The latest business continuity news from around the world
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All countries need to be prepared for the unanticipated spread of serious infectious diseases says WHO.
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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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Often crisis management case studies focus on what went wrong in badly handled crises. In this article Charlie Maclean-Bristol FBCI takes five lessons from an incident that was well managed.
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The sudden emergence of MERS-CoV in South Korea has resulted in real business continuity issues for local businesses, with schools being closed, tourist trips cancelled and individuals being placed under varying levels of quarantine.
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CIR Magazine presented its annual Business Continuity Awards at a gala dinner on the evening of Thursday 12th June. The ceremony was held at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London and over 300 guests attended.
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Our first online Business Continuity Measurement Special Interest Group (SIG) took place on 18th May. The successful event was fully subscribed and business continuity managers and specialists from a number of countries engaged in an hour’s discussion on the subject.
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At a recent event in Qatar, Deloitte Middle East stated that internal audit should be one of the key players in business continuity management.
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The BCI held its European Awards ceremony on the 4th June in Brussels, Belgium. The awards recognise excellence in the business continuity and resilience profession.
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Mott MacDonald and Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute (GSI) have published a report making clear that building climate resilience is essential to future business survival; and that doing so will also bring commercial opportunity.
