Editor:
 Lyndon Bird
 
 Publisher:
 Simon Beckett
 
 ISSN:
 1749-9216 (print)
 1749-9224 (online)
 
 First published:
 September 2006
 
 
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Table of contents

Volume 5 Number 3 (October 2011)
Volume 4 Number 3 (July 2010)
 
 
  • The cyber threat, trophy information and the fortress mentality
    Tim Scully, CEO, stratsec and Head of Cyber Security, BAE Systems Australia
  • Using Twitter and other social media platforms to provide situational awareness during an incident
    Ed Tobias, Manager, Business Continuity and Disaster Planning, Associated Press
  • Acceptance and utilisation of the Incident Command System in first response and allied disciplines: An Ohio Study
    Russ Decker, Director, Allen County Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, Ohio
  • A disruption management model for emergencies
    James McAlister, Business Continuity Coordinator, Merseyside Police
  • The European cooperative approach to securing critical information infrastructure
    Steve Purser, Head, Technical Competence Department, European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)
  • Measuring community resilience: A case study of coastal communities in Indonesia
    Shesh Kanta Kafle, Disaster Risk Reduction, Canadian Red Cross
  • Logistics modeling: Improving resource management and public information strategies in Florida
    Daniel M. Walsh, Emergency Preparedness Specialist, Charles N. Van Groningen and Brian Craig, Decision and Information Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory
  • How to deploy online guidance during a major incident
    Sooria Balasegaram, Ishani Kar-Purkayastha, Neil Hough, Peter Sheridan, Mark Pownall, Robert Gent and Richard Barker, ISIS Web and Stakeholder Team, Health Protection Agency, Mary Bussell, Professor of Public Health, University of Surrey, Tim Burns
  • A qualitative study of pandemic influenza preparedness among small and medium-sized businesses in New York City
    Deron C. Burton, Medical Officer, U.S. Public Health Service, Evan Confield, Strategy Director, Virtue Worldwide, Mary Rose Gasner, Chief Privacy Officer and Deputy General Counsel and Isaac B. Weisfuse, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Emergency Preparedness and Response, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Special feature on preparedness for the London 2012 Olympics

Volume 4 Number 2 (March 2010)

Volume 4 Number 1 (November 2009)

Volume 3 Number 4 (August 2009)

  • Developing an evacuation plan for the Obama presidential inauguration
    Darrell L. Darnell, Director, District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency and Jodi Stern, Senior Law and Policy Analyst, University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security
  • Global trends in salary, status, responsibilities and career progression: What does the future hold for the business continuity professional?
    Cheyene Haase, President, BC Management
  • A crisis management standard: Who needs it?
    Peter Power, Managing Director, Visor Consultants
  • Ensuring business continuity for business process outsourcing companies
    Jonathan De Luzuriaga, Executive Director for Industry Affairs, Business Processing Association of the Philippines
  • Managing peacekeeping communications
    Ged Griffin, Inspector, Victoria Police
  • Is your company ‘The Biggest Loser’?
    Bill Jancouskas, Staff Disaster Preparedness Professional, Qwest Communications
  • Developing public–private partnership based business continuity management for increased community resilience
    Kenji Watanabe, Associate Professor, Graduate School, Nagaoka University of Technology
  • Building organisational resilience through a designed-in security management approach
    Peter Trim, Director, Centre for Advanced Management and Interdisciplinary Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, Nigel Jones, Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield University and Kevin Brear, Senior Manager, Deloitte
  • Contingency planning for earthquakes in Asia
    Nathaniel Forbes, President, Asia Council, International Association of Emergency Managers and Director, Forbes Calamity Prevention
  • Human factors in organisational resilience: Implications of breaking the psychological contract
    Jackie McCoy, Professor and Director, The Business Institute, University of Ulster and Alan Elwood, Director, Emergency Planning Solutions

Volume 3 Number 3 (May 2009)

