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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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How to avoid a data wipeout: three steps to protect your organization from wiper malware
Industry business continuity planning test scheduled for Canadian investment and trading firms
Databarracks launches Business Continuity Incident Response service
The ‘availability gap’: recovery requirements cannot practically be met in the majority of organizations
BCI Supply Chain Resilience Report 2023
Succession planning and knowledge transfer are key aspects of organizational resilience
The 25th Annual Business Continuity Awards
Eight business continuity and operational resilience risks to watch in 2023
How effective are your business continuity and crisis response exercises?
Survey report looks at how prepared industrial enterprises are for operations recovery following cyber attacks
New board Chair for the BCI
FINMA publishes operational risk and resilience guidance for banks operating in Switzerland
A framework for writing business continuity exercise objectives
Top ten predictions for the future of work
Latest BCI report looks at ‘Resilience in Conflict’: ripple effect impacts more than half of organizations
Arcserve wins Best Business Backup and Continuity Provider award
Royal Monetary Authority of Bhutan releases Business Continuity Plan Guidelines
New guidance from NIST: Using Business Impact Analysis to Inform Risk Prioritization and Response
The winners of the BCI Global Awards 2022
IFSCA announces new business continuity and disaster recovery requirements for India-based market infrastructure institutions

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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