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The first edition of ISO 22301 was launched in May 2012. It was the first truly internationally accepted standard on business continuity, and it consists of requirements to implement a Business Continuity Management System according to ISO Annex SL. As such, it stood in line with its prominent predecessors such…
My dictionary defines “consultant” as: 1. a person who consults with another or others; 2. an expert who is called on for professional or technical advice or opinions. The Thesaurus lists: Advisor, expert, guide, mentor, counselor. There are also multitudes of less formal (and less complimentary) definitions; among them, “A…
This article is a result of the efforts of the Supply Chain and Business Continuity Working Group of Club de la Continuité d’Activité (www.clubpca.eu), an association of risk management and business continuity professionals established in 2007. In 2015, 500 risk managers and experts from 40 countries participated in the Top…
Why care for something like organizational resilience? We’ve got a lot of management and corporate governance tools; we’ve got a dozen or so ISO system management standards; and on top of that, there are a lot of frameworks at our disposal, helping us to better manage an organization. One might…
Organizations around the world, either big or small, can be affected by ‘disruptive incidents’. Such incidents may be deliberate, accidental or even natural disasters which can cause severe damage to the organization. However, even if such incidents occur, the organizations need to be prepared to stand on their feet and…
