International tensions heighten cyber security risks: KPMG
Organizations might find themselves on the frontline of a cyberwar.
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•Date: 29th July 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Preparing for Scotland’s future challenges
Whatever the outcome of the Scottish referendum, there will be change in Scotland that will require organizations to reconsider their business continuity plans and strategies says the Business Continuity Institute.
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•Date: 29th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Risk management associations work together on standards effort
The International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations has established a working group to define ‘the core knowledge and competencies that lie at the heart of risk management in whatever context it is practiced’.
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•Date: 29th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
Ebola response steps up another level
WHO opens regional Ebola response centre; first case in Nigeria; Liberia imposes border controls.
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•Date: 29th July 2014 • Africa •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic planning
DHS announces final Fiscal Year 2014 Preparedness Grant allocations
The US Department of Homeland Security’s Secretary Jeh Johnson has announced final allocations for seven FY 2014 DHS preparedness grant programs.
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•Date: 29th July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
This issue includes:
• Continuity Software launches new channel partner program
• NEDRIX Annual Conference
• Risk Leaders 2014: Practical Strategies for Risk at Board Level
• IDRC Davos 2014
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Fear of downtime resulting in poor password management
Security professionals don’t change passwords frequently enough out of fear that changing passwords could cause outages and downtime.
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•Date: 24th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Ten years after the 9/11 Commission Report the Bipartisan Policy Center publishes a new terrorism sitrep
‘Today’s Rising Terrorist Threat and the Danger to the United States: Reflections on the Tenth Anniversary of The 9/11 Commission Report.’
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•Date: 24th July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Terrorism
Factor security into application release automation or face severe disruption cautions Tufin CTO
Reuven Harrison, CTO, Tufin, predicts major enterprise network disruption ahead, as businesses become increasingly run on software.
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•Date: 24th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Unitrends launches free online disaster recovery planning tool
Unitrends has announced BC/DR Link, a free online service tool that enables companies worldwide to ‘quickly and easily build a comprehensive disaster recovery plan’.
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•Date: 24th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC software
Calgary Emergency Management Agency launches business continuity handbook
CEMA, the Calgary Emergency Management Agency, has published business continuity guidance for organizations in its area.
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•Date: 24th July 2014 • Canada •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
How to bullet-proof your incident response plans
Ted Julian describes five steps that will help ensure that your incident response plans work when they are required.
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•Date: 23rd July 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Six ways that flash is changing the storage landscape
Key reasons why flash storage makes sense for fast access to mission-critical data in mainstream applications.
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•Date: 23rd July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Russia sanctions could spark a cyber-war
Western nations are at risk of cyber-warfare if Russia is pushed too far by sanctions, warns Professor Mike Jackson a computer security expert at Birmingham City University.
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•Date: 23rd July 2014 • Various •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
UK government transport resilience review published
The results of a government led enquiry into the resiliency of the UK’s critical transport infrastructure have been made available.
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•Date: 23rd July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
This issue includes:
• Akamai releases global DDoS attack report
• Cybersecurity a top priority for US governors
• How Do You Get Started on your Business Continuity Plan?
• Succession planning is really multi-generational business continuity planning
• NIST Disaster Resilience Workshop
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Beyond recovery: the broader benefits of business continuity management
BSI has published a new white paper which explains why the benefits of BCM ‘go far beyond helping organizations recover from unexpected disruptions’.
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•Date: 22nd July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Employees are the most frequent point of failure when it comes to information security
‘Malicious’ and ‘ignorant’ employees are putting organizations at risk.
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•Date: 22nd July 2014 • US/UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Reaction to TRIA approval
RIMS has published its response to the US Senate’s passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act reauthorization bill.
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•Date: 22nd July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Terrorism
The dangers of using a content management system as a BCM solution
Factonomy’s Robin Craib gives his view on why business continuity management tools need to be built around a genuine relational database.
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•Date: 17th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Business continuity software
Resilience in the era of enterprise cloud computing
This paper addresses the resiliency challenges facing organizations by examining the elements essential to enabling an effective resiliency program in the era of enterprise cloud computing.
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•Date: 17th July 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
ASIS publishes supply chain risk management standard
The ‘Supply Chain Risk Management: A Compilation of Best Practices Standard’ will serve as a practitioner’s guide for the management of risks within the organization and its end-to-end supply chain.
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•Date: 17th July 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Emulex study looks into network availability issues
70 percent of NetOps respondents indicated that they have had a critical network event that took at least one full business day to diagnose.
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•Date: 17th July 2014 • US/UK/Europe •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
ISO 22301 now included as a PS-Prep standard
FEMA has announced that the ISO 22301 business continuity standard has been accepted as a PS-Prep standard.
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•Date: 17th July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Information risk management lessons
Most companies are doing something to mitigate information risk, but few are doing enough says Christian Toon.
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•Date: 16th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
The 2014 Cyber Defence Maturity Report
Cyber security confidence undermined by contradicting investments as 39 percent of IT organizations experienced more than two significant security incidents in the past year.
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•Date: 16th July 2014 • US/Europe •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
2015 will see the emergence of digital risk and the digital risk officer: Gartner
By 2020, 60 percent of digital businesses will suffer major service failures due to the inability of the IT security team to manage digital risk in new technology and use cases.
