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An archive of past Business Continuity Management news articles

Weather problems and how the Met Office, BBC and Environment Agency combine to warn us

10 Feb 2009

We look at the different tiers of warnings for weather and flooding and tell you where to get more information. It's possible that your organisation could be better prepared by being more aware of the warnings and what they mean.

FLOOD policy update

02 Feb 2009

There has been a lot in the BCM news about flooding in recent years. We take a look at the responses from local and national government in the UK. Is a consistent response emerging?

New Civil Contingencies professional development standard recognizes Business Continuity

26 Jan 2009
The UK justice sector skills council, Skills for Justice, has set up some new units on business continuity to support its training and development in support of civil contingencies requirements. These are pushing business continuity into the day-to-day jobs of many hundreds, possibly thousands of employees. This may be something that will impact on BCM professionals in the private sector.

Secure web sites can be forged – better standards needed

12 Jan 2009

Visiting secure websites may not be as safe as it is believed to be. Security researchers have found a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure that allows attackers to forge certificates that are trusted by all commonly used web browsers.

IBM Taiwan e-Center awarded BS 25999 Certification

09 Jan 2009

IBM Taiwan's e-Center has achieved certification to BS 25999 Business Continuity Management, becoming a world's first to receive the international certificate in the area of Business Continuity & Resiliency Services.

2000 attend BCM event in Japan

10 Dec 2008

2000 people attended the recent Business Continuity Management Conference & Expo 2008 in Tokyo.

Department of Health and BSI British Standards to boost NHS resilience

05 Dec 2008

The Department of Health and BSI British Standards announced a new initiative designed to increase resilience to major incidents and disruption across the National Health Service. This will begin with the implementation of BS 25999 Parts 1 and 2.

Detailed Recovery Plans Earn Sembcorp ‘Top 20’ Status

04 Dec 2008

The industrial utilities and services company Sembcorp UK has become one of the first twenty organisations in the world to achieve certification to BS25999-2.