Big Bucks in BCP We have the results of search firm BC Management's compensation survey of BCP professionals in Asia. A full-time BCP professional in Singapore earns US $78,000 per year (average). In Malaysia, she earns only US $31,000, but in Hong Kong, she earns US $180,000! We say: 恭喜 to her! More than 100 people in Asia responded to the anonymous, online survey Forbes Calamity Prevention distributed in February. You may download a free copy of the Asia report here, or see compensation results for the USA, Canada or the UK & Europe.

Is BCP required in Malaysia? Our colleagues at Juken Consultancy in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) spent last month trying to find any BCP regulations in Malaysia. The conclusion? Tidak apa. There are no BCP requirements in Malaysia - not from Bank Negara (the Central Bank), not from the Securities Commission, not for banks in Malaysia. There are "guidelines" (and suggestions, advice and encouragement) but no rules. Please, tell us we're wrong.

Wave Warning UNESCO's International Tsunami Information Centre offers tsunami warnings by email from 31 seismic stations and 79 tidal stations around the Pacific. Sign up at this link. It's a bit jarring to get an email with the subject "tsunami warning", but nice to know it works. Hosted by the U.S. National Weather Center's Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre, the system is administered by the ITSU/Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission. These are the member states. Note: there's also a warning system for the Indian Ocean and for the Atlantic/Mediterranean.

International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) in Asia Read about IAEM's Certified Emergency Manager® program. Find the IAEM representative in your country. Here's how to join IAEM.

Can't get attention for BCP? There's nothing like a realistic disaster exercise to find out if your company is really prepared. Forbes Calamity Prevention organizes and manages exercises from desktop "talk-through's" to full-scale activations. Our exercises can be organized with or without pre-exercise training: managing the press, accounting for employees, crisis communications. Download a sample of an exercise scenario we wrote recently. Let us know if you're interested in an exercise for your company.