BCP Confidential

By Nathaniel Forbes

Blueprints for Business Continuity Planning

Singapore Exchange proposes BCM rules

Wednesday, May 14 2008 06:51 AM

Singapore Exchange (SGX) has issued proposed business rules on business continuity for public comment. The rules are likely to take effect for member firms in third-quarter 2008, and firms would have 12 months to comply. Member firms were briefed on the new rules in April.

SGX..... Read more ť

Singapore financial industry exercise coming in August

Monday, April 28 2008 04:58 PM

Singapore's financial sector industry-wide exercise (IWE) will run from Thursday, Aug 28 to Friday, Sep 11, 2008. There will be three sessions, presumably corresponding to escalating stages of epidemic development, in a highly-pathogenic influenza (HPI) scenario over the two-week period, plus a "practical drill" on Friday 29 August that will..... Read more ť

India conference bridges 'resilience professions'

Sunday, March 23 2008 02:12 PM

There is no more important long-term challenge in protecting businesses, homes and lives than bridging the knowledge gaps between what I call "resilience professions" - jobs in business continuity, disaster response, disaster recovery, emergency management, crisis management, risk management and security.

Asia is about to host the first conference I've..... Read more ť

Internationally-recognized BCM certifications for BCP professionals

Friday, March 07 2008 02:49 PM

Here in Asia, many professionals are interested in earning certifications in business continuity and the related fields of emergency management, I.T. disaster recovery and security. I've made a table of certifications in those fields and links to the organizations that offer them.

I've included only certifications from independent, non-profit organizations or..... Read more ť

Malaysia issues 2008 BCM guidelines

Wednesday, February 27 2008 02:32 PM

Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) announced new BCM (business continuity management) guidelines that became effective in January, and banks in Malaysia have until June 30, 2008, to comply with the guidelines.

Those interested to find out more can download the guidelines here. (Note that it's an Adobe PDF..... Read more ť

Incredible undersea cable scenario

Tuesday, February 12 2008 01:10 PM

You'd be laughed out of the room if you made up this scenario for a tabletop exercise:

At 08:00 on Wednesday morning January 30, two ships 2,500 kilometers (1,600 miles) apart in the Mediterranean drop their anchors in stormy weather off Alexandria, Egypt, and Marseilles, France, at the same time. They..... Read more ť

India influenza outbreak portends pandemic

Wednesday, January 30 2008 11:49 AM

An epidemic of avian influenza in West Bengal, India has the Indian "government in panic mode", according to the Times of India Web site.

And with good reason: 15 million of West Bengal's 80 million people are crammed into its capital city,..... Read more ť

Broker's crisis communication is broken

Saturday, January 19 2008 01:25 PM

The online and in-house securities trading systems of Phillip Securities in Singapore crashed on Tuesday, Jan. 15. The online system used by customers is Phillip's On-line Electronic Mart System (POEMS), the "Web site most-visited by Singapore users in [market research company Hitwise's]..... Read more ť

Singapore financial sector to get another 'epidemic' in 2008

Thursday, January 17 2008 09:56 AM

Thousands of innocent bankers could "perish" in Singapore's next financial sector disaster exercise in third quarter-2008, when the Standing Committee on Business Continuity Management of Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) is planning to simulate the late stages of an infectious disease epidemic on the island...... Read more ť

Sink or swim? DRII struggling in Asia

Thursday, November 29 2007 03:45 PM

update The American Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII) has appointed a new representative in Singapore, operating under the name "DRI Singapore". The representative, CCS Enterprise Pte. Ltd., also operates Strohl Systems Singapore for the American BCP software company Strohl Systems.

DRII has..... Read more ť

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Nathaniel Forbes

Nathaniel Forbes is the director of Forbes Calamity Prevention, a Singapore-based consulting firm providing business continuity, crisis management and emergency response advice and training to multinational companies, with a focus on companies with offices in Asia. The firm is 10 years old. FCP's current and past clients include Singapore Exchange Ltd, OCBC Bank, AXA Insurance, The Gillette Company, Siemens and ABN Amro Bank. A former President of the Singapore Computer Societys Business Continuity Group, Nathaniel passed the DRIIs Certified Business Continuity Planner (CBCP) examination in 1997. He has lived, traveled or worked in Asia since 1973.