Horizon Scan Report 2015

  • 12 May 2015

Your definitive source of BC insight

In-house analyses. Expert insights. Predictions for the year ahead. Hundreds of BC professionals share their perspectives, in this, our fourth global Horizon Scan.

Created in partnership with BSI, the report reflects the views of practitioners in 760 organizations across 72 countries. From their responses, we’ve analysed the trends and uncertainties likely to dominate the agenda in the year ahead. These results could, and should, inform the BC planning decisions of businesses around the world.

Key findings

  • Cyber attacks now top the list of concerns
  • The top three threats are all technology-related
  • Concerns around supply chain disruption have increased by the biggest margin
  • ISO 22301 is gaining in influence – 52% of organizations already use it as a framework and 17% more intend to adopt it this year
  • Human illnesses feature in the top 10 for the first time