Every year the business continuity profession around the world comes together for Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW). As the title suggests, the event aims to assist organizations raise awareness about business continuity with their employees and stakeholders. The 2021 BCAW takes place between 17th and 21st May.
BC Management’s 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study has been published. This year’s study was supported by Witt O’Brien’s LLC and assessed how organizations prepare for events and how those events impacted organizations during 2020.
Tricor Group and the Financial Times Board Director Programme have co-released the inaugural Asia Pacific Board Director Barometer Report, uncovering corporate board sentiments on COVID-19 disruptions globally with a focus on Australia and other APAC markets.
The BCI North America Next Practice Group has published ‘Business Continuity & Resilience: A Generational Perspective’, a research report analyzing how business continuity practitioners view the profession’s future direction.
Infinite Blue has published results from its ‘How Prepared Were You – A Business Continuity Retrospective’ survey. This asked respondents about their use of business continuity and disaster recovery plans during initial responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Following the publication of the final policy in March 2021, the operational resilience framework does not depart significantly from the December 2019 CPs – but does include some important clarifications says Steve Dance.
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Thematic Review on the extent to which participating IOSCO member jurisdictions have implemented regulatory measures consistent with the two Recommendations and the two Standards set out in the 2015 IOSCO reports on business continuity plans
The BCI presented its 2021 BCI Americas Awards during a virtual ceremony on April 29th. The awards recognize outstanding contributions in the areas of business continuity, risk, and resilience.
Developing an excellent crisis management plan is only half the battle when it comes to successfully managing an incident. The crisis management team needs to have the have the knowledge, understanding, and confidence to apply it. Jonathan Hemus explains how this is achieved.
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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.
