Crisis Management Survey 2014 results
Steelhenge Consulting has published the results of its Crisis Management Survey 2014: ‘Preparing for Crisis, Safeguarding Your Future’.
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•Date: 26th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis management & communications
SolarWinds survey points to a false sense of security in UK organizations
A lack of widespread adherence to best practices, combined with the number of organizations that have suffered a significant cyber attack, potentially indicates a false sense of security.
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•Date: 26th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
SaaS deployments are now mission critical
According to a Gartner survey.
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•Date: 26th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
This issue includes:
• Phoenix IT Group publishes interim results
• Hosted Network launches Desktop DR
• Plague outbreak in Madagascar
• Poor information security the single biggest reason for monetary penalties
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BSI announces that BS 65000, the new organizational resilience standard, is now available
New standard provides an overview of organizational resilience, describing the foundations required and explaining how to build resilience.
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•Date: 25th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Standards
You can't always stop a breach: but you should always be able to spot one
December 15th is the anniversary that Target's infamous security breach was discovered; but has anything really changed in the year that has gone by? Retailer after retailer is still falling foul of the same form of malware attack. So just what is going wrong?
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•Date: 25th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Integrated business continuity and disaster recovery planning: towards organizational resilience
A paper published in the European Journal of Operational Research proposes a new conceptual framework for integrated business continuity and disaster recovery planning.
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•Date: 25th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Plan B survey looks at IT disaster recovery trends
Despite over half of companies wanting to retain control of their IT disaster recovery inhouse, a lack of frequent testing is putting these businesses more at risk of IT downtime than companies which outsource.
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•Date: 25th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
A fork in the road
Continuity Central's 2014 Business Continuity Paper of the Year competition is open to entries and to mark this we are publishing the winning entry from the 2013 competition. This was first published in the Q1 2013 issue of the Business Continuity and Resiliency Journal. The paper, entitled 'A fork in the road' was submitted by Ken Simpson.
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•Date: 21st November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
RBS, NatWest and Ulster Bank fined for IT resilience failures
Fines reflect the FCA’s commitment to ensuring that banks make the cultural shift away from business continuity to resilience.
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•Date: 20th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Financial sector BC
SEC adopts new technology infrastructure resiliency rules
The Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to adopt new rules designed to strengthen the technology infrastructure of the US securities markets.
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•Date: 20th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Financial sector BC
Houses of Parliament achieves business continuity management certification
As part of its commitment to ensure there is a robust business continuity management system in place, the UK Houses of Parliament has gained certification to ISO 22301, the international business continuity management system standard.
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•Date: 20th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Business Continuity Institute publishes a ‘Working Paper’ about organizational resilience
Paper looks at: What does it mean to be resilient? What is organizational resilience?
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•Date: 20th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
This issue includes:
• Backup to cloud is now available with iland Cloud Backup using Veeam Cloud Connect
• ADAM Continuity partners with Capital Continuity to offer Business Interruption Protection
• Symantec and HP sign disaster recovery as-a-service agreement
• BCI named Training Resource of the Year
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IBHS Business Continuity Planning Toolkit now available as an app
New mobile app will help businesses create a business continuity plan.
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•Date: 19th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC software
Security Executive Council survey looks at which business continuity standard is the most popular
A recent poll by the Security Executive Council set out to discover which business continuity standards are being used when organizations are developing their business continuity programs.
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•Date: 19th November 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Despite the hype ‘encrypted’ does not equal ‘safe’
A Blue Coat survey reveals the security risks hiding in encrypted web traffic.
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•Date: 19th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Research report looks at cloud growth and risks
Gigaom Research and CipherCloud have announced the results of their new ‘Shadow IT: Data Protection and Cloud Security’ study.
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•Date: 18th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Disaster recovery as a service market report
Industry analysis, global trends and forecast 2014 – 2020.
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•Date: 18th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC markets & companies
Voting open for ACP National Board elections
From the nine candidates, ACP members are invited to cast a vote for four people.
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•Date: 18th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
CIR magazine’s Business Continuity Awards 2015 open for entries
The deadline is 12th February 2015.
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•Date: 18th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
OSHA issues guidance for retailers to help keep workers safe during major sales events
As the United States’ holiday season approaches, the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is encouraging retail employers to implement safety measures to prevent workplace injuries during major sales events, including Black Friday.
