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Business Continuity Links
Business Continuity ExpoBusiness Continuity Expo and Compliance Expo, provide organisations with a dedicated event to source the products and services that will keep them resilient, compliant and operational. It delivers a winning formula of education, practical workshops and the UK's largest dedicated exhibition.
Business Continuity InstituteThe Business Continuity Institute (BCI) provides recognition and professional qualifications for business continuity practitioners. Represented in 14 countries, membership brings significant benefits to professionals world-wide, providing recognition, networking, education and knowledge.
Business continuity metrics: How much can you afford to lose?When developing a disaster recovery plan, companies need to evaluate how fast they can get their businesses running again and how much data they can afford to lose. Bob Cramer, CEO of LiveVault Corp., offers tips on key metrics companies should use to make these decisions.
Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness (CCEP)CCEP's mandate is to assist communities, governments and private business to prepare for, prevent, respond to, and recover from man-made or natural disasters. CCEP does not directly compete with existing training providers or business continuity /disaster recovery consultants. It also produces the World Conference on Disaster Management.
COMPUTERWORLDRedefining Disaster: Many CIOs have changed the way they think about disaster recovery. How about you? News Story by Mary K. Pratt, JUNE 20, 2005 (COMPUTERWORLD)
Computerworld South AfricaSurvey: Most EMEA countries News Story by Samantha Perry. December 07, 2004 - " Veritas Software Corp. last week released the results of its third annual disaster recovery study which revealed, among other things, that 97% of businesses surveyed in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) would be unable to continue normal operations following a data center fire."
(Computerworld) Study: Many companies lack disaster, continuity plans"A U.S.-led war in Iraq that could spawn new terrorist attacks in the U.S. could be less than two weeks away, but that hasn’t prompted many companies in the U.S. to invest adequately in disaster recovery, according to a new study released today by Dataquest Inc." (March 4, 2003)
Continuity CentralBusiness continuity provides insurance discounts (for some). According to a recent survey jointly conducted by Strohl Systems and CPM-Global Assurance, one out of every eight US organisations that responded has experienced decreased insurance rates due to having a comprehensive business continuity plan.
Continuity CentralThe BIA under the microscope: The July, 2003 issue of the Business Continuity e-Journal is ‘BIA special’ – containing a detailed report on the recent BIA survey conducted by Continuity Central. The report gives details on: * Who is given responsibility for the BIA * How BIAs are being conducted * What the BIA covers * How often BIAs are conducted * Where the information is distributed * Problems and difficulties experienced * Future changes in the BIA process.
Continuity CentralGlobal news, jobs and information portal for the business continuity industry. Whether you are a novice or a seasoned professional Continuity Central will meet your information needs.
Continuity SoftwareOur product detects risks and infrastructure vulnerabilities in Disaster Recovery systems, and ensures that your critical business data is truly protected.
NoticeBoredWe supply creative internal communications materials for cost-effective corporate information security awareness programs. Different topics such as contingency planning, viruses and social engineering are covered each month - ideal for a rolling awareness program. We supply newsletters, briefings, presentations, posters, crosswords and loads more top quality content.
Vital Records Protectionwww.vitalrecordsprotection.org is an informational website designed to provide facts, statistics, commentary and articles devoted to the topic of protecting of vital records. After conducting extensive research into our markets, we learned that simple lack of awareness among the business community is the number one culprit leading to the inadequate protection of vital records.
Continuity CentralHazard identification and Business Impact Analysis John Salter provides a paper which leads planners through the BIA process. This paper provides a resource kit which will help business continuity planners with their risk and hazard assessment processes and their business impact analysis. For those working with the NFPA 1600 business continuity standard.
Continuity CentralDisaster Recovery Site Selection Matrix by Rumma Zahra, BCP Coordinator, Information Systems Department, State Bank of Pakistan An Excel-based spreadsheet utilised by the State Bank of Pakistan for initiating an enterprise wide disaster recovery project.
The Courier-Mail (Queensland, Australia)Disaster recovery the name of the game When a business goes down it doesn't have to be terminal. Guy Mosel reports on disaster recovery services 02aug03
De Nederlandsche Bank publishes business continuity assessment frameworkDe Nederlandsche Bank publishes business continuity assessment framework New guidelines will help firms active in the Netherlands' financial markets benchmark their business continuity management activities. Longer term the guidelines are expected to be adopted by all Euro-zone countries. (November, 2004)
Deloitte & Touche LLPCorporate-Wide Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Plans Jump 20 Percent in Last Five Years: Deloitte & Touche LLP Survey (January 31, 2005)
Deloitte & Touche USA LLPContinuing the Journey: 6th Annual Business Continuity Survey from Deloitte & Touche LLP and CPM Group. This benchmarking survey report published in collaboration with the CPM Group, demonstrates that the business continuity function, and its professional practice continue to play an important role in operational risk management. Survey results show that executive management remains primarily concerned with regulatory compliance, and with fulfilling fiduciary responsibilities by addressing operational resilience in response to a broad array of disruptive events.
