DRI International presented its annual Awards of Excellence at a gala reception and dinner on February 13th during the DRI2018 event in Nashville, TN. The awards recognize outstanding organizations and individuals from the business continuity, disaster recovery, and crisis management fields.
Do cultural differences have an influence on reactions to incidents? Charles Boffin uses an example of a significant Internet backbone incident in Australia to explore differing psychological reactions to the same crisis.
Terrorism is never far from the headlines and while the impact on human lives is, of course, the biggest and most important consequence of a terrorist incident, it is not the only one; businesses need to prepare for the potential impacts. Jonathan Hemus looks at five areas to focus on.
Pandemic planning has gone into hibernation for most organizations says Geary W. Sikich. In this article he looks at the impacts of a future pandemic on individual organizations, specific sectors and on the wider economy; emphasizing why organizations cannot afford to ignore the threat.
There are some significant differences between a cyber incident and the usual type of incidents that business continuity professionals are involved in managing. Charlie Maclean Bristol looks at what the differences and why they may affect how the incident is managed.
Cyber breaches don’t just impact on internal systems they can quickly escalate into major reputational crises; so how can your business prepare to respond when under attack? Chris Butler provides some pointers...
The BCI has published its annual Horizon Scan report, which looks at emerging threats and provides a snapshot of the current state of the business continuity profession. This year’s report finds that cyber attacks are the top business threat for the third year running and for the second year in a row, the threat of data breach was ranked second.
New data from Databarracks shows that only 27 percent of organizations have policies in place to protect against IoT threats. Organizations must address this gap in their business continuity planning or face an increase in disruptions from this source, says the company.
The Chocolate Factory, a Netherlands-based chocolate manufacturer, has substituted metal-based replacement parts with 3D printed carbon-filled thermoplastic parts as a solution to production line downtime.
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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.
