Business continuity news

Federation of Small Business research looks at how well UK small businesses are prepared for business interruption

Details: Published: Thursday, 21 June 2018 16:05

New research by the Federation of Small Business (FSB) has found that many firms are generally unprepared for the disruption risks that they face from internal and external threats. The data, part of wider forthcoming research into how the UK can better use supply chains, shows that 65 percent of small businesses do not have a business continuity plan

Cyber Europe 2018 international cybersecurity exercise takes place

Details: Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 08:32

The EU Cybersecurity Agency ENISA has led an international cybersecurity exercise focussed on a cyber attack by a radical group on an airport’s critical systems. Cyber Europe 2018 focused on helping organizations to test their internal business continuity and crisis management plans

The winners of the Business Continuity Awards 2018

Details: Published: Friday, 08 June 2018 12:35

CIR Magazine presented its annual Business Continuity Awards at a ceremony in London on the evening of 7th June. The Awards were presented by comedian Paul McCaffrey and the winners were...

TSB, Paul Pester and the pitfalls of ‘overpromising’ during crisis management

Details: Published: Friday, 15 June 2018 08:01

Jonathan Hemus, managing director of Insignia, explains why one key lesson from the TSB’s crisis management response is that effective crisis communications is not enough: actions speak louder than words…

Survey shows that many UK organizations have business continuity strategy failings

Details: Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 08:12

A survey conducted by Opinium on behalf of Beaming, the business ISP, has found that while most (83 percent) of UK firms backup their data, half save it to servers or storage devices in the same premises.

Five steps to integrating business continuity and cyber resilience

Details: Published: Friday, 08 June 2018 08:10

Integrating cyber resilience into the broader business continuity strategy will maximise the company's ability to protect against a data breach, detect when one has occurred; and recover from it, says Michael Davies, CEO of ContinuitySA.

Improving your business continuity plans by changing the format

Details: Published: Friday, 15 June 2018 07:40

Charlie Maclean Bristol, FBCI, FEPS, explains how you can improve your business continuity plans by altering the format and following five key steps.

FIA publishes details of brokers’ Brexit contingency planning

Details: Published: Tuesday, 12 June 2018 07:30

FIA, the global trade organization for the futures, options and centrally cleared derivatives markets, has released survey results that provide a high level snapshot into clearing brokers’ progress with their Brexit contingency plans

The 2018 Business Continuity Institute Americas Awards winners

Details: Published: Tuesday, 05 June 2018 09:54

The BCI presented its 2018 Americas Awards on May 30th at an event during the Continuity & Resilience Today international business continuity management conference in Toronto.