The latest business continuity news from around the world
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The increased merger and acquisition activity in the technology sector throughout 2016 poses a significant risk, says Peter Groucutt, managing director at Databarracks. Groucutt warns that specialist business continuity providers are slowly being swallowed up into wider service offerings.
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One of the big challenges for those of us who work in resilience is convergence; largely it’s the convergence of technologies. In this article, Jim Preen looks at the subject and how it may impact tomorrow’s business continuity management.
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Many organizations may need to send staff home following an incident, but the process needs to be well managed and prepared for. In this article Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, provides a checklist of items that should be considered.
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Alarm and Vericlaim have published the results of the ‘Major loss survey 2016’ which was established following an Alarm roundtable event on major losses, in which a recurring theme was that business continuity plans do not always provide user-friendly practical assistance to those dealing with the immediate aftermath of a major incident.
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A good cyber incident response can make or break an organization’s reputation; and preparedness is the key to an effective response. In this article Dominic Cockram shares four lessons learnt while helping organizations improve their cyber crisis preparedness.
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Continuity Central is currently conducting its annual survey into business continuity trends; and the interim results are now available. The survey will remain open until the end of 2016 and all business continuity professionals are invited to take part.
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Online shoppers want retailers to be transparent and honest if they have suffered a security breach, finds a new UK consumer survey commissioned by NTT Security.
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By Lee Exall.
It’s the final quarter of 2016 and this period of the year is always the busiest time for the business continuity and disaster recovery sector, but why is this?
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The Business Continuity Institute has published the results of a global survey into workplace recovery use. The survey found that 88 percent of business continuity professionals said that their organization still uses workplace recovery as a strategy.
