Preparing for unforeseen crises

Companies should always be prepared to handle disruptive events without compromising operations as far as possible, according to Dr Thomas Phelan, one of the founders of United States Department of Homeland Security. Out of the many Incident Command System (ICS) 100 training programmes Phelan has conducted with companies, he named IBM, Boeing, Pearson Technologies and a subsidiary supermarket chain owned by Walmart, Asda, as examples of those with good Business Continuity-Disaster Recovery (BC-DR) practices.

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BCM he said, is important to prevent common problems and risks, from interrupting the daily business flow.

"We are living in an interconnected world where common interests share common problems and risks to the continuity of business. Natural disasters, physical damage and cyber attacks are some of the shared risks to business continuity.

Read more: Need For BCM In Both Public And Private Sectors, Says Fadillah

The First Public Private Partnership - Tell-tale Signs of BC-DR Maturity Here

Calls for more public private collaborations in managing crisis and disasters.

[Singapore 13 July  2010] The recent Meet-the-Experts seminar co-organised by BCM Institute and the Singapore Business Federation was held on 25 June 2010 at the Holiday Inn Atrium and attracted over 160  attendees from the public sector such as the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Ministry of Home Affairs and the National Environment Agency.  

Read more: Meet-the-Experts-Singapore: Post-Event 25 Jun 2010