BCI North America Awards presented
The 2014 BCI North America Awards took place on Sunday March 30th as part of the Disaster Recovery Journal (DRJ) Spring World 2014.
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•Date: 31st March 2014 • North America•Type: Article • Topic: BC general
New IPCC report sets out the risks and opportunities related to climate change
Adapting to a changing climate is a risk management challenge.
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•Date: 31st March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
Many organizations facing cloud downtime challenges
‘2014 state of public cloud disaster recovery’ report looks at cloud availability and other issues.
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•Date: 31st March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
US port and military community template for national or large scale crisis discussed
The uninterrupted operation of America's 513 ports and 136 military installations is essential to America's economy and resiliency.
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•Date: 31st March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
Avalution extends Catalyst business continuity software with automatic business continuity metrics
Avalution Consulting has announced the release of a new feature, ‘Catalyst Insights’, for its Catalyst business continuity software suite.
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•Date: 31st March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC software
Leaving business continuity
Late in 2013 the head of BCM for one of Asia’s largest banks voluntarily transferred within his bank to a job entirely unrelated to BCM. Nathaniel Forbes interviewed him to discover why he made this move and to capture some of the lessons from a long business continuity career.
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•Date: 27th March 2014 • Asia / World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Memories of a business continuity pioneer
In March 2014 the business continuity profession lost one of its founding fathers, Ron Ginn, (Hon) FBCI. In this article Paul Kirvan compiles some thoughts and remembrances from several of Ron’s friends and colleagues.
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•Date: 27th March 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
What makes an effective emergency notification system?
Teon Rosandic, VP EMEA, xMatters, gives a vendor’s view of the developments which are improving the capabilities of emergency notification systems and why traditional one-way mass notification is on the way out.
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•Date: 27th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis communications
Has cyber security awareness improved among the largest UK businesses?
It isn't all doom and gloom when it comes to cyber security, says Tom Neaves.
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•Date: 27th March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
The top six ways to encrypt sensitive data on AWS
SafeNet identifies best practices for protecting sensitive data in the cloud.
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•Date: 27th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
This issue includes:
• New NIST roadmap outlines research path to reduce storm impacts
• VIMS model now capable of street-level storm-tide predictions
• WHO provides a sitrep on Ebola Haemorrhagic Fever in Guinea
• Vision Solutions introduces Double-Take for AIX 4.1
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APEC highlights activities to help small and medium sized enterprises with business continuity planning
In its latest Bulletin, APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) has provided details of what it is doing to assist regional SMEs to develop business continuity plans.
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•Date: 25th March 2014 • Asia Pacific •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Internet of Things will significantly alter supply chain risk dynamics
Gartner says a thirty-fold increase in Internet-connected physical devices by 2020 will change how the supply chain operates.
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•Date: 25th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Operational risk management
Shortlist for the 2014 DRI International Awards of Excellence published
The awards will be presented at the DRI2014 Certified Professionals Conference being held in Atlanta on May 20th, at the Gala Dinner at the Hyatt Regency.
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•Date: 25th March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
London Resilience Partnership rebrands
The London Resilience Partnership has introducing a new look, which is part of a wider rebranding across the Greater London Authority.
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•Date: 25th March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Five reasons why risk managers should be social
James Leavesley, outlines why risk managers need to be up to speed with the social media revolution.
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•Date: 24th March 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
Many UK SMEs are ‘unaware of insurance perks that come with a business continuity plan’
54 percent of respondents to a recent survey were unaware that there may be insurance benefits in having a business continuity plan.
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•Date: 21st March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC: SMEs
Survey finds crisis management failings in US public agencies
Despite being a management priority, lack of investment in crisis management technology has been uncovered by a survey of US Public Agencies.
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•Date: 21st March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis management
BCI launches new senior membership grade
New AFBCI grade is for people who have reached a senior level in the business continuity profession but have concentrated more on developing their practical working experience rather than specifically contributing to the development of the Institute or the discipline.
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•Date: 21st March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
83 percent of businesses are not fully prepared for an online security incident: Economist Intelligence Unit
Despite 77 percent of companies suffering an incident in the past two years, over a third of firms (38 percent) still have no incident response plan in place should an incident occur.
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•Date: 19th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Next generation industrial control systems create ‘open invitation’ for hackers
According to a Marsh Risk Management Research paper.
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•Date: 19th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
New CloudEndure solution ‘eliminates downtime in the cloud’
Disaster recovery solution replicates cloud-based applications continuously and in real-time.
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•Date: 19th March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
This issue includes:
• DHS announces grant guidance for fiscal year 2014 Preparedness Grants
• Asia Pacific nations take part in Mentawai Megathrust 2014 exercise
• Sentronex partners with UK iWASP network
• Counter Terror Expo 2014
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Counting the costs, and benefits, for business continuity: a critical perspective
An article by Matthias Rosenberg for the BCAW 2014 Flashblog.
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•Date: 18th March 2014 • Europe/World •Type: Article • Topic: BCAW 2014
Counting the costs, and benefits, for business continuity: a standards auditor’s perspective
An article by Jayne Howe for the BCAW 2014 Flashblog.
