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Principles and Practice of Business Continuity
This new book explores the subject of Business Continuity Management: from basic principles to best practices. More...
Business Continuity and Risk Management
The First Ever College Textbook on Business Continuity and Risk Management — also a great reference source and self-study guide for business continuity practitioners and novices! More...
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Aon’s 2012 Terrorism & Political Violence Map is now Available.
Continue reading Aon’s 2012 Terrorism & Political Violence Map is now Available
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For decades, companies have regarded environment, health and safety (EHS) management as a necessity to maintain their license to operate. More recently, many companies have started to incorporate sustainability at the core of their business, recognizing their responsibility to manage ecological, social and financial risks.
Continue reading Sustainability: Do You Have Your Seat at the Table?
Tags: EH&S, Environmental Health & Safety, Risk Management, sustainability
Over the last decade, risk management has become a key issue in corporate strategy. 9/11 and its aftermath, Hurricane Katrina and the financial meltdown have transformed the landscape of risk.
Continue reading Risk in the Next Decade: What are the 3 big challenges for risk managers?
Tags: Risk Management
5 REASONS WHY YOU’LL WANT…
Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience
By Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP and Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP–
a great reference source and self-study guide
for business continuity practitioners and novices!
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From Enron and WorldCom to the more recent financial crisis, events of the last decade have fundamentally shifted how organizations think about risk. Companies around the world have made substantial investments in personnel, processes and technology to help mitigate and control business risk. Historically, these risk investments have focused primarily on financial controls and regulatory compliance.
However, these investments have often not addressed more strategic business risk areas. As a result, senior executives may not perceive risk management as strategic to the enterprise. Senior executives also may not have sufficient confidence in their ability to identify and address the risks that could impact the financial performance − or even the viability — of their organization.
A strategic question presents itself: “Do organizations with more mature risk management practices outperform their peers financially?”
See Turning risk into results: How leading companies use risk management to fuel better performance by Ernst & Young.
Your enterprise approach to business risk and its influence on corporate governance will be profoundly influenced by by David Kaye and Julia Graham in their landmark book, A Risk Management Approach to Business Continuity: Aligning Business Continuity with Corporate Governance.
Tags: enterprise risk management, financial risk management, Risk Management, risk mitigation
iJET International Inc., a provider of global intelligence and business resiliency services, issued its forecast for the threat landscape in 2012, highlighting macro-issues that will likely impact global business operations, staff and facilities worldwide. According to iJET, the year will pose unprecedented challenges and risks for organizations and those tasked with ensuring employee safety.
Tags: business resiliency, iJET, risk assessment, Risk Management, threat assessment
5 REASONS WHY YOU’LL WANT…
Business Continuity and Risk Management: Essentials of Organizational Resilience
By Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP and Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP–
a great reference source and self-study guide
for business continuity practitioners and novices!
Tags: 978-1-931332-54-5, 9781931332545, book, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Engemann Henderson, Risk Management, textbook
Organizations, industry and government can improve their understanding of global supply chain and transport risks and proactively move towards a new 21st century model for collaborative risk management, according to this World Economic Forum report.
Continue reading New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risk
Tags: davos, global economy, organizational risk, risk, Risk Management, supply chain risk, transport network risk, WEF, World Economic Forum
Of all inputs for rational decision-making, profit versus risk has the greatest propensity to entangle us, and it is the ability to balance that equation that makes for real leadership.
Continue reading Systematic Failures of Leadership
Tags: Risk Management
A new Chatham House paper, ‘Cultural Dialogue in International Security: New Thinking for Europe and America’ has highlighted how the perception of risk changes from culture to culture.
Written by Alexis Crow, the paper says that risk perception is highly subjective and therefore culturally specific: what may be considered a risk in one country may not be in another.
The paper explains how, in the context of attempts to develop dialogue in international security, it is important to understand a culture’s risk appetite.
Although not aimed at business continuity managers the paper provides some useful background information which may help when managing cross-border business continuity management systems.
By Kurt J. Engemann, PhD, CBCP and Douglas M. Henderson, FSA, CBCP
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“Given the importance of both Business Continuity and Risk Management in an increasingly risky world and their relative maturity as business disciplines, it is strange that little has been done to structure the subject in a way that is accessible to students and the wider academic community. Most relevant books and professional journals are targeted at either the professional practitioner or those with general interest in the topic. What has been missing is a college core textbook that covers the basic body of knowledge for aspiring students wishing to gain academic qualifications en route to a professional career in Business Continuity or Risk Management.
“This new book by Kurt Engemann and Douglas Henderson does much to redress this deficiency in our arsenal of published literature. Written at a level which is very comprehensive but still easily readable it provides a route-map through the terminologies, methodologies and philosophies of the subject….The Business Continuity Institute welcomes this book and wishes the authors well in their efforts to engage with both the business and academic communities in a language that both will understand.”
–Lyndon Bird, Technical Development Director, Board Member and Fellow since 1994, The Business Continuity Institute
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“As our world becomes ever more turbulent the field of business continuity and risk management increases in importance, often warranting Board-level attention. Organizations must proactively prepare for the future by mitigating risk whilst managing uncertainty through well considered policies, procedures, structure, systems and business culture to react to potentially harmful events as they unfold. In this way, their survival is less likely to be threatened and it will be more likely that their goals will be attained. Too many times we have witnessed business disaster because an organization failed to fully recognize the importance of business continuity and risk management or simply adopted a piecemeal and unsystematic approach.
“Practitioners constantly emphasize the necessity of a holistic approach and I am pleased to see this new book by Kurt Engemann and Douglas Henderson does just that. It is also important to blend theory with practice in this hands-on field; again this is accomplished by the authors of this book who have extensive academic and business continuity and emergency management experience. They bring the subject to life with rich teaching and learning features, making it an essential read for students and practitioners alike.”
–Phil Kelly, DBA, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), Fellow of the Institute of Risk Management (FIRM); Senior Lecturer, Liverpool (UK) Business School; Lead Examiner, Risk Decisions, The Institute of Risk Management (IRM)
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“The book cements the notion that BCP professionals will achieve greater success if they collaborate with external resources. This is a book that will inform the novice, support the expert and enhance every business continuity planner’s efforts to create a resilient organization. The book is well organized as an instructional tool, a reference guide, and a toolkit for practitioners.
“Students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels will find what they need to build a strong foundation for business resiliency, regardless of the nature of the business career they seek. Adult learners, and those already BCP practitioners, will find solid support and proven practices to enhance and improve their work. Most of all, an executive, a student, or a practitioner who absorbs the content of this book will be better prepared to function in a field where preparedness is absolutely essential. Keep this book. It will serve you well in your education and practice.”
–Thomas D. Phelan, PhD, Program Director, Emergency and Disaster Management and Fire Science at American Public University System; Founding Member of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security; member, Advisory Board of the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)
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“This book is a state-of-the-art addition to the field of business continuity management and allied subjects. It is difficult to write a book that serves both academia and practitioners, but the editors and contributors have accomplished this. Business Continuity and Risk Management provides a firm foundation for novices and a valuable reference for experienced professionals.”
–Mayer Nudell, Certified Security Consultant (CSC) and Adjunct Professor of Security Management, Webster University
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