Disaster Recovery Guidance - Free DR Tutorials and ArticlesDisaster Recovery Guidance.com offers free tutorials and articles covering the Disaster Recovery planning process for IT Infrastructure. Whether you are a system administrator, IT architect or DR manager, you'll find content here to help you put together a DR plan that will stand the test of a real disaster.
Disaster Recovery Institute InternationalDRI International was founded in 1988 to provide a base of common knowledge in contingency planning, a rapidly growing industry. DRII also administers the industry's premier global certification program for qualified business continuity / disaster recovery planners. The Professional Practices for Business Continuity Planners, our common base of knowledge, serves as the industry's best practices standard. Training courses to educate and inform business continuity / disaster recovery planne...
Draft Interagency White PaperInteragency Concept Release: Draft Interagency White Paper on Sound Practices to Strengthen the Resilience of the U. S. Financial System
DRI International - Business Continuity / Disaster Recovery Education & CertificationThe purpose of DRI International (formerly the Disaster Recovery Institute) is to create a base of common knowledge for the disaster recovery/business continuity planning field through education, assistance, and the development of a resource base; to certify qualified individuals in the discipline; and to promote the credibility and professionalism of certified professionals. The DRI has developed a Common Body of Knowledge which outlines the experience required by professionals in the field.
Enterprise Risk & Security Management, by Andrew HilesWhat is Enterprise Risk and Security Management and why should we do it? Well, we need to think beyond most existing practices in security and risk management. Many organisations have an assortment of measures to protect themselves.
Envoy WorldwideTrends in Business Continuity and Risk Management: A Business Continuity Survey (June, 2005)
The Hindu: Disaster recovery gains importanceBANGALORE DEC. 9. In the aftermath of the September 11 episode last year, banks and data centres among other verticals realised the importance of disaster recovery systems. Besides ontime service delivery, companies needed to be able to recover critical information to ensure business continuity in the event of a calamity. Disaster recovery has now assumed growing importance in facility management (FM).
Informationweel: "Business Continuity Slides Down The Priority Scale""A company's very survival may hinge on its ability to function effectively in a crisis. But that doesn't mean that business continuity is a high priority, even in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. If anything, time has cooled interest in this area. Except in cases where companies have invested in disaster recovery-related upgrades, what has mostly transpired are policy changes."
The Institute for Business Continuity Training (IBCT)The Institute for Business Continuity Training (IBCT) offers a number of business continuity plan and business impact assessment templates and sample reports.
Insurance NewsnetRegulatory pressure on technology for business continuity Risk Management - August 02, 2003 Publisher Date: Jul 2003 Volume: 50 Issue: 7 Brian J Zawada, Risk Management, New York
ISO17799/BS7799 Security GroupISO17799/BS7799 - Information exchange group about the ISO 17799/BS7799 standard and computer and information security
IT Disaster Recovery Information PortalThe IT Disaster Recovery Portal provides articles, news and a vendor and solution directory to assist in creating, testing and improving a disaster recovery plan. The site also features the 'downtime' blog which tracks stories of technology related outages of websites and corporate and government systems.
IT GovernanceIT Governance Ltd is a leading global authority on data security and IT governance for business and the public sector. It is the world's most comprehensive publisher of and distributor for information, advice, guidance,books and tools for Governance, Risk Management and Compliance. We have clients globally.
Large Companies Cover Continuity BasicsAccording to InformationWeek Research's Business Continuity Planning Study, based on a survey fielded by PricewaterhouseCoopers, larger companies are championing three best practices that all companies ought to consider.
MISTI Business Recovery Managers SymposiumThe Business Recovery Managers Symposium October 30 - November 1, 2001 San Diego October 29, November 1, 2001 Optional Workshops This symposium offers round table discussions, three full tracks of concurrent sessions, multiple exercises, and a panel of internationally known experts in the field of contingency planning and disaster recovery.
PreEmpt, Inc.PreEmpt, Inc, has published the results of a survey it has conducted in the US into how far an alternate facility should be from the primary operations facility. The survey updates similar work which was conducted in 2004. The primary source of information for the survey was chapter members of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP).
