In Hindsight: A compendium of Business Continuity case studies

by Robert Clark

Overview

In this book, the authors analyse the causes of some of the major disasters from the last thirty years and explain what could have been done better, before and after the event.

Unlike many titles on business continuity and disaster recovery, In Hindsight: A compendium of Business Continuity case studies does not build up from the theory of business continuity planning. Instead, it takes apart real events and reveals the themes that contributed to each disaster. Using these incidents as case studies, the authors demonstrate the potentially devastating results for organisations that have not planned for the worst. Crucially, the book proposes measures that could have helped to minimise the risks and consequences.

By showing the potential repercussions of a badly thought-out disaster management and business continuity plan, this book helps you avoid making similar mistakes, reduce risks and enable faster recovery when things do go wrong.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781849285933
Publisher:	IT Governance Publishing
Publication date:	06/26/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	350
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

A Member of the Business Continuity Institute and an Approved BCI Instructor, Robert A. Clark is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Member of the Security Institute. His career includes 15 years with IBM and 11 years with Fujitsu Services working with clients on BCM related assignments. He is now a freelance business continuity consultant at www.bcm-consultancy.com

A Fellow of the Institute of Business Continuity Management and Member of the Business Continuity Institute, Robert A. Clark is also a Fellow of the British Computer Society and a Member of the Security Institute. His career includes 15 years with IBM and 11 years with Fujitsu Services working with clients on BCM-related assignments. He is now a freelance business continuity consultant at www.bcm-consultancy.com.

Table of Contents

1: Introduction – Robert Clark

2: The MV ‘Full City’ Incident – Norway’s Worst Ever Oil Spill – Jon Sigurd Jacobsen

3: Barings Bank Collapse – Owen Gregory

4: Northgate Information Solutions, a Victim of the Buncefield Oil Depot Disaster – Robert Clark

5: The Love Parade. Dusseldorf 2010 – Tony Duncan

6: Herald of Free Enterprise – Carl Dakin

7: The Aztec Chemical Explosion, the Biggest Blaze in Cheshire for 35 Years – Robert Clark

8: Piper Alpha and Alexander L. Kielland. A Comparison of Two North Sea Tragedies – Carl Dakin and Jon Sigurd Jacobsen

9: Bhopal. The World’s Worst Industrial Disaster – Owen Gregory

10: The Devastating Effect of the SARS Pandemic on the Tourist Industry – Catherine Feeney

11: Toyota Vehicle Recall – Tony Duncan

12: The Gloucestershire Flooding, 2007 – Carl Dakin

13: Closing the European Airspace. Eyjafjallajökull and the Volcanic Ash Cloud – Robert Clark

14: The Åsta Train Accident, Norway, January 2000 – Jon  Sigurd Jacobsen

15: A Tale of Three Cities. the Bombing of Madrid (2004), London (2005) and Glasgow (2007) – Neil Swinyard-Jordan, Tony Duncan and Robert Clark

16: Hurricane Katrina – Owen Gregory and Neil Swinyard-Jordan

17: Arriva Malta. Business Continuity within a Change Management Programme – Robert Clark

18: The Devil is in the Detail – Robert Clark

19: Concluding Thoughts – Robert Clark

Editorial Reviews

"I have found'In Hindsight'to be an interesting, thought provoking and stimulating collection of studies; and I have learned a great deal in reading it."

Phillip Wood

"This comprehensive research consistently portrays a set of common factors that precedes each disaster – poor management, a lack of proper planning and weak risk management practices. An eye-opener to all those executives that fail to understand the importance of business continuity and disaster recovery mechanisms."

Luciano Anastasi