On 6th December 2018, an issue with nodes in the core network of Ericsson, an ICT provider which handles around 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic, resulted in downtime for mobile data services around the world. Continuity Central is running a quick survey which aims to capture information about the impacts this incident had on organizations and what contingency measures were taken in response.
Steve Dance looks at how the ‘Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience’ Discussion Paper (DP) could impact BC managers in the UK financial sector.
The Business Continuity Institute's Global Awards were presented on the evening of the 6th November at a Gala Dinner during the BCI World Conference 2018. The winners of the BCI’s various regional awards are automatically entered into the Global Awards, which complete the Institute’s annual awards programme.
At an event in London on 11th December, BSI will officially launch the PD CEN/TS 17091 European technical specification for crisis management. Aimed at organizations of all sizes, the new guidance gives organizations ‘good practice guidance on how to prepare for, anticipate, respond to and recover from crises’.
Charlie Maclean-Bristol looks at decision making during incidents, describes the risks of ‘groupthink’, and offers some tools and techniques to prevent it from impacting your team.
Research released by MIDEL, a provider of ester-based transformer fluids, reveals the real and significant threat posed when a transformer fails, and a high level of concern about its impact on business continuity.
Research conducted on behalf of payment security specialists PCI Pal has found that 41 percent of UK consumers will never return to a brand or a business following a security breach, representing a significant loss of revenue.
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.
To effectively address the mounting pressure and increasing frequency of critical events, business continuity teams need to reach out to their security, IT and crisis teams
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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.
