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March 2009 bulletin: What’s new on TalkingBusinessContinuity.com

BS 25999 Certification Case studies

• Kokuyo Furniture Co., Ltd., becomes the first furniture manufacturer to obtain BS 25999 certification from BSI

BS 25999 Implementation Case studies

• Newton IT describe the benefits of adding BCM to their Integrated Management System

Frequently Asked Questions on BS 25999

No matter what size your business is, or how many people it employs, you should always be prepared for disruptions. Implementing and certifying to BS 25999 enables you to be better prepared and more resilient. We have listed some of the frequently asked questions we have received to help you better understand BS 25999.

Business Continuity Tools

• Business Impact Assessment tool - Undertaking your business impact analysis (BIA) is one of the most important parts of implementing your BCM program. This tool can help you to understand and simplify the process behind the assessment.

Business Continuity book reviews

• Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery for IT Professionals
  by Susan Snedaker
• Exercising for Excellence - Delivering successful business continuity management exercises
  by Crisis Solutions
• Principles and Practice of Business Continuity: Tools and Techniques
  by Jim Burtles

News articles

• Confident your company could cope in a crisis? BSI launches new tool to help in preparedness.
  BSI British Standards has launched a new online self-assessment tool which enables any organisation to evaluate its business continuity management provisions.
• A decade of living dangerously – this year’s CMI BCM report.
  The Chartered Institute of Management’s 2009 report on Business Continuity Management marks a decade of research on the subject. The tenth survey reveals a pressing need for UK organisations to guard against disruption and to be wary of complacency towards possible risks.
• Weathering Difficult Economic Times: The BCM Survival Guide.
  The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has announced the availability of its first ‘Survival Guide’. The guide is designed to help organisations of all sizes evaluate existing business continuity strategies.
• New guidance on data security for teleworkers.
  Telecommuting has become a way of life as more companies let employees work from home. Read recommendations from a new guide on maintaining data security.
• Loss of key staff – how vulnerable are you?
  The reaction to the news that Apple’s CEO would be taking 6 months off due to his continued illness should make you think about your organisation’s dependence on a key staff member.

Future events

• Business Continuity Evolution Forum 2009 (3-4 June 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands)
• Alarm Annual Conference 2009: From Global to Local (21-23 June 2009, Bournemouth, UK)

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