Have You Got Your Global Risk Analysis Kit?
Want to know what’s on the radar screen for economic and technological risks? Or is your interest more in societal and environmental threats? The Global Risks 2012 report from the World Economic Forum has something for everything. It breaks risks out into five global categories – the four we’ve just mentioned, plus a fifth, geopolitical […]
ASIC BC Guidance as an Alternative to Putting Your Money under the Mattress
There was a time when the safest place for your money was reckoned to be under your mattress. Paper money didn’t exist. The gold and silver coins in use were resistant against flood and a certain degree of fire, as well as theft if you were lying on the mattress at the time: in other […]
To Share or Not to Share Business Continuity in a Shared Supply Chain
One of the challenges to business continuity planning in 2013 will be the trend to share supply chain facilities between two or more companies. The logic is that to keep logistics and distribution running smoothly but at acceptable cost, the overhead of facilities such as distribution centres or delivery can be shared. It is even […]
Embedding Business Continuity Management Into A Company’s Culture
One of the challenges for the business continuity manager is to get his or her colleagues to think about BCM too. People who remain unaware of business continuity plans and requirements, even in their simplest form, may be unable to continue their work when an incident or a problem arises. So getting a minimum of […]
NFPA1500 or how the Fire Department Does Business Continuity
With emergencies as the very basis of its existence, a fire department still needs to think out its own business continuity. The NFPA (National Fire Protection Association in the United States) 1500 standard details the procedures that a fire department should or must follow in order to continually remain operational. Instructions in NFPA 1500 start […]
Never a Dull Day with Business Continuity
Business continuity principles may span industries and continents, but their application can turn out to be very different. Organisations in different professional sectors have varying methods and priorities in organising their daily activities. What may be sufficient as business continuity planning in one enterprise may be inadequate for another. Try this as a thought experiment […]