Eskom may be top of mind for risk managers and boards at the moment, but the real disaster would be if they were distracted from the need to ensure continuity – and resilience. The recent, unexpected bout of Stage 4 load-shedding has once more united the nation in a bout of frenzied planning for the […]
ContinuitySA recently completed a comprehensive business continuity management and crisis management plan for a major construction industry player. Originally slated to take 18 months, the project was completed in only eleven months and under budget, a notable feat for a solution which covers multiple geographically separate sites across sub-Saharan Africa. With the project’s original scope expanding […]
Business continuity enters the App Age with the launch of a Business Continuity and Resilience (BCR) app by ContinuitySA, known as a leading provider of business resilience solutions. According to the company, the BCR App will help management respond quickly and effectively to any disaster. A robust and effective business continuity capability is key to building […]
ContinuitySA, Africa’s leading provider of business continuity and resilience solutions, is celebrating the tenth anniversary of its business in Mozambique. The company’s Mozambican journey began with a small work area recovery facility and data centre at Matola, just south of Maputo, in 2008. It initially came to Mozambique in tandem with an existing client, a large […]
Today’s world is volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. In such an environment, future planning is difficult, if not impossible. As a result, organisations are increasingly focusing on becoming resilient; that is, to be able to anticipate, adapt and respond both to incremental and sudden changes or disruptions. But, according to Philippa Chappell of ContinuitySA, while many […]
Business’s increasing dependence on digital platforms and data has generated significant efficiencies –but has also spawned a well-resourced cyber-crime industry. It is thus imperative that cyber resilience is integrated into organisations’ business continuity management plans. The ability to protect one’s IT systems, and recover from any breach, called cyber resilience, is thus critical. Cyber resilience […]
Settling into a new year, ContinuitySA is advising organisations to recalibrate their business continuity management and resilience plans in line with the causes of actual disasters in 2017. A new year is traditionally seen as a good time to take stock and set goals. This one began with the reporting of two serious new computer vulnerabilities, […]
ContinuitySA recently is offering its five day Certified ISO 22301 Lead Implementer course from 16-20 November 2017. The course, which will be run again in 2018, enables participants to develop the necessary expertise to support an organisation in implementing and managing a business continuity management system. ISO 22301 for business continuity provides an international standard […]
Most organisations fail to appreciate the importance and benefits of testing when it comes to business continuity – and cyber resilience. Rehearsals are critical, but testing is much more than that. The often overlooked benefit of testing is that by feeding the results of each test back into the business continuity plan, the plan becomes […]
Security should be the enabler of the digital world. The ability to detect, protect, remediate and recover from a cyber threat is critical. Cyber resilience has become an elevated topic of discussion at board level. This has received further attention as a result of the recent WannaCry ransomware global attack. Cybersecurity incidents will happen and […]
