Jon Seaton, chair of the Scottish Chapter of the BCI, looks at the subject of business continuity metrics, exploring why they are necessary and how to determine which metrics are required at different levels in the organization.
The situation with the 2019-nCoV disease outbreak, which was first identified in Wuhan City, China, has moved on rapidly in the last few days.Infected people have been identified in Thailand, Japan and the Republic of Korea; and the first cases of human-to-human transmission have been confirmed.
The Chinese news agency Xinhua has reported that a novel coronavirus is the cause of a ‘mystery’ outbreak of pneumonia in the Chinese city of Wuhan. Previously emerging coronavirus variations were behind the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) outbreaks.
The Business Continuity Institute (BCI), in partnership with F24, has released the 5th edition of the BCI Emergency Communications Report. This annual publication provides insight into how organizations communicate in an emergency, the key communication challenges organizations face and how technology is helping
A new academic paper has been published in the Proceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Written by Jonna Järveläinen of the Turku School of Economics, University of Turku, the paper focuses on the role of different stakeholders in public sector business continuity management.
The Transportation Research Board's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) is asking for interested parties to consider submitting a proposal for developing a ‘Practical Guide for Integrating Crisis Management and Business Continuity’ and for associated research.
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.
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.
For the past six years Continuity Central has conducted an online survey asking business continuity professionals about their expectations for the year ahead. We are repeating the survey again and the interim results are now available. They are as follows...
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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.
