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RTO, MTPD and putting the cart before the horse How to calculate, rather than guess, your recovery time objectives: by Rainer Hübert, MBCI. >> Read more Business continuity and risk – what is in scope? Are we right in our approach to risk assessments to be only looking at the physical / IT related / reputational risks and ignoring the much larger questions out there such as the financial instability in the markets? The DigiNotar, Comodo and RSA breaches: what have we learned? Enterprises need to move past the shock and begin formulating their own compromise recovery and business continuity plans. News headlines What is a resilient organization? The European Disaster Recovery Survey 2011 Cyprus and Luxembourg failing in protection of critical infrastructure Insect cyborgs may help in future damage assessments New ISO standard to prepare for emergencies at nuclear facilities 2012 security predictions Managing the risks of information leakage Playing Jenga in the data centre New NIST tool helps organizations meet HIPAA requirements Many organizations struggling with disaster recovery ‘Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation’ Survey looks into backup and recovery challenges of virtual servers Emerging risks: Flash Mobs Water-related risks not being given the attention they deserve Expected business continuity impacts of London 2012 surveyed Human error is the biggest cause of IT disasters: survey Security trends for 2012 Beijing meeting agrees to move ISO 22301 forward Final version of UK Influenza Pandemic Preparedness Strategy 2011 published ‘Business Continuity Planning in Severe Weather’: Irish government advice New supply chain business continuity management resource freely available Business Continuity Institute Awards winners New ISO/IEC technical report provides information security control guidelines UNISDR head meets representatives of the Chinese private sector to discuss disaster risk reduction ISO 22301 update The growth of recovery-as-a-service BSI releases flood risk management standard Is comprehensive supply chain continuity management possible? ‘Preparedness in the Private Sector – 2011’ Cabinet Office continues Civil Contingencies Act Enhancement Programme consultation >> More news Sign up for Continuity Briefing Never miss a news story: signup for our free weekly email newsletter. Read the latest issue Latest Business Continuity Briefs This issue includes: • Lieberman warns about Firefox silent background updates plans • US National Flood Insurance Program extended to December 16th, 2011 • Results of the Business Continuity Institute GMC elections • London BANG November and January evenings >> Read Business continuity briefs Using good governance to control cloud risks Mike Small, CEng, FBCS, CITP, explains how to go about identifying the risks that cloud usage presents and provides a helpful and thought-provoking checklist of ten questions which you should ask your cloud provider. Preparing a power failure response strategy Dr. Jim Kennedy explains the steps that should be taken. Certificate management explored Calum MacLeod highlights twelve classic mistakes which can result in certificate-related downtime and IT security breaches. Executive buy-in? It doesn't end there Middle management also needs to be sold business continuity if corporate inertia is to be overcome. The Business Continuity Journal The Business Continuity Journal is Continuity Central’s quarterly peer-reviewed advanced level publication. Volume Four Issue Two is now available BC statistics and research Supply chain business continuity issues examined Business continuity and disaster recovery budgets remain stable New report looks into business continuity trailblazing practicess Discuss business continuity management Continuity Central recently launched a new resource to enable real-time discussion of selected Continuity Central articles as well as general business continuity subjects. Called MyContinuityCentral, the new website offers interactive resources to enable you to discuss, debate and expand your business continuity thinking. Access is free after registration. >> Go to MyContinuityCentral

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