In a series of articles Paul Kudray has been following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning. In this, the last instalment, it’s the final countdown for Santa and his organization…
ASIS International (ASIS) and the US National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) have launched a joint initiative to address active shooter incidents.
The US Department of Homeland Security has published a national plan to guide research activities across all 16 critical infrastructure sectors.
Swiss Re has issued a report giving preliminary estimates of the impacts of disaster events around the world. Insured losses from disaster events have been estimated at USD 32 billion in 2015
In the second of a series of articles following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning, Paul Kudray looks at how a near-miss in 2014 helped Santa to understand that even his organization isn’t too big to fail…
Mr Claus sets out to make sure his organization is resilient for Christmas 2015! In a new series of articles Paul Kudray follows his progress and highlights some lessons for all business continuity and resilience planners.
In the third of a series of articles following Santa Claus and his first attempt at resilience planning, Paul Kudray looks at the steps that need to be taken to ensure that the business continuity plans are fit for purpose.
Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield's catastrophe model development team, has published the latest edition of its monthly Global Catastrophe Recap report, which evaluates the impact of the natural disaster events that occurred worldwide during November 2015.
‘Business resilience could be so much better if we can find a way to harness the power of our people, creating a culture and behaviours that enhance business resilience.’ Robin Gaddum explains why this is the case and looks at what can be done to ‘pull the people lever’.
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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.
