Protection of vital company records is a cornerstone of business continuity and failure in this area can irreparably harm the organization. Dave Hochman explains why, when protecting vital records, organizations shouldn’t forget about older forms of protection in the rush to digitalization.
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’.
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.
How do you get Executive and Operational teams re-engaged in risk preparedness and build resilience after the world has gone through a crisis and everyone is fatigued? Marcus Vaughan says that microsimulations are a helpful approach…
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.
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’.
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).
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.
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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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.
