A term popular in BCM, based upon a book of the same name in which the author defines a black swan as an event that could not be predicted by normal scientific or probability methods. BCM professionals need to prepare for black swan events
Business Continuity Institute, Lyndon Bird (FBCI), Dictionary of Business Continuity Management Terms (Version 2), Caversham, UK 2011. http://www.thebci.org/glossary.pdf, (BzCntMgt - Brit) {18}