PreEmpt, Inc.How far should an alternate facility be from the primary operations facility? Survey results, conducted by: PreEmpt, Inc., September 2005
SC InfoSec OpinionWireWorkplace Recovery - ensure your technical requirements are met by Andrew Waterston October 2003
The ScotsmanExpect the unexpected for a speedy recovery ALISTAIR WHITESIDE "DISASTER can strike a business at any time. Many business disasters cannot be prevented, so the key to survival is to ensure that you are prepared for the unexpected and you can manage the disaster and its after effects to ensure the impact on your business is minimised as much as possible."
SearchSecurity.comDisaster preparedness: Staying up while everything else is down By Anne Saita, News Director 31 Aug 2005 SearchSecurity.com
Secure Computing MagazineRisky Business by Graeme Howe An organisation's ability to demonstrate robust business continuity processes is becoming a trading prerequisite for customers and suppliers alike. It is time to give risk management a place on the board.
StrategiyDisaster recovery solutions seen as essential to safeguard Mid East businesses [Monday, November 7, 2005 12:08:00 pm] Across the Middle East, companies are increasingly turning to disaster recovery solutions to safeguard their computer systems and sustain business operations.
Templeton College of Oxford UniversityThe Impact of Catastrophes on Shareholders Value by Rory F. Knight and Deborah J. Pretty. 1996. A research report sponsored by Sedgwick Group, from the Oxford Executive Research Briefings series from Oxford University. This brief report is information-dense, with sixteen case studies globally. The latest case study was in 1996
Touch BriefingsWeb-based Continuity Planning, by COOP Systems (July, 2005) The Internet is becoming a central, pervasive direction in continuity planning, as it has for many other functional areas of organizations. This change enables new levels of capability, supplying a collaborative environment to a wide group of planners and contributors. Everyone involved is empowered through all phases of their processes, using the Internet paradigm embraced by so many other parts of the organization. The best software now fully embraces the Internet. This change is typical of technology, periodically undergoing generational change affecting everything that comes later. Examples are the shifts from flat file to relational databases, mini to microprocessors, and client-server to n-tiered systems development. Entire industries and enormous companies rise (e.g., Microsoft, Intel) and fall (e.g., DEC, Worldcomm) when these types of changes occur. Continuity planning is no different.
Twin Cities Home PagePosted on Thu, Aug. 28, 2003 Business backups BY LESLIE BROOKS SUZUKAMO Pioneer Press Computer worms. E-mail viruses. Power blackouts. All were painful reminders to businesses and other organizations in recent weeks that without access to their data, work grinds to a halt. But surprisingly, many companies are still ill-prepared for the worst. A Harris Poll of senior executives in Fortune 1000 firms this summer found that after the wake-up call of 9/11, one-third of executives admitted their companies were still no more prepared than they were that day.
U.S. Fire AdministrationContinuity of Operations (COOP)Video Series Disasters strike when we least expect them. That's why we all need a plan to make sure we're ready for anything, and our departments or agencies can function even after a catastrophe. The following Continuity Connection video series addresses what you and your workplace can do to continue operating under the worst circumstances. Whether it's a flood, fire, computer virus or pandemic, if you have a continuity of operations (COOP) plan, conduct COOP training and exercises - you'll get through the crisis and get back on your feet serving the citizens of America.
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| #1 | Service Level Agreement and SLA Guide - Directory of service level agreement template, guidebook, training, and audit resources. | |
| #2 | Business continuity metrics: How much can you afford to lose? - When developing a disaster recovery plan, companies need to evaluate how fast they can get their businesses running again and how much data they can afford to lose. Bob Cramer, CEO of LiveVault Corp., offers tips on key metrics companies should use to make these decisions. | |
| #3 | Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan - Saint Lucia Disaster Response Plan | |
| #4 | A Design Language for Emergency Operations Center Facilities - "Most EOC layouts can be described in terms of a few basic models, each of which has unique implications for the organizational dynamics it supports. These basic layouts are combined and hybridized to yield almost all real-world EOC floorplans." | |
| #5 | University of Miami Disaster Recovery Plan for Computer Servuces - | |
| #6 | IBM's Web Service Level Agreements (WSLA) Project - The Web Service Level Agreement (WSLA) project, developed by IBM, addresses service level management issues within a Web services environment. Issues addressed include SLA specification, creation and monitoring. The project provides: Explicit specifications of servlce level agreements that can be monitored by the service provider, customer and even by a third-party; Ease of SLA creation using template-based authoring tools; and, Distributed monitoring framework for deployment in a single site or across multiple sites by translating SLA data in configuration information for the individual service provider components and third party services to perform the measurement and supervision activities. The WSLA creation and monitoring framework complements various other projects addressing issues on proactive management of a service environment, e.g., provisioning resources, workload management, etc., according to the agreed upon service levels specified via WSLA. | |
