Cyber scenarios have become much more common in business continuity exercises, due to the increasing concern about the impacts of information security threats. Dominic Cockram offers some lessons learned from practical experience of running such exercises.
Teamwork is an essential aspect of business continuity management, but isn’t always easy to get right. In this article Dr. Mario Moussa, Dr. Derek Newberry and Madeline Boyer highlight five common characteristics of dysfunctional teams.
CIR Magazine's 2016 Business Continuity Awards will be presented on June 9th at the London Marriott Hotel. The shortlist of companies and individuals shortlisted for the awards has now been published
Ransomware are a growing threat to business operations and reputation. In this article Peter Godden explains how business continuity and disaster recovery technologies can help to provide protection against such attacks.
The 9th meeting of the WHO Ebola Emergency Committee took place by teleconference on Tuesday, 29th March 2016. During the meeting the Committee decided that Ebola no longer constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
The Reserve Bank, New Zealand's central bank, has commenced a public consultation on a business continuity and crisis management regime for systemically important financial market infrastructures (SIFMIs).
The 2016 version of the US NFPA’s business continuity standard is now available and consultation has started on the next version.
Whistle blowing has negative connotations in many organizations but, if encouraged by management and handled sensitively, it can be an important tool for business continuity and risk management. David Honour explains why…
WHO has dispatched a team of specialists to the southern prefecture of Nzérékoré in Guinea after two new cases of Ebola were detected and confirmed in a rural village.
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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.
