For the past six years Continuity Central has conducted an online survey asking business continuity professionals about their expectations for the year ahead. We are repeating the survey again and the interim results are now available. They are as follows...
Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT) was suggested in 2007 by Dr. W. Timothy Coombs. According to the theory, crisis managers should match strategic crisis responses to the level of crisis responsibility and reputational threat posed by a crisis (1). In the following two articles Charlie Maclean-Bristol and Jim Preen put the case for and against SCCT.
RiskLogic has published a new ‘survival guide’ which identifies the most common crisis communications mistakes and provides solutions. ‘The seven sins of crisis communications’ shows the critical gap between business as usual communications and effective crisis communications.
Continuity Central exists to provide the business continuity, resilience and enterprise risk management professions with news and information. Each week we publish a number of feature articles looking in detail at a relevant area. This listing shows the 20 most popular feature articles from those published during 2019…
A new academic paper focuses on business continuity management in organizations that use modern e-business technologies, discussing the need to ‘make the shift from traditional business continuity management towards ‘e-Business Continuity Management’ (e-BCM)’: an approach which is more suitable for modern technological environments.
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) recently conducted a cyber-themed business continuity exercise to strengthen the financial sector’s resilience to cyber attacks and operational disruptions.
ASIS International has published the results of a survey which looks at whether organizations in United States, Europe, and India are converging their protective functions.
Jon Seaton reflects on his career in business continuity to date and offers seven crisis management lessons which business continuity managers can relate to their organization and role.
The US Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) has updated its Business Continuity Management Booklet to bring it in-line with the increased industry focus on resilience.
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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.
