In conjunction with US National Preparedness Month, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has launched an updated edition of its free business continuity planning toolkit, Open for Business-EZ (OFB-EZ).
For any business leader considering implementing business continuity for the first time - or indeed anyone who has a plan and would like to improve it - it’s important to address four common misconceptions that can cause confusion and limit effectiveness says Jeff Keyes.
COVID-19 has brought business continuity under scrutiny, with the opportunity to enhance resilience into the future. Padma Naidoo looks at what worked and how this will influence business continuity in the future…
Protiviti has completed a major update to its Guide to Business Continuity & Resilience. First produced in 2005, the guide has been updated to reflect today's new threats and business realities, especially in light of lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The BCI, in association with FortressAS, has published a new report looking at how business continuity and resilience may develop following the shake-up that the pandemic has given the profession.
A survey of 600 members of the Association of Compliance Officers in Ireland (ACOI) has shown how important business continuity planning has been in helping Irish businesses respond effectively to the COVID pandemic and stay afloat over the last few months.
Nine out of ten healthcare professionals believe there will be a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK - and many anticipate it will be soon, according to a YouGov survey. The survey found that 46 percent healthcare professionals surveyed say that this scenario is very likely and 44 percent say it is fairly likely.
New research from Databarracks shows that just 46 percent of UK organizations surveyed had evaluated their business continuity risks for cloud services compared with on-premises IT in the months before widespread remote working – and the accompanying growth in the use of cloud applications – began.
The COVID-19 pandemic has stretched business continuity plans across the world and has tested virtually every planning assumption. Steve Dance highlights some useful lessons learned from this for business continuity managers.
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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.
