In this article Dr. Goh Moh Heng and Jeremy Wong look at some of the difficulties that SMEs face when it comes to making business continuity plans and how a simplified methodology could make things easier.
Every year we see new forms of crisis threatening companies, governments, and organizations. At least on the face of it they seem to be new but often the crises have common causes which we have seen before and predictable escalation factors.
The impacts of a Greek default could be felt across Europe and could generate real business continuity risks. David Honour offers a checklist of questions which organizations can consider when making contingency plans.
International SOS has launched the latest version of Pandemic Information, an online portal featuring information on, and analysis of, emerging infectious disease outbreaks.
Disaster management officials from APEC member economies have voiced support for the introduction of financial incentives to encourage businesses in the Asia-Pacific region to develop business continuity plans.
All countries need to be prepared for the unanticipated spread of serious infectious diseases says WHO.
ISO/PRF TS 22317, the new technical specification for business impact analysis, has reached stage 50.00 in the ISO standards development process.
Increasing complexity means that business continuity professionals need to rethink some of the paradigms of the practice, says Geary Sikich.
Using Twitter and Google search trend data in the wake of the very limited US Ebola outbreak of October 2014, a team of researchers from Arizona State University, Purdue University and Oregon State University have found that news media is extraordinarily effective in creating public panic.
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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.
