Business continuity news

Business continuity trends and challenges: survey results

Details: Published: Friday, 03 April 2015 08:00

During the first quarter of 2015 Continuity Central conducted an online survey asking business continuity professionals about their expectations for the rest of 2015.

239 responses were received, with the majority (82.8 percent) being from large organizations (companies with more than 250 employees). The highest percentage of respondents were from the United States (35.6 percent), followed by the UK (24.7 percent). Significant numbers of responses were also received from Australia and New Zealand (6.7 percent), Canada (5.9 percent) and India (4 percent).

BSI's top ten tips for business continuity planning

Details: Published: Friday, 20 March 2015 10:34

BSI, the business standards company, has published a list of tips to help those new to the business continuity profession.

Ten steps to a great business continuity exercise

Details: Published: Friday, 06 March 2015 10:16

By James Stevenson

The first few exercises I ran were pretty nerve wracking. Would the plans work? Would the team play nicely or start throwing stuff? Would they realise I was new to this?

Business continuity and service level agreements: a perfect marriage?

Details: Published: Wednesday, 01 April 2015 08:49

By Andrew Hiles.

Service level agreements (SLAs) and business continuity go hand-in-hand: or they should do!

Why testing and exercising are essential for an effective business continuity programme: BUT what exactly are you testing or exercising?

Details: Published: Monday, 16 March 2015 10:31

By Lyndon Bird FBCI

No one disagrees that you need to validate your plans, and that testing and exercising are key parts of that process. However, in my experience, too many people just look to ensure the plans they have written down will actually do what they say.

Top tips for improving your business continuity exercises

Details: Published: Friday, 06 March 2015 10:08

By Duncan Ford MBCI.

Could you get more out of your business continuity exercises? Do you have an inner concern that last year’s exercise programme didn’t demonstrate as much as you would have liked, or that there may be alternative ways of delivering the exercise that would be more cost effective and less effort?

Business Continuity Awareness Week 2015: how was it for you?

Details: Published: Thursday, 26 March 2015 10:40

Business Continuity Awareness Week 2015 took place from 16th to 20th March and, following the event, Continuity Central initiated a quick survey to find out what business continuity professionals feel about it.