Resilience enables organizations to survive and thrive in a changing environment: this is the conclusion from a new white paper from the Business Continuity Institute. ‘Resilience is your competitive advantage,’ states that resilience enables faster recovery and response
Mapping common pathways along which the effects of natural and man-made disasters travel allows more flexible and resilient responses in the future, according to UCL researchers.
NOAA has confirmed that 2017 was the costliest year on record for US weather and climate disasters, with damage exceeding the $300 billion dollar mark.
Britain’s critical infrastructure providers have been warned to boost cyber security or face large fines for leaving themselves vulnerable to attack says the UK Government.
Rainfall changes caused by global warming will increase river flood risks across the globe say researchers from the Potsdam Institute. Fluvial floods are already among the most common and devastating natural disasters and scientists have now calculated the required increase in flood protection until the 2040s
ContinuitySA looks at the changing risk landscape facing Africa-based organizations and how it is likely to develop during 2018.
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has published its ‘Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2017 Annual Report’, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred around the world during 2017.
A rise in US active shooter incidents and ‘the escalating impact of hostile events’ has prompted the National Fire Protection Association(NFPA) to progress its new NFPA 3000, ‘Standard for Preparedness and Response to Active Shooter and/or Hostile Events’ as a provisional standard.
NIST has published a draft report, written by the US Departments of Commerce and Homeland Security, which looks at ‘Enhancing the Resilience of the Internet and Communications Ecosystem Against Botnets and Other Automated, Distributed Threats’.
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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.
