How do you get executive and operational teams re-engaged in risk preparedness and build resilience after the world has gone through a crisis and everyone is fatigued? Marcus Vaughan says that microsimulations are a helpful approach…
An organization's stability and adaptability functions are controlled by the ‘organizational servomechanism’ (OSM). In this article, Alberto G. Alexander, describes a step by step process to address cyber security risks affecting the OSM and gives some recommendations for developing associated continuity strategies.
Protection of vital company records is a cornerstone of business continuity. Dave Hochman explains why, when protecting vital records, organizations shouldn’t forget about older forms of protection in the rush to digitalization.
Ransomware has rapidly become the key cyber threat to organizations globally, with the number of bad actors increasing and extortion tactics evolving. Joseph Buckley looks at trends in this area and how the ransomware threat is likely to develop in the future.
Business continuity news
European Central Bank report captures pandemic business continuity lessons
ASIS publishes updated business continuity guidance standard
BCI Horizon Scan Report 2021 available: identifies emerging risks for 2021
Business continuity planning needs to explicitly address expected rise in civil unrest: AGCS
IBHS's latest business continuity planning toolkit now available in Spanish
Report warns that the workplace risks due to COVID-19 are being downplayed in the UK
Enterprise risk management news
World Economic Forum publishes six ‘Principles for Board Governance of Cyber Risk’
Data risk management practices failing to keep up with the evolution of information sharing
The benefits of reputation management transparency: a case study
RIMS survey shows a large increase in the uptake of integrated enterprise risk management programs
ISO publishes new standard to help organizations assess climate change risks and impacts
Resilience news
Three months into Brexit completion, half of businesses have faced disruption
UK financial regulators publish operational resilience policy documents
NCSC issues insider threat guide for US critical infrastructure entities
Reform of UK corporate governance law proposes annual 'Resilience Statement'
Mental health: the emerging workforce crisis facing many organizations
Technology news
The eight top current security and risk management trends
The Fifth Annual Global State of the WAN Report
UK government survey shows that two in five UK businesses experienced cyber attacks in the last year
State of Remote Work Report reveals top security issues
DDoS attacks reached a record high in 2020 and became increasingly complex
Survey finds that 58 percent of data backups fail when restoration is attempted