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Regulatory 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.
Workplace SafetyOccupational Health, Safety & Regulatory Compliance Training Resources. English & Spanish Books, Manuals, Kits and Videos. Equipment & Software.
UK Financial Sector ContinuityThis website has been established by the UK's tripartite financial authorities (HM Treasury, the Bank of England and the Financial Services Authority) to provide a central point of information about work on continuity planning that is relevant to the UK's financial sector. Financial Sector Business Continuity Progress Report - The Tripartite Standing Committee on Financial Stability
ASIS International (ASIS)Business continuity guideline: a practical approach for emergency preparedness, crisis management, and disaster recovery (Draft)
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)
Government of South Africa - Policy and Law Online NewsSouth Africa Disaster Management Act of 2002 - ensures that government departments on national and provincial level are prepared and can handle any type of disaster
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
The Scotsman [UK]Talking disaster: Don't make a catastrophe out of a crisis Stephen Park Brown, Wed 25 Aug 2004 On the importance of preparing for the worst "IMPORTANT new legislation covering how the country responds to a catastrophe is nearing the end of its passage through Parliament, but responsibility for preparing for disaster lies not just with the Government but with individuals and businesses."
SEC Approves NASD and NYSE Business Continuity RulesOn April 7, 2004, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission approved rules proposed by NASD and the New York Stock Exchange (File Nos. SR-NASD-2002-108 and SR NYSE-2002-35), which require NASD and NYSE members to develop business continuity plans that establish procedures relating to an emergency or significant business disruption.
Thailand IT disaster recovery guidelinesThailand's Foreign Bankers' Association has published an English version of the IT disaster recovery guidelines for banks which the Bank of Thailand published at the end of 2005.
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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. | |
