Given our recent experience and learnings from COVID-19, there are no excuses for business leaders not to be prepared for the next pandemic event. Mike Steere says that although COVID-19 impacts are reducing, businesses must accelerate planning to strengthen resilience for the next pandemic.
The Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) is consulting on a new Prudential Standard designed to strengthen the management of operational risk
DRI International is currently conducting a survey of business continuity and resilience professionals to help inform its annual trends and predictions reports.
Continuity Central recently published ‘Business continuity and operational resilience – how different are they really?’ - an article exploring where the two disciplines merge together and where they don’t. Here are comments received from readers in response…
Helen Molyneux comments on the Operational Resilience Report 2022, which was published recently by the BCI and asks whether the report has added to confusion in the profession about business continuity and operational resilience.
The Australian Health Protection Principal Committee (AHPPC) has issued a statement giving an update on COVID-19 and ongoing health protection measures.
The BCI has presented its annual Middle East Awards during a virtual ceremony. The awards recognize business continuity, risk, and resilience excellence in the region.
Following a proposal submitted by the Australian Chapter Leaders (also known as ARAG), individual Australasian Chapters will be amalgamated to form a single Australasian Chapter with representation from all Australian states, territories, and New Zealand regions, says the BCI.
The BCI has presented its latest regional business continuity and resilience awards, with the presentation of the 2022 BCI APAC Awards in a virtual ceremony.
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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.
