The latest business continuity news from around the world
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The US Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has released a Spanish version of its latest free business continuity planning toolkit, Open For Business-EZ, (better known as OFB-EZ).
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New research from think tank, the Institute of Employment Rights (IER), has found the risk of COVID-19 transmission in the workplace remains significant and is being ‘dangerously downplayed by the UK government’s light-touch approach’.
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Over the past few years, enterprises have been sailing the digital transformation voyage at their own pace. But due to the pandemic, they were forced to accelerate their initiatives. Digital became a necessary prerequisite to survive and thrive in this COVID era.
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ISO has announced that the latest edition of ISO 22300 has been published. Entitled ‘Security and resilience - Vocabulary’, ISO 22300 replaces the previous 2018 edition.
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CIR Magazine has announced that the 2021 Business Continuity Awards will now take place on 1st September rather than Thursday 17th June, as originally scheduled. The Award ceremony remains at the London Marriott Grosvenor Square.
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The BCI has released its annual Supply Chain Resilience Report, this year sponsored by Everstream Analytics. The report ‘looks at the current status of supply chains across the globe and how they have been impacted by the events of the last 12 months’.
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Hilary Estall MBCI, IRCA BCMS Lead Auditor is a business continuity practitioner and seasoned management system Lead Auditor. Here she offers an insight into the recent publication of NCEMA 7000:2021, the third edition of the UAE National Emergency Crisis and Disasters Management Authority’s business continuity management standard.
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The winners of the DRI Awards of Excellence 2021 were announced during the DRI Resilience Excellence Summit, which took place virtually from March 1st - 3rd. The awards are presented to leaders and innovators in the fields of business continuity, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management.
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A new survey by the Institute of Directors (IoD) in Ireland reveals that almost 8 out of 10 (78 percent) of business leaders in that country say their organization had a business continuity plan in place in advance of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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