Supply chain management of risk remains a high priority for all risk managers in all organizations.  The challenges to maintain business continuity — even without a physical disaster occurring — must always be reviewed, evaluated and updated into your organization’s business continuity plans.

In a recent article published by John Westerveld in The 21st Century Supply Chain newsletter, the newest risk in our supply chains are ”zombies” ….i.e. those suppliers who have been significantly impacted by the recent economic downturn, who are significantly undercapitalized, and are just limping along.

Click here to read more about the “zombies” that might be present in your own supply chain.

Michael Pincher has written what we believe to be one of the better articles which offer advice to ensure an acceptable level of readiness for your organization’s business continuity plan.  You can read this full article as published recently at ComputerWeekly.com .

The topic of a potential resurgence of the H1N1 threat this coming Fall season has certainly been in the news for some time.  However, many organizations have implemented disaster recovery and business continuity programs over the years to address not only the H1N1 threat but also many other threats as well.  Therefore, we need to stay current with our understanding of the levels of readiness that may or not exist within both ours as well as other organizations.

To do that, we suggest reading an interview by Tom Field, the Editorial Director at Bank Information Security, with Alan Berman, of DRI International and AnneMarie Staley of the NYSE. 

Click here to read more about this interview….