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.
Three academic researchers have written a new paper ‘A Call for I-O Psychologists to Contribute to Business Continuity Planning and Assessment’. This is due to be published in a future issue of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice.
ASIS has released its latest business continuity guidance standard, ASIS BCM-2021. Called ‘Business Continuity Management Guideline’, this replaces the ‘Business Continuity Guideline: A Practical Approach for Emergency Preparedness, Crisis Management, and Disaster Recovery’.
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.
This article by Patrick Roberts and Peter Noble highlights five behavioural insights that can be applied to any organization trying to manage change and uncertainty as we slowly move towards a post pandemic world. There is no magic algorithm, but these reflections will assist organizations develop and revise their continuity plans.
The BCI has published its annual Horizon Scan Report, sponsored this year by BSI. The Horizon Scan Report 2021 identifies emerging risks as identified by business continuity professionals around the world.
This year’s Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW 2021) takes place from will take place from 17th-21st May. To help organizations make the most of the week the BCI has made available a BCAW 2021 Toolkit.
The European Central Bank (ECB) has published a new report, ‘Best practices applied by financial market infrastructures in their business continuity plans during the COVID-19 pandemic’.
Damages, disturbances and, ultimately, losses from riots, protests, vandalism or other forms of civil unrest are now among the main political risk exposures for companies, with the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic likely to drive further activity, according to the latest issue of Global Risk Dialogue from Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS).
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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.
