The Institute for Crisis Management’s 27th annual report is a compilation of news and trends and the identification of those industries that were most prone to crisis during 2017.
A survey by Chemical Watch has found that almost half of the UK’s chemical firms are planning to create additional legal entities in the EU for business continuity purposes.
Now in their 20th year, CIR Magazine’s Business Continuity Awards recognise the achievements of business continuity, security, resilience and risk professionals. The awards are judged by an independent panel of experts and winners will be announced at a ceremony in London on 7th June 2018.
Occasionally a business will be hit by an incident so unusual that it would have been almost impossible to predict. Jen Horsman uses the case of Italian restaurant chain Zizzi, which was impacted by the Salisbury nerve agent attack, to show how preparations can still be made.
On April 3rd millions of European air travellers were impacted by an IT failure at the Eurocontrol air traffic control centre. In this article, Ian Aitchison, looks at what happened and what lessons can be learned from the incident.
The Business Continuity Institute’s annual Middle East business continuity and resilience awards will be presented on 11th April at the first Dubai Airports and BCI Awareness Day. The shortlist for the awards has now been published
Charlie Maclean Bristol, FBCI, looks at the objectives, format and scenario of business continuity exercises, and explains why scenarios are not the most important factor when planning an exercise.
New influenza strains emerging in the world could cause a global pandemic comparable to the disastrous influenza pandemic of 1918, writes Steven J. Hatfill, M.D., in the spring issue of the Journal of American Physicians and Surgeons.
Inadequate government resources, political instability, terrorist activity and corruption drove an overall increase in supply chain disruption over the last year. This is according to a new report from BSI.
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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.
