Over the last few months, DRI (Disaster Recovery Institute International) has spent a lot of time spreading a message of caution with regard to organizational certification.

Continue reading Opinion: Why is DRI Speaking Out Against Organizational Certification?

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Recent business disruptions have affected organizations worldwide, with many finding themselves unprepared for the resulting impact on the workforce. While most businesses have continuity plans in place, many don’t address a company’s most precious assets: its employees.

In this paper, the authors have identified key areas for organizations to consider as they prepare themselves to handle the human side of business disruptions.

Continue reading The personal side of business continuity: Addressing human capital management issues during crises

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In this article, Mike Jacobs considers whether we are in danger of forgetting the most important aspect of recovery – the people.

Continue reading The Human Resource and Business Continuity Management

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The threat posed by H1N1 remains somewhat of an unknown, but one thing’s for certain: it is being discussed at all levels of management, and executive teams are demanding realistic strategies. While the severity of H1N1 remains to be seen, absenteeism continues to increase and the potential impact on essential operations is highly likely. What should be done to maintain business continuity and limit the effect H1N1 or some other similar scenario has on your customers and key stakeholders?

Continue reading Free Videocast: Pandemic Preparedness: Ensuring Enterprise Business Continuity

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This New Book offers Step-By-Step Instruction on Developing and Implementing an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Program.

If you had to evacuate from your building right now and were told you couldn’t get back in for two weeks, would you know what to do to make sure your business continues to operate? Would your staff? Would every person who works for your organization?

Continue reading New Book: Building an Enterprise-Wide Business Continuity Program

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Research by the Business Continuity Institute and supported by Zurich Insurance reveals that manufacturing is being hardest hit by supply chain failure. Manufacturers have reported a 58% increase in disruption to their supply chains over the last 12 months; this compares to 35% across all industry sectors. The report on the research entitled “Supply Chain Resilience” surveyed 201 organizations across all sectors, industries and locations where they had operations.

Continue reading Manufacturing hit hardest by supply chain failure according to Business Continuity Institute report

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CSB Releases New Safety Video, “Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar”

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new nine-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Georgia, which claimed the lives of 14 workers, injured 36, and caused extensive property damage on February 7, 2008.
Continue reading Dust Explosion Safety Video and OSHA Combustible Dust Standard

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The Business Continuity Institute (BCI), the non-profit global leader in educating and certifying business continuity professionals throughout their careers, today announced the launch of a new online self-assessment tool known as BCIscope. The tool aims to enable business continuity professionals and individuals to assess their knowledge of The Business Continuity Institute’s Good Practice Guidelines (GPG), a taxonomy of business continuity topics that serves as the foundation for the CBCI certification.

Continue reading The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Launches Online Self-Assessment Tool for Business Continuity Professionals

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The next Global Business Continuity Awareness Week will run from 22nd-26th March 2010.

The key BCI message for the week is that BCM can help deliver the organizational resilience necessary to face up to the uncertain times we live in: “Resilience over Uncertainty.”

Continue reading Events: Global Business Continuity Awareness Week will run from 22nd-26th March 2010

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The majority of Canadian small business owners are unprepared to deal with common disruptions that can impact their ability to do business, according to the American Express Small Business Monitor. Almost half of small business owners are unfamiliar with the practice of business continuity planning.

Continue reading Most Canadian small businesses ignore business continuity

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Exactly one year ago, Bernard L. Madoff’s two sons turned him in for running the biggest Ponzi scheme ever. Now they are trying to move on. But that is a nightmare for most people with the word “Madoff” on their résumé.

Out of work since federal agents arrested their father, Andrew and Mark Madoff have been wrestling with what to do next, according to people who have spoken with them or other Madoff family members.

Andrew Madoff, son of Bernard Madoff, is considering starting a disaster recovery firm. Disaster being his area of expertise, one supposes.

See Not Exactly a Résumé Highlight: Madoff Work by Aaron Luccheti for the Wall Street Journal.

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