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Derek Taylor

Business development manager, ContinuitySA.

Derek Taylor has been involved in business continuity management at ContinuitySA since July 2008. He also completed his BCM training in that year, and is an associate of the Compliance Institute of South Africa (CISA). Taylor is a business development manager (BDM) at ContinuitySA as well as the strategic alliance manager to the Corporate Governance Framework (CGF) Research Institute. He is responsible for generating new business leads and managing client relationships throughout the various service sectors that ContinuitySA works within. Taylor is responsible for all aspects of corporate governance and compliance for ContinuitySA, and has a keen interest and extensive experience in the ever-changing governance, risk and compliance landscape. He is a keen public speaker and has presented at a number of conferences; his presentations include topics on business continuity management, corporate governance, risk management, compliance, IT governance, the new Companies Act and King III. He most recently spoke at the International Banking Conference on risk management, and chaired the Syncom Business Continuity Management and Disaster Recovery Conference, at the Gallagher Convention Centre.

Articles

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'No business continuity plan, no business'

Many companies live in ignorance of the risk posed by one part of their supply chains, says Derek Taylor, business development manager at ContinuitySA.

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Embedding the BCM life cycle

A BCM plan of action needs to be more about the action than the plan.

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After disaster strikes

BCM is often overlooked as a risk management process, or simply ignored.

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Continuity realities

Business continuity management needs to do more than simply meet regulatory requirements.

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One chance to fail

Business continuity management is essential in today's risk-averse business environment.