Continuity Forum - Research

RESEARCH AVIAN INFLUENZA

Thu, 20 Apr 2006 11:46:00 +0200

Category Business Continuity Management BCM - Avian Flu - Research

Amidst increasing levels of concern over the risks of a major Health Pandemic, the Continuity Forum urgently needs your help to gauge the real response of organisations to the threats posed.

The media are filling the airwaves with reports forecasting that a major Health Crisis is imminent and according to many long overdue. Governments are stocking up on anti-virals and leading health experts are saying that an outbreak of the human form of Avian Flu is very likely or even inevitable.

A Pandemic will likely cause alarm and have an impact far beyond that seen with SARS, the Continuity Forum needs to understand quickly the levels of BCM review and planning currently underway generally and gather information on the potential cascade effects of a Pandemic on organisations of all types.

Fuel Crisis Report cont'd...

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:36:16 +0200

Financial and Banking Sectors

Limited information exists concerning the impact of the fuel protests on banking and financial services. The sector was dependent on the transportation industry for the movement of money and financial notes. Disruptions to the transportation sector during other incidents have affected the ability of banks to supply automatic teller machines (ATM) with cash, resulting in ATM service outages. However, the banks stated that there were no serious interruptions in daily operations. They did not have to resort to any drastic action after securing a place on the government's priority fuel list for the armoured vehicles, which transport money around Britain.

Fuel Crisis Report

Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:39:25 +0200

The purpose of this document is to examine the impact of the fuel price protests in the United Kingdom (UK) during September 2000 on the country’s critical infrastructure (CI) and emergency management (EM) sectors. The analysis is based on publicly available information.

Audience

This document is primarily intended to provide CI stakeholders and partners with a general outlook for understanding the impact of analogous events while addressing the issues of reliance and interdependencies among different CI sectors.

Executive Summary

In September 2000, British farmers and truck drivers launched a dramatic campaign of direct action to protest a fuel duty. Their campaign followed a similar one by farmers, truckers, and fishermen in France, which had resulted in concessions from the French government. The UK protesters blockaded fuel refineries and distribution depots, and, within days, created a fuel crisis that paralyzed CI sectors and brought the country to a virtual halt.

Research Programmes

Mon, 11 Jul 2005 12:55:02 +0200

Below are the links to our current general research programmes.

Please do take a moment to complete these surveys which form an important part of our Industry Development programmes.

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to see included please email us HERE! or call Russell on + 44 (0) 208 993 1599.

Currently Open Research Programmes and Surveys

		Quick Feedback on forthcoming event dates
		Invocation and Alert Study
		The Continuity Forum Benchmarking Project
		Study into the use of External Data Services
		Salary Survey providing details on mix of salaries and responsibilities in the Private and Public Sector
		BCM Maturity Survey providing details on the evolution of the BCM programmes with organisations in the Private and Public Sector
		Our Annual BCM Market Survey which supports our yearly market report on the developments and attitiudes to Business Continuity
		Our quick Event and Invocation ALERT reporting link. By notifying the Forum of events we are able to further develop research and informationa relevant to the sector
		This study address the frequency of Plan testing and Maintenance

Continuity Forum announces Event Alert

Wed, 08 Jun 2005 11:53:15 +0200

The Continuity Forum is looking to identify and analyse as many Continuity events as possible. To help us in this work there is a link on this page that will take you to our event tracker tool, which we have created to develop help information on the frequency and impact of a wide variety of Continuity related events.

From your responses we will be producing regular research bulletins that will assist ALL involved in the profession understand the key risks that are affecting organisations and help in building the 'Business Case' for Business Continuity and Risk Management programmes.

Data Centre Services

Mon, 14 Feb 2005 12:25:53 +0100

The Continuity Forum, in conjunction with Hewlett Parkard are undertaking a study in to the external Data Centre services by business in the UK.

Click here to contribute to our survey

Academic Liason

Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:15:00 +0200

The Continuity Forum is keen to develop collaborative relationships with Academia Internationally to support research and development into Business Continuity issues. We will work with all interested parties and provide essential support to initiatives geared to improve the knowledge base and professionalism of the industry.

Our extensive research library provides data ideal to support learning and development programmes and we would be delighted to work on or develop joint projects with Colleges and Universities as well as to support and encourage those individual students studying for higher degrees. If you would like to discuss how we can work together please contact us at Support@Continuityforum.org .

Research

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:49:37 +0200

The Continuity Forum is the worlds leading provider of research into BCM and it's related disciplines.

Below are the links to our current general research programmes.

Please do take a moment to complete these surveys which form an important part of our Industry Development programmes.

If you have suggestions for topics you would like to see included please email us HERE! or call Russell on + 44 (0) 208 993 1599.

If you are looking for specific research information please do contact us directly and we'd be delighted to help. Research is available covering a wide variety of Business and Professional topics as you would expect and is available to both members and non-members.

Currently Open Research Programmes and Surveys

Share your experience

Fri, 21 Jan 2005 12:10:27 +0100

Share your experiences

Sharing your organisations’ experiences of BCM with us will help us assess the issues currently affecting the development of Business Continuity and helps us target our activities and actions in areas that will make the most difference. We need to hear of the problems and successes, the ups and downs, and generally as much of the experience of those at the sharp end of the planning and management process.

The Continuity Forum has extensive research capability and do please rest assured that your Confidentiality is assured. We will only use the information shared to develop material to help others overcome issues and share winning methods with the industry.