Operational risk management and business continuity
How are operational risk management and business continuity connected? Leslie Whittet looks at some aspects of this question.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0606.html
•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: Australia/World
Maslow and business continuity
An understanding of Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs is useful for any business continuity strategy.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0605.html
•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: UK/World
Simon Kelson explains why he believes that continual data protection is the optimum IT disaster recovery solution for most businesses.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0604.html
•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: UK/World
Multiply the uses of your business continuity infrastructure
Many IT managers don’t realise that their business continuity infrastructure can be much more than a convenient means to get data offsite…
http://www.continuitycentral.com/feature0603.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: UK/World
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Draft version of BS 25777 published
UPDATED Comments requested on BSI’s ‘Code of Practice for Information and Communications Technology Continuity’.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04103.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: UK
IBM leading business continuity into the cloud
IBM commits $300 million to building a cloud-based business continuity and recovery network.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04104.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: World
ASIS versus DRII
The DRII is conducting a campaign to persuade ANSI to reject ASIS’s application to develop a business continuity standard.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04105.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: US
National Gateway Security Survey 2008 shows interesting changes in threat landscape
But focus is still on external threat, despite the greater danger of inside threat.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04106.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: UK
Study finds that many US government, business, and nonprofit organizations are ill-prepared for crisis
CCPR and PERI report proposes new approaches to improve crises readiness.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04108.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: US
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OpsPlanner release 4.0 released: includes BIA Expert
OpsPlanner version 4.0 is a comprehensive business continuity plan development, business impact analysis, crisis/recovery management, and emergency notification solution.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04107.html
•Date: 21st August 2008• Region: US/World
NIST to release report and recommendations from investigation of World Trade Center Building 7
Live public webcast on August 21, 2008.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04099.html
•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: US
Northern Ireland Executive ministers meet to discuss floods response
Short and long term disaster recovery arrangements discussed after widespread flooding.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04100.html
•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: UK
FEMA announces interim release of Comprehensive Preparedness Guide 301
Comments requested on emergency management planning guide for special needs populations.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04101.html
•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: US
The above document has just been published by the DHS National Infrastructure Advisory Council.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04102.html
•Date: 19th August 2008• Region: US
US power grid still vulnerable
Five year anniversary of 2003 blackout should serve as wake-up call for grid modernization…
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04096.html
•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: US
BCPlanLogix launched for US financial sector
BCPlanLogix combines business continuity planning software with storage and support.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04098.html
•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: US
Business Continuity sponsors international women’s rugby
The Northampton (UK) based firm Business Continuity has agreed to sponsor the international invitation women’s rugby team the Nomads.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04097.html
•Date: 15th August 2008• Region: UK
Supplier Risk Analysis added to eBRP’s business continuity software suite
New Supplier Risk Analysis module helps business continuity managers understand and manage supplier dependencies.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04093.html
•Date: 14th August 2008• Region: World
Business Continuity Information Network being developed by Florida International University.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04094.html
•Date: 14th August 2008• Region: US
US small businesses are unprepared for power outages
If the power goes out, will America’s small businesses be prepared? Not really, according to the results of a recent survey commissioned by Emerson Network Power
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04095.html
•Date: 14th August 2008• Region: US
Statement focuses on the trading situation of the group’s ICM Business Continuity Division.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04092.html
•Date: 14th August 2008• Region: UK
Market-wide Exercise 2008 update
The FSA has published details of November’s UK financial sector business continuity exercise.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04087.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: UK
National oil companies face riskier world but are not well prepared: Marsh
Risk management gap identified in new report.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04088.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: World
New ‘Climate Change Risk Screening Service’ launched
RMS has developed a new service to identify the potential physical impacts of climate change on a company’s property and operations.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04089.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: World
2008 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies
Gartner has identified various emerging technologies which will have a strong impact on business IT. IT continuity managers need to be aware of these and to consider their potential business continuity impacts.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04090.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: World
US business owners urged to evaluate access after a disaster
‘Second responder’ entry to restricted areas is a critical but often neglected area.
http://www.continuitycentral.com/news04091.html
•Date: 13th August 2008• Region: US
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