Industry News
04 April 2012
TC223, the ISO Technical Committee that has been developing the ISO 22301 international business continuity management standard, has voted to approve the FDIS.
29 March 2012
UK government Civil Contingencies Committee meeting convened.
03 March 2012
Continuity Central recently asked readers to help build a list of the benefits that business continuity brings. This article provides a summary of these.
22 February 2012
WHO meeting discusses the next steps in this area.
18 February 2012
Delhi quake drill a good example for other high-risk cities to follow.
17 February 2012
As well as helping organizations continue in business after an incident, business continuity plans reduce insurance premiums and open doors to new markets.
19 January 2012
The Business Continuity Institute has published survey findings on the top threats to business continuity in 2012.
23 December 2011
ISO has announced the availability of ISO 22320:2011; a tool that all types of organizations can use to improve their capabilities in handling incident response in any crisis.
21 December 2011
Deadline is 17th February 2012; two new awards introduced.
16 December 2011
Dictionary of Business Continuity Management Terms Version 2.
22 November 2011
The resilience of UK banks to cyber attack is to be tested through a simulation
11 November 2011
International business continuity standard reaches another milestone with the completion of the Enquiry Stage.
06 November 2011
On 3rd November the US and the EU conducted a joint cyber attack exercise: Cyber Atlantic 2011.
26 October 2011
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Ltd (LOCOG) has published business continuity advice to help UK-based businesses plan for the 2012 Olympics.
22 October 2011
Highly targeted threat follows in Stuxnet's footsteps.
22 October 2011
New standard entitled 'Information technology - Security techniques - Information security incident management.'
20 October 2011
Will improve the government's capability to respond to large scale natural disasters or acts of terrorism.
12 October 2011
Most companies will lose a fifth of their value every five years as a result of a major crisis, according to detailed research
12 October 2011
Rory Cellan-Jones on how Blackberry failed its customers
11 October 2011
No business in London will be completely unaffected but some will be more affected than others; each individual business needs to work out the impact of the Olympics on operations: commissioner.
11 October 2011
Downtime notices received badly by thousands of users.
08 October 2011
Start planning for Business Continuity Awareness Week 2012...
01 October 2011
New crisis management standard jointly launched by BSI and the UK Cabinet Office.
28 September 2011
The Committee of Ministers has urged EU states to develop policies, in conjunction with other stakeholders, to prevent and respond to harm to the Internet.
21 September 2011
New crisis management standard created by the UK Cabinet Office and the British Standards Institution.
21 September 2011
89 organizations will take part in the exercise on 22nd November.
16 September 2011
From 1 July 2012 Australian financial firms will need to comply with a new prudential standard on business continuity management.
31 August 2011
London-based organizations cannot expect business-as-usual during the Olympic period.
05 August 2011
Provides a framework for implementing a risk management approach to managing threats to information security management systems.
05 August 2011
Awards will be presented at the Business Continuity Institute's Gala Dinner on 9th November 2011.
15 July 2011
Over the next 12 months FEMA will offer a series of webinars which will address business continuity-related topics and include presenters from varied backgrounds and experiences.
15 July 2011
A comprehensive programme of exercises to test the government, police and other key agencies' readiness for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been announced by Home Secretary Theresa May.
24 June 2011
'BS 31100:2011: code of practice and guidance for the implementation of BS ISO 31000'.
02 June 2011
A new strain of the MRSA "superbug" is found in the milk of British cows and is believed to be infecting humans.
02 June 2011
Emergency services are investigating an explosion and fire at an oil refinery in west Wales as the owners try to account for all personnel.
02 June 2011
What is E. coli and what can you do to prevent it?
02 June 2011
The World Health Organization says the E. coli outbreak in Germany is a completely new strain of bacteria.
13 May 2011
Airport operator BAA is investing 50 million in improving incident management and communications systems
13 May 2011
The ISO 22301 business continuity standard has been voted through by the TC 223 committee and now enters the final approval process.
13 May 2011
Short news pieces.
11 May 2011
Although aimed at individuals, PLAN will be a useful tool for business continuity managers.
11 May 2011
Short news pieces.
