BCM degree now available online

Norwich University is starting an online Master of Science in Business Continuity Management degree course. This will be the first master's degree in the US focused solely on business continuity, says Continuity Central.

The MSBC degree provides a comprehensive, in-depth, and practical understanding of all aspects of business continuity management.

The topics include plan development, emergency response, crisis management and communications, risk management, organisational resiliency, IT continuity, testing, implementation, and regulatory issues.

Many businesses are not fully prepared to maintain their business operations in the event of an emergency, according to an annual AT&T study on business continuity and disaster recovery preparedness for US businesses in the private sector, states Earthtimes.

According to the report, one in five businesses does not have a business continuity plan developed.

Additionally, for the third year in a row, the national survey finds that nearly 30% of US businesses do not consider business continuity planning a priority.

OpSource, has made OpSource Business Continuity available with OpSource Multisite, reports Business Wire.

As an integrated component of OpSource On-Demand, OpSource Business Continuity includes OpSource Disaster Recovery, OpSource Storage and, now, OpSource Multisite.

These services ensure on-demand businesses remain up and running in the event of an interruption in service. OpSource Multisite specifically eliminates the danger of single location point of failure and ensures enterprise required application continuity.