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The blame game

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
The sinking of the Costa Concordia in Tuscan waters remains an international news story and has seen the humiliation of the ship's captain. Jim Preen comments on the crisis communications strategy of the ship's owners.

Confidence in IT disaster recovery processes increases

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
Better resources and technologies lift business confidence in backup and disaster recovery: Acronis survey.

KPMG gives businesses advice on cloud adoption

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
Three areas that need to be looked at to ensure safe cloud usage.

Moremi: A Legend in Risk Management

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
New film highlights valuable lessons that risk managers can learn from ancient African stories.

Local Government Association provides UK authorities with London 2012 advice

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
The Local Government Association (LGA) has issued advice for local authorities on how to prepare for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Your Ten Step Guide to Becoming Games Ready

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 02/03/2012 - 15:19
A business continuity planning guide has been published by SunGard to help UK businesses prepare for London 2012.

World IPv6 launch day: 6 June 2012

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:19
Many major ISPs, home networking equipment manufacturers, and web companies around the world are collectively working to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services by 6 June 2012: World IPv6 launch day.

Insurance: preparing, managing, and responding to catastrophic event claims

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:19
Insurance is an important aspect of business continuity; and good planning and preparation in this area can make the difference between business survival and failure.

London 2012 kicks off free preparation sessions for businesses

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:19
Workshops and drop-in sessions commence during the first week of February.

New report for NIST outlines key features of next-generation public safety communications

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Thu, 02/02/2012 - 11:19
Creation of a next-generation public safety communications network requires leadership from a single non-profit organization devoted to this purpose, according to a report released by a federal advisory committee.

Disaster prevention to be at the heart of UN work for the next five years

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Wed, 02/01/2012 - 12:58
Pressing the world for a push on disaster prevention, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon has rolled out a 'Five Year Action Agenda.'

Can you trust the cloud mega-companies with critical aspects of your business continuity?

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 14:42
Google decision highlights a key risk of relying on public cloud providers for business continuity. David Honour comments.

COSO issues risk appetite thought paper

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 14:42
'Enterprise Risk Management - Understanding and Communicating Risk Appetite.'

UK businesses urged to plan for network traffic load during the Olympics

Latest Headlines from Continuity Central - Fri, 01/27/2012 - 14:42
Intergence offers five tips for protecting mission critical applications.