web Services partnership KPMG highlights ten sustainability ‘megaforces’ that businesses need to consider to ensure long-term survival US Senate committee leaders introduce cyber-security legislation Healthcare organizations focussing on disaster recovery Disaster recovery failing to catch up with virtualization and cloud: Acronis Survey Lessons from a day of disruption at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport DHS makes $39.5 billion Fiscal Year 2013 budget request Zerto introduces Virtual Replication 2.0 Major UK recovery centre suppliers publish joint ‘Recovery Site Providers' Statement of Intent’ Report published on UK Market-wide Exercise 2011 New capabilities dramatically improve data recovery from solid state media 2012 Political Risk Map Report ‘debunks prevailing myths about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks’ European Parliament committee backs plan to strengthen EU defences against cyber-attacks Confidence in IT disaster recovery processes increases KPMG gives businesses advice on cloud adoption Moremi: A Legend in Risk Management Local Government Association provides UK authorities with London 2012 advice Nimbus Launches E-Class flash memory system for mission-critical enterprise and cloud infrastructure ‘Your Ten Step Guide to Becoming Games Ready’ COSO issues risk appetite thought paper >> 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: • 20:20 webinar series • Norovirus outbreak impacts Welsh businesses • Turkish guide to enterprise risk management issued by the Institute of Risk Management • StorageCraft launches backup and disaster recovery training and certification • BCMexperts announces name change • Upcoming events >> Read Business continuity briefs Object storage for big unstructured data How to create uniformly scalable storage systems with an automated healing mechanism. By Tom Leyden. 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. By John M. Stagl. Top tips for fantastic business continuity desktop exercises Charley Newnham presents nineteen tips for running a successful business continuity exercise. 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. Executive buy-in? It doesn't end there Middle management also needs to be sold business continuity if corporate inertia is to be overcome. The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal The Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal is Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication. Q1 2012 now available. BC statistics and research 2012 business continuity horizon scan Survey highlights inability of companies to test London 2012 business continuity plans Many organizations lack confidence in London 2012 business continuity plans Disaster recovery planning in European organizations UK enterprise data protection survey State of Resilience 2011 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 six ‘gotchas’ of disaster recovery There are many factors that can complicate the recovery process if businesses aren't careful. Here are six of the biggest issues that organizations may face as they plan for continuity. By Philip Lieberman. >> Read more

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