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ISO 22361:2022 - Crisis Management Guidelines: a closer look

Hilary EstallIn November 2022 ISO released a new guidance standard, ISO 22361:2022, to provide a structured approach to crisis management. In this article Hilary Estall MBCI, IRCA BCMS Principal Auditor reviews ISO 22361 and picks out the key points.

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Business continuity basics: how to plan and carry out exercises

business continuity exercisesBusiness continuity plans and strategies require the involvement of many different members of your organization, but to be effective during a crisis, these individuals need to have practiced their roles.

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How good is ChatGPT at answering questions about BC and resilience?

How good is ChatGPT at answering questions about business continuity and resilience?ChatGPT has never been far from the headlines over the past few months. At Continuity Central we thought it would be interesting to ask it some of the common questions we get asked about business continuity and resilience. See what you think of the answers…

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All our business continuity listings in date order

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Business continuity planning: what should I include when considering natural disasters?
Winners of the BCI Europe Awards 2021 announced
BC Management releases the 19th Edition BCM Compensation Report
Denmark tops the 2021 FM Global Resilience Index
Building organizational and individual resilience: a combination of process and people
Half of Canadian businesses have increased priority given to business continuity since the start of COVID-19
Business Continuity Awareness Week 2021: 17th – 21st May
BCI North America Next Practice Group issues report into the future of the business continuity profession
IOSCO publishes review of business continuity planning in trading venues and market intermediaries
Smart shoring for agility and the myth of re-shoring for resilience
9th Annual Event Impact Management Study finds increased executive involvement in incident management
New survey report considers how useful business continuity and disaster recovery plans were for initial pandemic response
Winners of the BCI Americas Awards 2021 announced
Report highlights critical gaps for APAC boards in business continuity, GRC, cyber security, and digital governance
As business continuity and information security move closer together, how can the NIST framework help?
Final UK regulatory policy on operational resilience – a time for change or business as usual for business continuity?
How to develop a highly effective crisis management team
BCI releases BCAW 2021 Toolkit to help raise business continuity awareness
Industrial and organizational psychologists should be involved in business continuity planning and assessment say researchers
Castellan’s Brian Zawada releases book on ‘The Business Continuity Operating System’

Getting started with the business impact analysis

This resource explores what the business impact analysis (BIA) is, how to get started, and provides access to an easy to use BIA and Risk Assessment Worksheet to carry out your first business impact analysis or to improve existing BIAs.

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The Business Continuity Business Case Template

Business continuity is much more than making plans to deal with disasters and disruptions. It’s an integral part of a broader resilience effort - not just during a crisis, but continuously, through all the ups and downs of normal operations.

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A guide to writing a business continuity plan

In an article aimed at providing assistance to those starting out in business continuity, CMAC overviews the basics of business continuity and offers a useful framework for writing your first business continuity plan.

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Business continuity?

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.

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