Business Continuity State of the Industry Report

In the Business Continuity State of the Industry Report, authors Herbert Mattord and Michael Whitman provide a comprehensive overview of recent research and news related to business continuity programs. Using the most recent surveys, reports, and research data available, the authors provide an objective analysis of the state of business continuity today.

The report covers events that have shaped the industry, including natural, economic, and technological disasters; the perspective of business continuity from top management executives; business continuity job descriptions and compensation data; the legal and regulatory environment; and emerging trends. It brings together what fragmented bits of information are currently available into one easy-to-read document.

The Business Continuity State of the Industry Report is a part of Elsevier’s Security Executive Council Risk Management Portfolio, a collection of real world solutions and "how-to" guidelines that equip executives, practitioners, and educators with proven information for successful security and risk management programs.

• Saves you time by bringing together the most important pieces of research and news into one document.
• Can be used for a quick update on what business continuity programs look like today, what trends exist, and what resources are available for addressing gaps.
• Includes appendices that cover business continuity key terms, industry events, job descriptions and compensation trend data, and more.

Executive Summary

Overview of Business Continuity

Events Shaping the Industry

The View from the C-Suite

Emerging Trends

Industry Watch

Appendix A: Key Terms

Appendix B: Business Continuity Industry Events

Appendix C: Organizations Related to Business Continuity

Appendix D: Suggested Reading

Appendix E: Job Descriptions and Compensation Graphs

He completed 26 years of IT industry experience before becoming a full-time academic in 2002. His experiences as an application developer, database administrator, project manager, and information security practitioner are a valuable background to his teaching role at KSU. While engaged in his IT career, he worked as an adjunct professor at KSU, Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia, Austin Community College in Austin, Texas, and Texas State University-San Marcos. He was formerly the manager of corporate information technology security at Georgia-Pacific Corporation, where his practical knowledge of information security implementation and management was acquired.

Dr. Mattord is the co-author of ten textbooks, notably Principles of Information Security and Management of Information Security.

Dr. Mattord completed his Ph.D. in Information Systems with a concentration in Information Security at Nova Southeastern University.
Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D, CISM, CISSP, is a professor of information security and director of the Coles Center for Information Security Education at Kennesaw State University (KSU) in Kennesaw, GA. With over 12 years of experience designing and implementing information security curriculum and over 20 years of experience teaching and researching at the university level, Dr. Whitman has served as a consultant to several Fortune 1000 organizations, the United States Government, and the State of Georgia on issues related to information security.

He has authored several textbooks in information security including Principles of Information Security a

• Saves you time by bringing together the most important pieces of research and news into one document.
• Can be used for a quick update on what business continuity programs look like today, what trends exist, and what resources are available for addressing gaps.
• Includes appendices that cover business continuity key terms, industry events, job descriptions and compensation trend data, and more.