The use of playbooks by business continuity managers to help prepare for specific types of incidents in growing in popularity and one area where such playbooks can be helpful is in planning for natural disasters. QBE North America, an insurance provider, has developed a useful checklist to assist...
BC Management carries out an annual survey of the income earned by business continuity professionals around the world. Conducted in partnership with the BCI, the latest edition is now available.
The BCI North America Next Practice Group has published ‘Business Continuity & Resilience: A Generational Perspective’, a research report analyzing how business continuity practitioners view the profession’s future direction.
ISO has published ‘ISO/TS 22332 Security and resilience - Business continuity management systems - Guidelines for developing business continuity plans and procedures’, a new technical specification to assist organizations with business continuity planning.
First Onsite Property Restoration has released a survey of Canadian businesses that takes the pulse of how they prioritize disaster preparedness.
The Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) has published a Thematic Review on the extent to which participating IOSCO member jurisdictions have implemented regulatory measures consistent with the two Recommendations and the two Standards set out in the 2015 IOSCO reports on business continuity plans
The BCI presented its annual BCI Europe Awards during a virtual ceremony last week. The awards recognise excellence in business continuity and resilience and the winners are automatically shortlisted for November’s BCI Global Awards.
Every year the business continuity profession around the world comes together for Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW). As the title suggests, the event aims to assist organizations raise awareness about business continuity with their employees and stakeholders. The 2021 BCAW takes place between 17th and 21st May.
BC Management’s 9th Annual Event Impact Management Study has been published. This year’s study was supported by Witt O’Brien’s LLC and assessed how organizations prepare for events and how those events impacted organizations during 2020.
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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.