  • How to communicate flood risks effectively
    Tim L. Tinker, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton and Gerald E. Galloway, Chair, FEMA Levee Policy Review Committee
  • Gaining senior executive commitment to business continuity: Motivators and reinforcers
    Kenny Seow, Business Continuity Advisor, RiskCover, Government of Western Australia
  • The development of Scotland's resilience
    Ian Walford, Head of Resilience, The Scottish Government
  • Development of a business continuity programme at Arab National Bank
    Abdul Alonaizan, Head of Business Continuity Management, Arab National Bank
  • Resilience under attack: Techniques for continuing online businesses in the face of a security compromise
    Justin Clarke, Director, Gotham Digital Science
  • Event tourism: A strategic methodology for emergency management
    Christopher Kemp, Executive Dean, Buckinghamshire New University
  • Using the disaster crunch/release model in building organisational resilience
    Alan Elwood, Director, Emergency Planning Solutions
  • Crisis leadership: Past research and future directions
    Stacy L. Muffet-Willet, Associate Professor of Emergency Management and Sharon D. Kruse, Professor, University of Akron
  • Computer misuse in the workplace
    HMPS Herath, Business Analyst/Consultant, abas ERP and WMJI Wijayanayake, Senior Lecturer, University of Kelaniya

Volume 3 Number 2 (February 2009)

  • Practical experiences and lessons in gaining BS25999 certification within a multinational organisation
    Roger McLoughlin, Continuity and Risk Assurance Manager, Vodafone
  • The summer 2007 floods: One year on and the lessons learned
    Nick Best, Regional Resilience Director and David Fraser, Flood Recovery Director, Government Office for Yorkshire and The Humber
  • Creating a non-traditional tabletop exercise that challenges participants and provides a unique learning experience
    Keith Hansen, Coordinator, Pandemic Influenza Education & Outreach and Lea Pounds, Center for Biopreparedness Education, University of Nebraska Medical Center
  • A new BIA methodology in line with the service continuity and recovery process outlined by PAS77
    Shankar Swaroop, Project Manager, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, FedEx
  • Impact of video conferencing on crisis teams, crisis decision making and communication effectiveness
    Robert Chandler, Chair, Communication Division, Center of Communication and Business, Pepperdine University and JD Wallace, Lubbock Christian University
  • Building an emergency response community: Making it work in practice
    Richard Serino, Chief of Department and Laura Williams, Deputy Chief of Staff, Boston Emergency Medical Services
  • Community resilience: The future of business continuity
    John Collicutt, Managing Director, Decisive Operations
  • CBRN preparedness in a small community
    Bruce Kirkham, former Deputy Fire Chief, Isle of Man Fire and Rescue Service

Volume 3 Number 1 (October 2008)

  • Enhancing enterprise resilience in the commercial facilities sector
    Robert J. Coullahan, President and Chief Operating Officer and David Shepherd, Chief Executive Officer, Readiness Resource Group
  • Being prepared logistically for an influenza pandemic
    Jerry VanVactor, Chief of Logistics, US Army Medical Department Activity (Bavaria)
  • Communicating in a crisis: A risk management issue?
    David Gregory, Business Continuity Manager, City University, London
  • Employing a business continuity maturity model
    Karen Dye, Director, Global Crisis Management, Sun Microsystems and Margaret Langsett, EVP, Virtual
  • An innovative, flexible and workable business continuity plan: Case study of the Australian Customs Service Cargo
    Glenn Thornton, Director, Systems Support, The Australian Customs Service
  • Case study: A national alliance for training healthcare workers in emergency response
    Elaine Forte, Deputy Director of Operations and James Paturas, Deputy Director of Clinical Services, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
  • Maintaining airport continuity of business and operations during disaster response: The role of command and control relationships with emergency management agencies
    James Smith, Professor, American Military University
  • Business continuity planning and pandemic influenza in Europe: An analysis of independent sector and national governments’ guidance
    Alexandra Conseil, Richard Coker, Sandra Mounier-Jack, Department of Public Health and Policy Communicable Diseases Policy Research Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Volume 2 Number 4 (July 2008)

