The latest business continuity news from around the world
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The tenth meeting of the World Health Organization’s Middle East respiratory syndrome Emergency Committee was held by teleconference on 2nd September 2015. During the meeting the WHO Secretariat provided an update to the Committee on epidemiological and scientific developments
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A new survey by Nationwide has found that three in four US small business owners do not have a disaster recovery plan, but more than half say it would take at least three months to recover from a disaster.
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Matt Hodges-Long looks at the recent WHSmith ‘data breach’ story and explains how the retailer could have better handled its crisis communications.
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Rainer Hübert, MBCI, sets out a vision for ways in which the advantages of a business continuity management system can be quantified, helping demonstrate a return on investment and changing the business continuity function from a cost centre to a profit centre.
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By David Lindstedt, PhD, PMP, CBCP.
Business continuity is failing us all. Here's why:
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The Business Continuity Institute has designated September as ‘Education Month’ and has scheduled a series of business continuity webinars through the month.
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September is National Preparedness Month in the United States and as part of the planned activities the SBA, in partnership with Agility Recovery, has scheduled a weekly webinar looking at various aspects of business continuity and disaster recovery.
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Excellent exercises take time and resources to prepare and run; but they are an essential component of a business continuity programme to prove capability and to train people. It is important to get the best out of them and make sure they deliver against the business recovery objectives.
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By Samuel Shanthan
After working in consultancy and industry for over 15 years, one of the initial challenges I have consistently faced is performing the business impact analysis (BIA), especially in organizations that have a low business continuity maturity level.
- High international travel volumes make infectious diseases such as Ebola an increasing threat says UN health agency
- The winners of the BCI Australasian Awards
- NHS funded social care homes warned about their business continuity responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004
- BCI Africa Awards Winners announced
