In June 2017 Continuity Central published the results of a survey which looked at whether attitudes to the business impact analysis and risk assessment were changing. Two years on, we are repeating the survey to determine whether there has been any development in thinking across the business continuity profession.
British retailers that are selling online to European markets face some specific supply chain and logistics issues after Brexit. Joe Farrell explains what these are and looks at some preparatory measures that such retailers can make.
CIR Magazine’s 21st Annual Business Continuity Awards will be presented at a ceremony on 6th June 2019 at the London Marriott Hotel. The shortlist of people and organizations that have been shortlisted for an award has now been published.
A survey from Eggplant has found that when it comes to an organization’s systems, 57 percent of respondents believe that the impact of Brexit has proved to be far more complex to prepare for than Y2K/the Millennium Bug.
A new report from DHL examines last year's major supply chain challenges and identifies trends that will shape the risk landscape in 2019. Key events in 2018 included climate-driven disruptions affecting shipping, higher than expected cyber attacks targeting supply chain assets, and industry zone shutdowns impacting production activities.
A new paper by Hojun Lee, published in the Korean Society of Hazard Mitigation, proposes a method to determine four BC indicators by interpreting the correlation between business and continuity indicators and customer satisfaction.
In a circular published on 26th March 2019, The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) released a new version of its business continuity and disaster recovery guidelines for market infrastructure institutions.
The BCI Middle East Awards will be presented in a ceremony in September 2019. The Awards recognize the outstanding contributions of business continuity, risk and resilience professionals and organizations living or operating within the Middle East region.
Peter Groucutt, managing director of Databarracks, comments on the BBC’s recent analysis of IT outages and incidents for major high-street banks.
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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.