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•Date: 18th March 2014 • N.America/World •Type: Article • Topic: BCAW 2014
Counting the cost: a meta-analysis of the cost of ineffective business continuity
As part of its Business Continuity Awareness Week activities, the Business Continuity Institute has published a report to highlight the cost of common threats to organizations.
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•Date: 18th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BCAW 2014
BATS Global Markets successfully conducts full-scale business continuity test
On March 13th BATS Global Markets conducted a business continuity test of its US equities exchanges BZX and BYX, and BATS Options.
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•Date: 18th March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC testing & exercising
How good are your business continuity plans?
Charlie Maclean-Bristol lists ten areas where many business continuity plans can be improved.
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•Date: 17th March 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC plan development
Less risk, more reward
Managing vulnerabilities in a business context.
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•Date: 17th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Everbridge acquires Vocal
Everbridge, the emergency notification solutions provider, has acquired Vocal, one of its UK-based competitors.
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•Date: 17th March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC markets & companies
Risk planning lessons must be learned from UK flooding says Institute of Risk Management
The recent flooding episode has highlighted shortcomings in the UK government’s approach to risk events says Chairman of the Institute of Risk Management, Richard Anderson.
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•Date: 13th March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic:Emergency planning
NIST launches effort to improve disaster resilience of communities
The US National Institute of Standards and Technology will host the first of six workshops devoted to developing a comprehensive, community-based disaster resilience framework.
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•Date: 13th March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
How Twitter shapes public opinion
A new paper from the American Institute of Physics provides some useful background information for making social media-based crisis communications plans.
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•Date: 12th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis communication
Disaster Resilience Scorecard for cities launched
The UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) is working with IBM and AECOM to measure cities’ resilience to disasters.
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•Date: 12th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Public sector BC
ISO 22301: business continuity management system audit results and what they tell us
Hilary Estall takes a look at how organizations are faring with their BCMS audits and what, if any, trends are appearing.
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•Date: 11th March 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
SWIFT launches new business continuity service
New Market Infrastructure Resiliency Service (MIRS) is a backup service for Real Time Gross Settlement systems.
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•Date: 11th March 2014 • World/UK •Type: Article • Topic: Financial sector BC
Business Continuity Awareness Week updates
New events and information have been added to Continuity Central’s BCAW update page.
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•Date: 11th March 2014 • Various •Type: Article • Topic: BCAW 2014
This issue includes:
• 2nd Annual Business Continuity & Emergency Preparedness for Utilities Conference
• F-24 UK Customer Event 2014
• BANG London March event
• CAST introduces CIO Dashboard for IT application risk management
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Avaya survey looks at downtime costs
80 percent of companies experiencing downtime from core errors in 2013 lost revenue.
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•Date: 7th March 2014 • Various •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
When disaster strikes: safeguarding networks
New scientific papers explore strategies that can mitigate the impacts of disasters on networks.
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•Date: 7th March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
February major natural disasters roundup
Winter storms were the theme of the month.
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•Date: 7th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
A challenging exercise…
Why are people often reluctant to participate in business continuity exercises? Luke Bird gives his views.
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•Date: 6th March 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC testing & exercising
The BCI publishes results of annual Horizon Scan survey
ICT-related threats are continuing to provide the greatest concern for organizations.
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•Date: 5th March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC statistics
Emergency generator tips
How to ensure that your power supply contingency plans work as planned.
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•Date: 5th March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
FBI Director highlights cyber threat growth
FBI Director James Comey spoke to a group of cyber security industry professionals at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, highlighting the ‘dire’ nature of cyber threats.
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•Date: 5th March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
DHS announces Fiscal Year 2015 Budget Request
US Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson has unveiled the Department of Homeland Security’s fiscal year (FY) 2015 budget request of $38.2 billion in net discretionary funding.
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•Date: 5th March 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
Datto launches ‘Business Continuity Built From the Ground Up’
Claims to be the first channel vendor to build a hardware and cloud solution specifically for the business continuity market.
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•Date: 5th March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC markets & companies
This issue includes:
• Send Word Now to provide emergency communication services to Canadian North Airlines
• Vocal introduces ‘Emergency Channel’
• Iron Mountain reports fourth quarter and full-year 2013 results
• Adam Continuity improves its cloud-based services
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Why you should ‘supersize’ your business impact analysis
It’s time to move beyond the conventional perception that the BIA is simply how you decide which processes are ‘critical’ and what the objectives are for recovery time and recovery point.
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•Date: 4th March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Proper information security only comes by being truthful
Too many organizations are unwilling to face the facts when it comes to their information security risks and protective status. To move forward an honest assessment is required…
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•Date: 4th March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Facing the BYOD challenge
Don Thomas Jacob provides BYOD risk management advice.
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•Date: 3rd March 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
DRI International to launch Glossary for Resiliency
New glossary of over 2,000 terms will be available from March 14th 2014.
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•Date: 3rd March 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
BANG invites entries for the 6th Annual Alternative Awards
BANG’s alternative business continuity awards will be presented on 30th April in London.
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•Date: 3rd March 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
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