Small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in the UK believe that, despite the disruption they have experienced since the beginning of 2020, their business continuity plans responded well to both the COVID-19 pandemic (71 percent) and Brexit (55 percent).
There has been a lot of discussion recently about whether business continuity as a profession needs to take a more strategic role in organizations. Luke Bird FBCI CRISC gives his view of the current situation and the development that is needed within the profession.
With many organizations adopting hybrid working, it is becoming more likely that future incidents will be managed by a combination of people in the office and those at home, using a video conferencing system. Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses issues arising from this.
ISO has published an updated version of ISO/TS 22317, ‘Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for business impact analysis’. The new ISO/TS 22317:2021 replaces ISO/TS 22317:2015, which has now been withdrawn.
Alejandro Aristizábal Correa explains why an understanding of how the human brain works can help organizations develop better crisis exercising and training.
For many organizations, a business continuity exercise is seen as a necessary evil rather than something that is regularly embraced as way of improving your team’s capabilities. Here, Andy Osborne offers three tips for improving your BC exercising strategy.
The BCI recently presented its annual Global Awards at a virtual ceremony. The awards ‘recognise the achievements of individuals, teams, and organizations working in business continuity and resilience across the world’.
OnSolve has released the results of a commissioned study by Forrester Consulting, which found that only 30 percent of business and government entities are very confident they can handle the increasing complexity of risk management in the future.
The BCI has released the shortlist of organizations and individuals who have qualified for the 2021 BCI Global Awards. The awards will be presented at a virtual ceremony taking place at 7:00pm GMT on 18th November.
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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.
