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 The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) Southern African Development Community (SADC) Chapter yesterday awarded the outstanding contribution of business continuity professionals and organisations living in or operating in the Africa region. Nine awards were presented during the BCI Africa Awards 2015 hosted at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton. Now in the third year, there were eight judged categories and one public vote category during this year's awards. |
 In a constantly changing world where the future is uncertain and difficult to predict, "horizon scanning" is essential. So said James McAlister, VP of the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) and director of Crisis Prepared, in a keynote address during the ITWeb Business Continuity 2015 Conference in Johannesburg yesterday. The BCI says there are some threats that are more common among most organisations, while others present themselves to varying degrees between different geographic locations or industry sectors. |
 Organisations need to create, implement and manage a business resilience strategy that centres on identifying and mitigating prioritised risks across the enterprise. So said Sehume Motswenyane, senior manager, cyber security at Ernst & Young Advisory Services, speaking at the ITWeb Business Continuity 2015 conference in Johannesburg yesterday. Resilience enables the investment in business continuity management (BCM) to be fully leveraged and optimised, improving the ability to respond to rapid onset, high impact threats not traditionally covered by BCM, said Motswenyane. |
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| Strategising for digital transformation By Christine Barrow Johannesburg, 5 Aug 2015 |
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| Digital transformation is driven through strategy as opposed to technology. This strategy drives digital maturity through leadership that has the ability to conceptualise digital technologies into business value. | |
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| Building the case for BC investment By Busie Mhlanga-Mjimba, Senior Conference Producer, ITWeb. Johannesburg, 9 Jul 2015 |
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| The level of business continuity maturity varies significantly across organisations and industries in SA. Moreover, assessing maturity levels is difficult, because IT-driven disaster recovery plans, which address technical continuity, are being seen as the driver, and key focus of business continuity. | |
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| Rules of engagement in business continuity By Christine Barrow Johannesburg, 6 Jul 2015 |
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| Business continuity management (BCM) practitioners need to start practically integrating roles in companies to bring about greater efficiencies. ccording to Chantal Coetzer, divisional head: specialised operational risks at the South African Reserve Bank, practitioners can do so by engaging more, communicating regularly, establishing solid relationships, and understanding how integration will impact the world of BCM. |
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| BCM evolution gathers pace By Christine Barrow Johannesburg, 5 Jun 2015 |
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| Business continuity management (BCM) as a discipline has changed rapidly in recent years, and will continue to evolve into the future, while being impacted by technology and software updates, modified business models, unexpected risks, new regulations and organisational demands. | |
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| Business continuity means taking responsibility By Busie Mhlanga-Mjimba Johannesburg, 12 May 2015 |
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| Business continuity is often described as 'common sense'. It is about taking responsibility for the business and enabling it to stay on course, whatever storms it is forced to weather. It is about 'keeping calm and carrying on'. | |
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