The Business Continuity Institute has announced that its annual Education Month will be taking place through September 2019. Education Month offers business continuity and resilience professionals ‘the opportunity to take part in education initiatives and consider how training can improve their organization's resilience’.
The BCI has announced that it planning to re-brand the Institute and has started a consultation with its members to gain their views on this.
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has chosen Dirk Wegener, Global Head of Corporate Insurance for Deutsche Bank Group and a member of the German risk management association GVNW, as its next President.
Executive recruitment firm True Search has placed David Meredith as chief executive officer and member of the board of directors of Everbridge Inc. Mr. Meredith brings over 25 years of executive leadership experience across leading multi-billion-dollar cloud managed services providers and software companies.
A-LIGN, a global cybersecurity and privacy solutions provider, has, announced that it is now accredited by the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to provide ISO 22301 certification.
StorCentric has announced that it has acquired privately owned backup software company, Retrospect, Inc. Retrospect, Inc. is a provider of backup and recovery tools for small/medium organizations. Under terms of the agreement, Retrospect will operate as an independent, wholly-owned, subsidiary of StorCentric.
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly being incorporated in backup and recovery software, as it provides benefits in terms of identifying cyber attacks, predicting system failure, and automating backup and recovery processes.
Avalution Consulting has announced the acquisition of BC Management, the US-based provider of staffing services and data research for the business continuity profession.
UK-based Neuways has been awarded Datto EMEA Partner of the Year 2019 at DattoCon San Diego. The managed service provider offers business continuity and disaster recovery services in the EMEA region.
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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.
