During the past few years, my Security 500 research has identified the move of business resilience under the security umbrella in many organizations. Business resilience is defined as business continuity, emergency management and disaster recovery. The question is squarely in front of our profession now: Could any level of preparation ready an organization for the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan as well as the resultant nuclear catastrophe that continues to unfold?
“More and more security practitioners are being assigned the lead responsibility or a major role in business continuity, crisis management and emergency response, so our knowledge experts put together some guidance that can be utilized in the aftermath of this crisis in Japan,” says Bob Hayes, CEO of the Security Executive Council.