  • Pandemic exercise in the US financial services sector: When failure is not an option
    Annie Searle, SVP, Enterprise Risk Services, Washington Mutual
  • How are operational risk and business continuity coming together and what are the implications for business continuity managers?
    Rajiv Vaid, Head of Management Assurance Services, Citigroup
  • Exercise management: New thoughts on an old process
    Matthew Anderson, Inspector of Police, Victoria Police Force and Gavin Love, Business Continuity Manager, WorleyParsons
  • What security and emergency information do businesses want from government? A New York survey
    William G. Raisch, Margaret Della and Matt Statler, International Center for Enterprise Preparedness, New York University
  • A systematic approach to addressing absenteeism in a pandemic
    Manfred Heinzlreiter and Tony Gill, Business Continuity, Bank of Montreal
  • Supercell Storm case study: Emergency management response at The Australian National University
    Bart Meehan, Associate Director, Facilities and Services, The Australian National University
  • Multi-organisational strategies for managing emergencies: Case study of the implementation of a national strategy
    Walter Ammann, Deputy Director, Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
  • Models to enhance preparedness and response capabilities in high threat urban areas: The ‘Organizational Safety Net’ research project
    Esther Chachkes, Lewis Nelson, Ian Portelli, Richard Woodrow, New York University, Renny Bloch, Bellevue Hospital and Lewis Goldfrank, New York University School of Medicine

Volume 2 Number 3 (April 2008)

  • Building enterprise-wide resilience by integrating capability into day-to-day business culture and technology
    Patrick Alesi, VP, Business Continuity Management, Lehman Brothers
  • A dashboard for measuring capability when designing, implementing and validating business continuity and DR projects
    Sandeth Sheth, Satyam Computer Services, Freyae Jones and Joe McHugh, Executive Deputy Director, Operations, State of Maryland Judiciary
  • What is the appropriate business continuity management staff size?
    Jason Merante, Manager & Damian Walch, Director, Enterprise Risk Services/Security & Privacy Services, Deloitte & Touche
  • Implementing an enterprise level backup, imaging, recovery and tape encryption infrastructure solution
    Michael Kaishar, Senior Systems Administrator, Addison Avenue Federal Credit Union
  • Deploying a new system for recording and managing information during an emergency to aid decision-making
    Annette Senior, Emergency Planning Officer and Richard Copley, ICT Strategy and Client Coordinator, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Strengthening FEMA’s disaster response capabilities
    Glenn M. Cannon, Assistant Administrator, Disaster Operations Directorate, FEMA
  • The role of public health in planning large scale evacuations
    Christian Lucky, Stoel Rives, Ian Portelli, New York University, Lewis Goldfrank, New York University School of Medicine, George Foltin, Dainius Drukteinis and Benard Dreyer, Bellevue Hospital Center
  • Operating a triage/alternate care facility in the event of a pandemic or other infectious disease outbreak
    Eric Bone, Regional Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Capital Health Edmonton Area
  • Organisational resilience: Researching the reality of New Zealand organisations
    Erica Seville, Resilient Organisation Programme Leader, University of Canterbury

Volume 2 Number 2 (January 2008)

  • How do you distinguish between ‘business as usual’ and ‘significant’ business disruption events and react accordingly?
    Peter Halliwell, Senior Business Continuity Management Advisor, Air New Zealand
  • Hurricane preparedness: Procedures at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
    Everett Devaney, former VP, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida
  • Planning for and surviving a BCM audit
    Mandy Freestone, Director and Michael Lee, Enterprise Risk Services, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Communicating with the public before, during, and after major emergencies: The UK’s ‘Ten Step Cycle’
    Chris Samuel, Civil Protection Team Manager, Civil Protection Unit, Cheshire County Council
  • Medical Reserve Corps: Lessons learned in supporting community health and emergency response
    Marna Hoard, Lieutenant, U.S. Public Health Service and Grace Middleton, Medical Reserve Corps, Office of the US Surgeon General
  • How The Australian National University’s emergency management and continuity plans responded to a large-scale fire
    Bart Meehan, Associate Director, Facilities and Services, The Australian National University
  • The case for regional post-natural disaster preparation partnerships
    Nathalie Claringbull, Disaster Management Consultant
  • Expanding the scope of technology recovery testing and how to overcome potential roadblocks
    Jack T. Smith, First VP and Business Continuity Manager, ABN AMRO
  • Grounding the discipline of business continuity planning: What needs to be done to take it forward?
    David Lindstedt, Director of Enterprise Continuity Management, The Ohio State University

