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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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How effective are your business continuity and crisis response exercises?

Robin BucknallBusiness continuity and crisis response exercising is a surprisingly weak area in many organizations says Robin Bucknall MA MSc MBCI. Here he looks at why this is the case and how to improve in this area.

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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

The 2023 DRI Awards of Excellence: the deadline is coming closer
BCI report looks at how organizations view business continuity and resilience
An emerging name in the business continuity market: 11:11 Systems to acquire recovery business of Sungard AS
Getting started with the business impact analysis
New research looks at the impacts of downtime and highlights increasing resolution times
A step-by-step guide to writing a business continuity plan for your business
ESMA issues consultation paper on market outages
Survey of UK IT professionals finds that over 50 percent of organizations changed business continuity plans to adapt to the pandemic
Women in Resilience: How to be ‘seen’ in a hybrid working environment
Association for Financial Professionals finds that treasury professionals are increasingly involved in business continuity and risk management
Survey shows that many organizations’ disaster recovery plans lack maturity
The winners of the BCI India & South Asia Awards 2022
What’s the difference between business continuity and disaster recovery?
Winners of the BCI Africa Awards 2022 announced
Resilient organizations make psychological safety a strategic priority
Embedding culture into business continuity planning
What are digital twins and how can they be used in risk and resilience?
Now is the time to plan for the next pandemic
Risk managers increasingly involved in corporate strategy
The operational resilience and business continuity debate

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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