Only 17 percent of UK organizations have incorporated electronic document storage into their disaster recovery plans, although 82 percent admit the need to do so is either ‘critical’ or ‘very important’ to maintain business continuity.
The updating of NFPA 1600, the Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs, has reached a new stage.
The Business Continuity Institute has issued advice for London-based businesses that are impacted by industrial action by London Underground workers.
Most midsize US businesses have business continuity plans but few have tested them, according to The Hartford’s survey of midsize business owners and C-level executives.
ISO/PRF TS 22317, the new technical specification for business impact analysis, has reached stage 60.00 in the ISO standards development process.
The 6th meeting of the Emergency Committee convened by the WHO Director-General under the International Health Regulations (IHR) regarding the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in West Africa took place by teleconference on Thursday, 2nd July 2015, and by electronic correspondence from 2nd-6th July 2015.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has warned that without timely intervention ‘to stop it in its tracks,’ outbreaks of the highly virulent avian flu virus H5N1, which has already spread to five West African countries in six months, will spread across the region and beyond.
They might seem mundane but planned fire evacuations are an essential aspect of protecting your employees. In this article Nigel Griffin shares some useful lessons about how to get the most out of them.
The Colombo Stock Exchange, Sri Lanka (CSE), has conducted a successful disaster recovery exercise. The stock exchange operated from its disaster recovery site on Friday July 3rd, 2015. All trading and post trade operations took place from the recovery site for a complete market day.
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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.
