Databarracks has announced the release of its 2020 Data Health Check results. Running since 2008, the annual report questions over 400 IT decision-makers in the UK on critical issues relating to IT resilience, cybersecurity, cloud and remote working.
BSI has announced the availability of its ‘Safe Working Guidelines, Version 2’ which provides guidance on safe working during the COVID-19 pandemic. The guidelines have been enhanced and extended and include major updates.
In a research article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, researchers have highlighted the discovery of a new H1N1 influenza virus which should be monitored due to its potential to be a vector for a future pandemic.
Only a quarter of UK business leaders say their organizations are fully ready for the end of the Brexit transition period, in a new survey from the Institute of Directors.
Liam Butler discusses why having an effective learning management system (LMS) in place can help business continuity; aiding organizations maintain employee engagement and enabling effective management of critical communications.
A new white paper from ISACA, ‘Supply Chain Resilience and Continuity: Closing Gaps Exposed in a Global Pandemic’, offers approaches that enterprises can implement to increase the resiliency of their supply chain.
The European Union is warning already stretched businesses that now is the time to start preparing for the ’unavoidable’ and ‘broad and far-reaching consequences’ which will commence as of January 1st 2021 due to Brexit.
The US National Fire Protection Association has announced that a public input period is open for the initial draft of the 2023 version of the NFPA 1600, Standard on Continuity, Emergency, and Crisis Management.
Early 2020 saw the beginning of worldwide lockdown measures that forced many businesses worldwide to work remotely in response to COVID-19, and a new report, the ‘2020 Work-from-Home IT Impact Study’, has examined the impacts of these steps.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
