Libraries are taking on new roles in a disaster and with that comes strategic responsibilities beyond traditional asset recovery activities. In the past, library disaster plans have emphasized recovery of materials. Here, the emphasis is on continuing business operations. Libraries have become...

In today's era of the ubiquitous use of information technology (IT), it is expected that the information systems provide services to end-users on continuous basis, regardless of time and location. This is especially true in organizations where information systems (IS) support real-time critical...

The vulnerability of today's information economy is still not sufficiently realised: The economic structure of Queensland is to a great extent made up of Small and Medium Enterprises (SME). Across all industry sectors, these businesses rapidly approach a similar level of information technology...

As a resilience enhancing practice, business continuity management (BCM) can play an important role in aiding preparation of the insurance industry for coping with the losses incurred by major discontinuity incidents: regardless of cause. Acknowledging the increasing frequency of unpredictable...

Diese Studie untersucht mehr als 60 verschiedene BCM-Produkte aufgrund eines Anforderungskatalogs, welcher auf der Basis existierender Standards (BS 25999 und BSI 100-4)entwickelt wurde. Mit einer Nutzwertanalyse werden die Tools zur Unterstützung von Business Continuity Management in...

Catastrophic events, such as cyclones, floods, droughts, terrorism, or cybercrime, are astronomically on the increase the world over. These events disrupt businesses' smooth continuity leading to reputational digital data and financial losses among others. Zimbabwe's districts of Chimanimani and...

This paper provides new insights into the role of governments and businesses in responding to pandemics in the Arab region. It uses the COVID-19 World Bank Enterprise Survey Follow-up dataset to examine the degree of business endurance in Jordan and Morocco amid the pandemic. Relying on the...

"Risk management is a domain of management which comes to the fore in crisis. This book looks at risk management under crisis conditions in the COVID-19 pandemic context. The book synthesises existing concepts, strategies, approaches and methods of risk management and provides the results of...