The latest business continuity news from around the world
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DRI International's Awards of Excellence aim to recognize leaders and innovators in the fields of business continuity, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. The awards will be presented early in 2021, with the shortlist scheduled to be published on January 11th.
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A new Airmic and Control Risks report captures some of the lessons that organizations have learned from the COVID-19 crisis. ‘New challenges, new lessons’ says the pandemic has highlighted the siloed approach to business continuity management and crisis management that is present in many organizations.
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Citrix Systems has presented the results of a year-long examination of global work patterns and plans, to understand how work will change and the role that technology will play in enabling this.
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During a virtual awards ceremony the BCI recently presented its Africa Awards to this year’s winners. The awards recognise business continuity and resilience excellence in the region.
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In a detailed paper, Clinton Jayne sets out to capture lessons learned from more than 25 years as a consultant in the continuity and resilience profession. These are aimed at assisting other consultants and also managers with responsibility for hiring consultants.
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In this article Rico Andrew Patron points out that, unlike some other professions, the business continuity profession does not have a set of clearly articulated core principles. He makes the case for the development of the Core Principles of Business Continuity and suggests what these could be.
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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).
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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.
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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.
