Unlike other essential utilities, water supply is often overlooked by UK business continuity managers because it is frequently viewed as a supplier responsibility. Many organizations are not aware that non-household customers should arrange and maintain their own contingency plans
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
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
Earlier in June ISO published ISO 22330, its latest business continuity standard. In this article, Dr Liz Royle explains what the new standard is, why it was needed, and what it contains.
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…
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.
According to Deloitte Global's 2018 crisis management survey, ‘Stronger, Fitter, Better: Crisis Management for the Resilient Enterprise’, nearly 60 percent of respondents believe that organizations face more crises today than they did 10 years ago, yet many may overestimate their capabilities to respond.
Charlie Maclean Bristol, FBCI, FEPS, explains how you can improve your business continuity plans by altering the format and following five key steps.
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
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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.
