A new survey by Nationwide has found that three in four US small business owners do not have a disaster recovery plan, but more than half say it would take at least three months to recover from a disaster.
By David Lindstedt, PhD, PMP, CBCP.
Business continuity is failing us all. Here's why:
Excellent exercises take time and resources to prepare and run; but they are an essential component of a business continuity programme to prove capability and to train people. It is important to get the best out of them and make sure they deliver against the business recovery objectives.
Matt Hodges-Long looks at the recent WHSmith ‘data breach’ story and explains how the retailer could have better handled its crisis communications.
The Business Continuity Institute has designated September as ‘Education Month’ and has scheduled a series of business continuity webinars through the month.
By Samuel Shanthan
After working in consultancy and industry for over 15 years, one of the initial challenges I have consistently faced is performing the business impact analysis (BIA), especially in organizations that have a low business continuity maturity level.
Rainer Hübert, MBCI, sets out a vision for ways in which the advantages of a business continuity management system can be quantified, helping demonstrate a return on investment and changing the business continuity function from a cost centre to a profit centre.
September is National Preparedness Month in the United States and as part of the planned activities the SBA, in partnership with Agility Recovery, has scheduled a weekly webinar looking at various aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery.
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that infectious diseases have become “a much larger menace” under the unique conditions of the 21st century
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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.