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•Date: 15th July 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
Microsoft acquires business continuity company
Microsoft buys InMage, an innovator in the emerging area of cloud-based business continuity.
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•Date: 15th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC companies & markets
BCI named ‘Most Respected Training Resource’ at the 2014 Business Excellence Awards
The Business Continuity Institute has been presented with a prestigious business award.
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•Date: 15th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC companies & markets
NIST announces competition for Community Resilience Center of Excellence
Deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. Eastern time, Sept. 12, 2014.
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•Date: 15th July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
FBI Director sets out critical infrastructure challenges
In a speech at the WMD Directorate/Interpol International Law Enforcement Critical Infrastructure Symposium, FBI Director James B. Comey has given his views on the critical infrastructure challenges facing the US.
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•Date: 15th July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
This issue includes:
• Unitrends ‘sets new standard for virtual backup and recovery’
• RIMS Executive Director named President of the International Federation of Risk & Insurance Management Associations
• Standards Australia hosts Cloud Computing Workshop
• ISACA global study: organizations not prepared for advanced cyberthreats
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Views on the business continuity software market
Following Continuity Central’s recent survey into business continuity software usage we asked some of the key suppliers of business continuity software to answer a standard set of questions about trends in the business continuity software market. UPDATED
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•Date: 10th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Business continuity software
Question everything: considerations to raise with your cloud service provider
What information do you need to obtain from your cloud provider when it comes to the protection of business-critical data?
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•Date: 10th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Protecting business-critical information in virtual environments
Advice from David Phillips.
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•Date: 10th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Manufacturers face threats from escalating risks to the UK's supply of essential materials
Warning issued by EEF, the manufacturers' organization.
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•Date: 10th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Operational risk
How to choose a contact centre recovery facility
Five points to consider when assessing a recovery site for your contact centre.
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•Date: 9th July 2014 • Africa/World •Type: Article • Topic: Recovery facilities
FERMA plan for European certification of risk managers gets the go-ahead
The general assembly of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations has agreed a framework and funding to create a European certification for risk managers.
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•Date: 9th July 2014 • Europe/UK •Type: Article • Topic: ERM
Critical infrastructure in England is 'ill-prepared' for emerging climate related threats
According to a new report from the Government’s Adaptation Sub-Committee of the Committee on Climate Change.
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•Date: 9th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
Point of sale systems are a weak link in the information security chain
A new survey by Vanson Bourne has found that POS systems are a problem area when it comes to cyber attacks.
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•Date: 9th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
This issue includes:
• New Swiss Re SONAR report investigates emerging risks for the insurance industry
• Unitrends delivers disaster recovery assurance
• RIMS Risk Forum
• London First hosts an inaugural conference - World Cities: Safe, Secure, Smart and Resilient
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ASOS disaster recovery response praised
ASOS fire demonstrates the need for effective disaster recovery planning says Crimson & Co.
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•Date: 8th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Business continuity one of the key drivers of growth in the Australian data centre market
Over three quarters of Australian organizations expect to increase spending on data centre facilities within the year.
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•Date: 8th July 2014 • Australia •Type: Article • Topic: Data centres / centers
June’s major natural disasters roundup
Convective weather impacts are the theme of the month.
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•Date: 8th July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
The Resilience Awards 2014
The UK Emergency Planning Society has announced that it is accepting entries for its annual Resilience Awards.
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•Date: 8th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Reaction against scaremongering may be resulting in boards not taking cyber risks seriously enough
According to The annual KPMG Business Instincts Survey.
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•Date: 4th July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
West Africa Health Ministers agree on priority actions to end Ebola outbreak
The current situation poses a serious threat to all countries in the region.
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•Date: 4th July 2014 • Africa •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic planning
DDoS attacks are becoming more effective at causing downtime
One-in-five organizations have had their systems taken down for an entire working day by a DDoS attack: BT survey.
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•Date: 2nd July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
WHO organizes high-level Ebola meeting
Following Médecins Sans Frontières’ claim that Ebola virus disease (EVD) in West Africa is out of control, WHO has convened a high-level meeting for Ministers of Health in the region.
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•Date: 2nd July 2014 • Africa •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic planning
NIST schedules New York area Disaster Resilience Workshop
July 30th workshop will begin with a session on resilience lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy.
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•Date: 2nd July 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency planning
When business continuity programs get stuck…
Ross Ladley outlines common challenges that organizations face when implementing a business continuity program and offers some solutions.
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•Date: 1st July 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Business continuity and the UK Financial Conduct Authority: how reasonable is reasonable?
The word ‘reasonable’ can cause an unreasonable amount of debate! Unfortunately, it’s a word that insurers and their contact centres need to grapple with when planning business continuity.
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•Date: 1st July 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Financial sector BC
Achieving resilience to disasters: EU must do more
The Committee of the Regions has stated that the European Union must take far more concrete steps to build resilience against natural disasters, placing local and regional authorities at the centre of its plans.
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•Date: 1st July 2014 • UK/Europe •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
Cloud challenges explored
New independent analyst research commissioned by iland looks at the issues facing public cloud business use.
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•Date: 1st July 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
The Business Continuity Institute becomes part of a global resilience network
The Business Continuity Institute has signed up to become a part of the Future Cities and Community Resilience Network.
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•Date: 1st July 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
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