Business continuity tested

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has announced the launch of its first certificate examination for business continuity professionals, says Continuity Central.

At the 17th Annual World Conference on Disaster Management in Toronto, Canada, BCI introduced the exams that start in October 2007, with additional exam dates occurring quarterly.

Based on its good practice guidelines, the BCI Certificate examination will form part of a validation process for business continuity professionals who wish to join the BCI.

Twenty-nice percent of Irish government departments have no business continuity strategy in place and have no plans to implement any in the foreseeable future, says Silicon Republic.

When the 250 IT decision-makers were questioned from both the public and private sector, it emerged that all public sector organisations were familiar with legislation regarding business continuity and recovery service.

In the financial sector, 3% were not up to scratch with the legislation, in comparison with 7% in the construction industry.

The Neverfail Group announced a Web seminar for government and public IT professionals faced with ensuring business continuity for their organisations, says Earth Times.

'Ensuring Business Continuity for the Public Sector' will feature IDC analyst Shawn McCarthy, along with Neverfail's VP of product management, John Posavatz.

The seminar will include case studies from OSHA, as well as another large US government agency.