Amid a series of supply chain shocks to the global economy - including COVID, SolarWinds, the Suez Canal debacle and more - a new international survey, the Interos Annual Global Supply Chain Report, reveals that global supply chain disruptions cost large companies, on average, $184 million a year.
To achieve effective operational resilience firms must make a significant strategic shift, adopting an integrated approach to addressing operational resilience and cyber security, rather than seeing them as two disparate functions, says Guy Warren…
After a year of supply chain disruption, political tension and growing climate worries, resilience has become a prized commodity for global businesses, and it’s more prevalent in some places than in others, according to the newly released 2021 FM Global Resilience Index.
A joint report published by the Association of British Insurers (ABI) and Flood Re highlights the vital need to maintain the UK’s flood defences in good condition. Flooding is the greatest natural disaster risk in the UK
The Council of the EU has approved the conclusions of an Item Note from the General Secretariat of the Council which sets out how COVID-19 has influenced developments in the terror threat from extremist groups.
Individual resilience drives organizational resilience – and vice versa says Julia Johnson. In this article Julia explores ways to strengthen both of these key areas within your organization, ensuring that your business continuity planning takes into consideration the breadth and depth of human fragility.
The UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure has developed new guidance to assist organizations in planning for and protecting against terrorist attacks using Fire as a Weapon (FAW).
The UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) in collaboration with the Home Office and National Counter Terrorism Security Office (NaCTSO) has published a new guidance document to assist critical infrastructure owners plan for terrorist incidents.
Last week EU Member States took part in CySOPEx 2021, the first ever exercise of the recently established EU CyCLONe - Cyber Crises Liaison Organisation Network.
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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.
