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The Top Ten (or is that 9) Business Continuity Issues for 2010

The Disaster Recovery Journal’s winter edition includes an article by Janette Ballman, putting forward the Top Ten Business Continuity issues for 2010. Unfortunately only 9 issues made it as far as the article, leaving the reader wondering as to what the last one could be….

Now in my opinion the top nine issues could all easily have been the top issues for 2009 and no doubt will feature heavily in the top issues for 2011. So here’s the question, what could the missing issue be?

1. Coping with budget cuts and staff reductions
2. Gaining commitment and funding
3. Attending fewer training and awareness programs
4. Implementing new technology
5. Exploring industry standards
6. Preparing for pandemics
7. Establishing remote workstations
8. Managing expanded roles in BC programs
9. Improving public and private cooperation
10.??????

Perhaps the last issue should be compliance?

Exploring industry standards (no. 5) for practising business continuity is internal facing, but as more regulation comes into being, the importance of ensuring that your financial institution is FSA compliant, or your local authority meets its requirements under the Civil Contingencies Act, will become a top priority.

What is your opinion? Should compliance be the 10th issue, or do you have something else in mind? Let me know….

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2 Responses to “The Top Ten (or is that 9) Business Continuity Issues for 2010”

  1. Jon Seals says:
    February 10, 2010 at 4:43 pm

    One of the points in the article mentioned two items. I edited the article for content and style but didn’t label each point by number. If anything, it was a design mistake … and I do all the design. My bad.

    Compliance probably falls under “exploring industry standards” but it is always a major issue. Thanks for reading and providing the link.

    Jon Seals
    Editor-In-Chief
    Disaster Recovery Journal

  2. admin says:
    February 10, 2010 at 5:45 pm

    Thanks for the swift reply Jon and the clear up in the numbering issue.

    I personally think that compliance and industry standards can be treated quite separately. One is for governing the practice of business continuity and the other is ensuring that companies are compliant with external reglautory bodies, for example the FSA requires all regulated organisations to voice record landline calls and it is highly anticipated that they will bring in regulation for voice recording mobile phone calls very soon.

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