In October 2019 a revised version of the business continuity management standard, ISO 22301, was published. In this article Hilary Estall, MBCI and IRCA Lead BCMS Auditor, explores the new version. Lifting the lid on what appears to be an uncontroversial update identifies areas which, whether aligned or certified to the Standard, will require time and thought to digest and apply.
What changes can we expect to see in the areas of business continuity, resilience and enterprise risk management during 2020? This collection of Continuity Central articles gives various viewpoints and will be added to throughout January…
Eltjo Hofstee looks at some of the possible impacts that Brexit could have on UK organizations and the way in which they manage and provision disaster recovery. Discussions about GDPR between the UK and the EU will be crucial to determining a way forward…
With the 2019-nCoV Coronavirus situation developing rapidly, Geary Sikich looks at lessons learned from the 2006 avian flu pandemic scare, and provides pointers for activities that risk managers and business continuity managers could be considering currently.
Business continuity news
BCI publishes its Emergency Communications Report 2020
WHO has published its first Situation Report concerning the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak
Novel coronavirus is an emerging disease that organizations need to monitor
Proposals requested for development of airport crisis management and business continuity guidance
The top twenty feature articles published by Continuity Central in 2019
Enterprise risk management news
World Economic Forum publishes annual Global Risks Report
Cyber moves to the top of global business concerns: Allianz Risk Barometer 2020
Holistic encryption is one of the keys to California Consumer Privacy Act risk management
The top risk concerns for business leaders in 2020
Litigation risk trends that senior management needs to watch in 2020
Resilience news
New report recommends ways to strengthen the resilience of supply chains to hurricanes
Earth Networks' US 2019 Lightning Report highlights trends
Fortress AS publishes operational resilience ‘2020 Trends/ Predictions Report’
Committee publishes proposals for increasing UK energy supply resilience
DRI International publishes its Fifth Annual Global Risk and Resilience Trends Report
Major Bank of England 2021 stress test will look at climate change scenarios
Technology news
Predictions for data protection and storage trends…
The top three data protection predictions to watch in 2020
Smaller organizations must focus on basic cyber security hygiene this year…
Amazon AWS warns certain users to update certificates or face lost connectivity
Still running Windows 7 on corporate systems? Your risk of ransomware attack is about to increase...
