A new report written by Denis Žiga from Controllit AG presents the results of a survey of business continuity professionals looking at how business continuity has performed in helping their organizations manage COVID-19 pandemic impacts.
A new Airmic and Control Risks report captures some of the lessons that organizations have learned from the COVID-19 crisis. ‘New challenges, new lessons’ says the pandemic has highlighted the siloed approach to business continuity management and crisis management that is present in many organizations.
In a detailed paper, Clinton Jayne sets out to capture lessons learned from more than 25 years as a consultant in the continuity and resilience profession. These are aimed at assisting other consultants and also managers with responsibility for hiring consultants.
The BCI recently presented the winners of its annual business continuity and resilience awards in the APAC and the Middle East regions. Both sets of awards were presented in virtual awards ceremonies.
Citrix Systems has presented the results of a year-long examination of global work patterns and plans, to understand how work will change and the role that technology will play in enabling this.
In this article Rico Andrew Patron points out that, unlike some other professions, the business continuity profession does not have a set of clearly articulated core principles. He makes the case for the development of the Core Principles of Business Continuity and suggests what these could be.
DRI International's Awards of Excellence aim to recognize leaders and innovators in the fields of business continuity, technology recovery, and crisis and risk management. The awards will be presented early in 2021, with the shortlist scheduled to be published on January 11th.
During a virtual awards ceremony the BCI recently presented its Africa Awards to this year’s winners. The awards recognise business continuity and resilience excellence in the region.
In conjunction with US National Preparedness Month, the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has launched an updated edition of its free business continuity planning toolkit, Open for Business-EZ (OFB-EZ).
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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.
