UK government updates advice on ‘Preparing for emergencies’
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- Published: Wednesday, 08 June 2016 07:50
The UK government has relaunched its ‘Preparing for emergencies’ business continuity and resilience advice for businesses and communities.
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Decision making for business incident management systems
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- Published: Friday, 03 June 2016 08:57
Following his recent article regarding the METHANE acronym and the UK JESIP model, Paul Kudray looks at whether another of the key JESIP tools, the Joint Decision Model, could also be useful for business resilience.
The BCI Australasia and Africa Awards are open for entries
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- Published: Friday, 27 May 2016 07:42
Both the Business Continuity Institute’s Australasia and Africa business continuity and resilience Awards are now accepting entries. The Africa Awards are taking place on the 7th September 2016 and the Australasia Awards on 8th September.
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants publishes business continuity guidance
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- Published: Tuesday, 07 June 2016 08:07
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CGMA) has developed new business continuity guidance to provide finance professionals with a foundation on which to develop their approach to BCM.
‘Social’ BCM: channeling business continuity professional networks for greater organizational resilience
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- Published: Thursday, 02 June 2016 09:49
Shivakumar Jayashankar, CBCP CISSP, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, looks at the many benefits that can be gained by business continuity professionals tapping into external groups and networks.
Survey finds ‘major shortcomings in the management and control of companies’ mission critical systems’
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- Published: Friday, 27 May 2016 07:16
Coromatic has published the results of its annual critical facilities site management survey that covers operations and maintenance of mission critical facilities. The survey, which has been conducted among site managers in 24 countries across the globe, reveals major shortcomings in the management and control of companies’ mission critical systems.
The winners of the BCI European Awards
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- Published: Friday, 03 June 2016 09:37
The 2016 BCI European Awards were presented on June 2nd at an event in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Awards recognise the outstanding contribution of business continuity professionals and organizations living in or operating in Europe.
Business Continuity Institute to revise its Good Practice Guidelines
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- Published: Tuesday, 31 May 2016 07:28
The Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines are the ‘body of knowledge for good business continuity practice worldwide’ and sit at the core of BCI training and certification. The latest issue was published in 2013 and the BCI has just announced that a revision will take place, to be available in 2017.
A methodology for business continuity gap analysis
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- Published: Thursday, 26 May 2016 08:29
Whether as a step towards ISO 22301 certification or as a means to improve the current business continuity management program, a gap analysis is an effective method of identifying areas of the BCMS needing attention. In this article Chris Alvord, Jayne Howe and Bob Draper from Austin Risk Consultants describe a method for an external business continuity gap analysis.
