When dealing with risk, managers can choose to accept, eliminate, reduce or transfer it.

In addition to this, it is integral for managers to devise business continuity plans to deal with the threats identified by setting out what needs to be done should a certain event occur.

And although not possible to avoid all risks, business continuity management (BCM) can minimize the disruption to a business to a great extend, protecting its share price, stakeholder relations, and reputation, among others.

With that said, BCM is a critical strategic function that cannot be neglected by any organization whatsoever.

By seeing BCM as not just another form of risk management, but as a means of gaining true insight into what the business actually does, how it does it and what it needs to do it, managers can add significant value to the overall business operations of a company.

See Business continuity management as a tool to minimize business interruptions, from South African Insurance Times & Investment News.

Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management, Risk Management, risk manager

What’s the future career path for today’s Business Continuity Management professional? Singapore’s Nathaniel Forbes has plodded along a BCM career path for 14 years, and doesn’t see a light at the end of the tunnel. All he sees is more tunnel.

Continue reading Is the BCM profession a dead-end?

Tags: BCM, Business Continuity, Business Continuity Management, careers, profession

Enterprise modelling (EM) is a method which can be used to create a logical model of an organization. It is prevalent in large, complex organizations and there are well-established standards in use which provide form and inter-operability to EM practices.

Continue reading Benefits of enterprise modelling for business continuity management

Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management, EM, Enterprise modelling

BS 25999‐2 (Part 2 ‐ the Specification) was issued in November 2007. Since that time many organizations have been certified and UKAS (the United Kingdom Accreditation Service) has been assessing the audits undertaken by certification bodies as part of its process towards accrediting these bodies in respect of BS 25999.

Continue reading BS 25999: key issues to address for certification

Tags: bci, BCM, BS 25999, BS25999, bsi, Business Continuity, Business Continuity Institute, Business Continuity Management, Standards

The Business Continuity Institute is running a survey to understand current best practice in applying business continuity management through the supply chain.  The survey is open to anyone with an interest in supply chain and business continuity issues.  A report on the findings will be made available to all respondents.

Continue reading Survey: Charting a course to greater supply chain resilience

Tags: Business Continuity Management, force majeure, Risk Management, supply chain

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According to Forrester Research in a survey published in September 2007 , most firms are not ready for a disaster.  This is despite a series of recent highly publicized, wide-scale disasters and disruptions that include 9/11, Madrid train bombings, Asian tsunami, Northeastern U.S. blackout, European floods, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and now the California wildfires of October 2007.  This article explores why (1) C-level executives need to care and (2) some recommendations for action.

See C-Level Management BCM Needs and Action Steps

by Chris Alvord, CBCP in New European Economy.

Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management

With the U.S. economy severely shaken, the number of suppliers facing financial peril is on the rise, according to Ernst & Young LLP Transaction Advisory Services (TAS).   Supplier instability is putting added strain on U.S. companies already battling the fallout of the economic downturn on many other fronts.

Continue reading Don’t Forget to Check Your Suppliers and Their BC Capabilities

Tags: Business Continuity Management, Risk Management, supply chain management, Surveys

How can you deliver improved business continuity in a recession?  Are your resources being cut, and senior management distracted by other issues – while the threats and challenges continue to multiply?

Attend the Business Standards Institution’s Improving Business Continuity Management – BS25999 and Beyond conference and workshop to get the latest best practice advice on BCM issues and BS 25999 implementation, and hear about other standards that will support you.

Continue reading Events: London 4th Annual BCM Conference and Workshop

Tags: BS25777, bsi, Business Continuity Management, business continuity training, conferences

As part of its Business Continuity Awareness Week activities the Business Continuity Institute recently organized and delivered a briefing session for Members of Parliament (MPs) in London, England.

Continue reading Business Continuity Institute Briefs UK Parliament on Business Continuity

Tags: business continuity awareness week, Business Continuity Institute, Business Continuity Management, Civil Contingencies Act

The UK-based Chartered Management Institute has released an important report, A Decade of Living Dangerously: Business Continuity Management Report 2009.

Continue reading Survey: Chartered Management Institute releases BCM 2009 report

Tags: BCM, Business Continuity Management, Chartered Management Institute, survey