For Prudential Insurance business continuity is more than just a wish - it is corporate policy. When it came to implementing that policy the first step for Phil Hine, business continuity advisor at Prudential, was to carry out a business impact...
We've seen plenty of senior executives lose their jobs by failing to manage disasters correctly. And the introduction of new regulations like the London Stock Exchange's Turnbull Report could leave company directors legally responsible for losses...
A spokesman for the Financial Times said: "We suffered a power cut early this morning. When the servers were restored it was found that they couldn't read some URLs - those starting with www. Most attempts to go to news.ft.com are successful.
Dell is honing its focus on business continuity, seeing the area as a key way to increase upgrade cycles, especially in areas such as storage. The direct vendor recently commissioned research which found 37 per cent of respondents do not plan for...
Evidence of the lack of a uniform approach to planning for disasters and disruption was provided by the huge variety of terms used to describe such incidents according to the survey. Business continuity planning is primarily concerned with people...
Cardoza said: "You have disasters that you can see coming and you've got disasters that you can't see coming and an earthquake is an example of [the latter]. As such, the bank must have processes in place ahead of such an event to mitigate the threat.