Volume 2 Number 1 (October 2007)  

  • Business continuity and supply chain management: How to manage logistical operations in the event of an interruption or emergency
    Phil Skelton, Senior Transportation Risk Manager, ACE European Group
  • Developing an organisation-wide business continuity programme in the public sector: Case study of The Government of Manitoba
    Brock Holowachuk, Senior Planning Officer, Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization
  • Implementing a safe business travel policy at Aegis
    Ian Beale, Group Risk Manager, Aegis
  • How Hewlett-Packard used lessons from its response to SARS to develop a pandemic flu preparedness programme
    John Hollands, Manager, Environmental Health & Safety, Rita Lauriola, Business Continuity and Recovery Services Manager and Mehboob Jaffer, Hewlett-Packard
  • Preparing for pandemic influenza: Adapting a model of healthcare facility preparedness to the business sector
    Dan Hanfling, Director, Emergency Management & Disaster Medicine, Inova Health System, Connie Savor Price, Healthcare Epidemiologist, Denver Health Medical Center and Major General Mike Wyrick, USAF, (Ret), CEO, Health Response
  • Integrating pandemic flu response planning with business continuity planning at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    Mary D. Lasky, Program Manager, Business Continuity Planning, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
  • Utilising information security to improve resilience
    Jennifer Bayuk, Senior Managing Director, IT Security and Kenneth R. Silverstein, Senior Managing Director, Operations Administration, Bear Stearns & Co.
  • Case study: Developing and implementing a flood awareness and preparedness programme
    Linton Johnston, Christopher Wright, Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology and John McArthur, Project Officer, City of Unley
  • Military support of civil authorities: Lessons learned at Canada Command one year after becoming operational
    Lieutenant-General MJ Dumais, Commander, Canada Command
  • How county/city emergency managers can assess vulnerability to hurricanes, develop response plans and mitigate risk
    John Guiney, Chief, Meteorological Services Division, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Volume 1 Number 4 (July 2007)

  • How to access your Board/C-suite and make an effective case for business continuity investments
    Chris Kite, VP, Finance and Gino Zucca, Senior Manager, Business Resiliency Group, Cisco Systems
  • Developing a risk assessment programme for vendors’ BCP capabilities and their impact on your organisation
    Michael Marshall, AVP, Corporate Business Continuity Planning, Wells Fargo & Co
  • How a structured BIA aligned business continuity management with Gallaher Group’s strategic objectives
    Stuart Selden, FM Global and Stephen Perks, Head of Group Risk Assurance, Gallaher Group
  • How Toronto Pearson International Airport applied lessons from SARS to develop a pandemic response plan
    Deane Johanis, Manager, Emergency Planning, Greater Toronto Airports Authority
  • Bird flu: Understanding the social and cultural factors that will impede the prevention, treatment and containment of an outbreak
    Michael Anastario, Research Associate, Tufts-New England Medical Center and Lynn Lawry, Director of Evidence-Based Research, International Medical Corps
  • Pandemic preparedness and telecommunications resiliency: What should contingency planners be considering?
    Joanne De Luca, former Global Head of Crisis Management, Barclays Capital and Roy Pinchot, CEO, TeleContinuity
  • Participating in a regional public-private emergency partnership: Why do it and how do you make it work?
    Brian Tishuk, Executive Director, ChicagoFIRST
  • Developing an integrated civilian-military model for healthcare emergency response planning
    Christopher M. Cannon, National Director, David M. Fuka, LCDR, USCG (Ret.), James L. Paturas, Deputy Director and Stewart D. Smith, CDR, USN (Ret.), Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
  • Lessons learned during the 2005 Alberta floods
    David Grimes, A/Assistant Deputy Minister, Meteorological Service of Canada
  • Lessons in preparedness from the response to Hurricane Katrina
    Brandon Bond, Disaster Preparedness Manager, Kaiser Permanente

