On 6th November 2018 the Business Continuity Institute issued a new survey-based report entitled ‘The Continuity & Resilience Report: Raising the impact of Business Continuity’. The report has received significant criticism from business continuity consultant and author David Lindstedt. In this article, Continuity Central’s editor, David Honour, examines David Lindstedt’s reaction to the report and offers an assessment of some of the points made.
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Enterprise risk management news
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Resilience news
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Technology news
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