Volume 1 Number 3 (April 2007)

  • International planning for continuity oversight: The need for forums for financial authorities to share best practices
    Alton Harvey, Chief, Office of Contingency Planning, US Securities & Exchange Commission
  • Vulnerability assessments for public and private facilities
    Roger L. Kemp, CEO, Town of Berlin, Connecticut
  • How John Lewis Partnership connected 200 business continuity plans to an emergency notification database
    Russell Husband, Former Assistant General Inspector, John Lewis Partnership
  • How to build and implement a global corporate HR disaster management system
    Tim Turner, HR Risk Manager, Intel
  • How BT updated its business continuity strategy to improve resilience and meet Civil Contingencies Act responsibilities
    Clive Ansell, Group Strategy Director, BT
  • Managing the risk of ethical misconduct disasters as a business continuity strategy
    Robert C. Chandler, Chair, Center for Communication & Business, Pepperdine University
  • Pandemic flu planning in the US financial services sector
    Annie Searle, SVP, Enterprise Risk Services, Washington Mutual
  • Security certification for critical information infrastructures: The Italian certification body approach
    Luisa Franchina, General Director, Laura Gratta, Head, OSCI Certification Processes and Marco Carbonelli, Head, Precertification and Accreditation Division, Ministry of Communications, Italy
  • Identifying the victims of the Indian Ocean tsunami: The role of the private sector
    Joseph Scanlon, Director, Emergency Communications Research Unit, Carleton University

Volume 1 Number 2 (January 2007)

  • The tripartite approach to business continuity in the UK financial sector
    Stephen P. Collins, Head of Business Continuity Division, Bank of England
  • Securing a service-oriented architecture (SOA) environment
    Nataraj Nagaratnam, Chief Architect, Identity Management, Anthony Nadalin, Chief Security Architect and Sridhar Muppidi, Senior Security Architect, IBM Software Group
  • Developing the State of Connecticut emergency credentialing programme for healthcare professionals
    Carol Luddy, Emergency Credentialing Program Coordinator; James L. Paturas, Deputy Director and Elaine Forte, CoE Program Manager, Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
  • Managing travel risk: A duty of care toolkit
    David Cameron, VP, Security Services (Americas), International SOS Assistance
  • How VisitScotland prepared for a flu pandemic
    Stephen Page and Ian Yeoman, VisitScotland
  • How surviving businesses respond during and after a major disaster
    Roxanne Zolin, Assistant Professor, Naval Postgraduate School and Fredric Kropp, Associate Professor, Monterey Institute of International Studies
  • Developing a practical business continuity plan for the CHRISTUS Health risk management department
    Randall F. Finley, System Director of Risk Management, CHRISTUS Health
  • Employee crisis communication and disaster assistance planning: Providing disaster assistance to employees and their families
    Melissa A. McClain, FEI Behavioral Health

Volume 1 Number 1 (September 2006)

  • Business impact analysis: Keeping critical impact in perspective
    Barry Cardoza, VP/Manager of Business Continuity, Union Bank of California
  • Updating your plan after an incident: Incorporating lessons learned from the 7th July London bombings
    Poli Avramidis, Director of Information Management & IT, British Medical Association
  • Countering the economic effects of bird flu through teleworking
    Tony Gill, Chairman, Gill Advisors
  • Asset prioritisation strategy: A quantitative approach
    Carlos M. Alvarado and Daniel R. Schriever, Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Challenges and opportunities for business continuity within 21st-century business models
    David Kaye, Chartered Insurer
  • The LaSalle Bank fire: How critical operations were available next day, strategic advantage leveraged and lessons learned
    Jack Smith, Business Continuity Manager for Global IT, ABN AMRO
  • Why traditional business continuity thinking does not work for SMEs: A new approach for managers and their advisers
    Kathleen A. Lucey, President, Montague Technology Management
  • Integrating an incident command system and business continuity into a healthcare response to a flu pandemic and other infectious disease emergencies
    Eric Bone, Regional Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Capital Health Edmonton and Area
  • How to develop personalised self-care protocols for use during a crisis
    Vali Hawkins Mitchell, Certified Traumatologist