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•Date: 18th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Retail BC
This issue includes:
• New Climate Resilience Toolkit helps communities prepare for a changing world
• Dot Hill launches high capacity Ultra56 AssuredSAN hybrid storage array
• Ebola: response still needs scaling up says UN
• UK businesses not yet fully ready for move to the cloud
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Defending the firewall
Despite claims of its demise, the firewall is still the foundation stone of security deployments says Keith Bird.
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•Date: 14th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
What you need to know about ‘WinShock’
Yet again the information security world is buzzing with the news of another serious vulnerability, this time in all versions of Microsoft Windows.
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•Date: 13th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
Global Social Media Security Council launched
Industry thought leaders join forces to help organizations better protect their corporate social infrastructure.
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•Date: 13th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Less than half of critical business data in UK organizations is secure: survey
Senior executives within UK businesses say that critical data is not being protected, a new report from NTT Com Security shows.
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•Date: 13th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
‘Business Continuity Management 101: Key Activities and Outcomes’ new Educational Video Series from Avalution
Avalution Consulting has announced the release of its Business Continuity Management (BCM) 101: Key Activities and Outcomes educational video series.
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•Date: 13th November 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Managing availability in an app-centric environment
Companies are increasingly seeing application availability as business critical but ensuring the consistent availability and top performance of applications is far from a simple task.
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•Date: 11th November 2014 • UK/Europe/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Internet of Things: key challenges
Several roadblocks remain to ensure high-level business continuity.
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•Date: 11th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
Buildings need improved cyber security practices to safeguard against hackers
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has launched a new guide, ‘Code of Practice: Cyber Security in the Built Environment’.
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•Date: 11th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC facilities & buildings
Shortlist published for 3rd IRM Global Risk Awards
The Institute of Risk Management’s Global Risk Awards will be presented on 19th February 2015 at the Park Lane Hilton hotel in London.
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•Date: 11th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Enterprise risk management
This issue includes:
• 7th Annual BCP & IT DR Conference
• Onyx Group celebrates 20th birthday
• Vision Solutions makes two major product updates
• Enterprises planning widespread deployment of multi-cloud IT architectures in 2015
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Report looks into emergency communications trends
The Business Continuity Institute has published the results of a research project into emergency communications.
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•Date: 10th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis communications
APEC countries to work together on value chain resilience and business continuity
Agreement made at the 26th APEC Meeting.
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•Date: 10th November 2014 • Various •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
University of Maryland experts discover lapses in Heartbleed bug fix
A detailed analysis by cybersecurity experts from the University of Maryland found that website administrators tasked with patching security holes exploited by the Heartbleed bug may not have done enough.
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•Date: 10th November 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
FFIEC releases cybersecurity assessment observations
Assessment evaluated institutions’ preparedness to mitigate cybersecurity risks.
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•Date: 10th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
October’s major natural disasters roundup
Cyclone Hudhud was the month’s most destructive event.
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•Date: 10th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: DR general
The Business Continuity Institute presents its Global Awards
At a Gala Dinner at the Science Museum in London on the 5th November, the Business Continuity Institute hosted its Global Awards ceremony.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
PAS 7000 now available
PAS 7000 ‘Supply Chain Risk Management- Supplier prequalification’ helps answer three key questions relating to any organization’s supply chain partners.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: BC standards
Making the case for business resilience
Building business resilience, which gives organizations the ability to ‘bounce back' from challenges, has become essential to minimising risk and creating success.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • Africa/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
BCI publishes the results of its annual Supply Chain Resilience Survey
Since 2009, the Business Continuity Institute has conducted an annual survey into Supply Chain Resilience. A report is now available which contains the results of the 2014 survey.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC statistics
Australian National Audit Office report looks at business continuity management in various government agencies
ANAO (the Australian National Audit Office) has published a report into business continuity management practices in three government agencies: the Civil Aviation Safety Authority; Department of Finance; and the Department of Social Services.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • Australia •Type: Article • Topic: Public sector BC
IDCE announces call for nominations for National Resilience Leadership Award
Deadline for nominations is December 5, 2014.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: Emergency management
National Audit Office issues report into strategic flood risk management in England
The Environment Agency has improved the cost effectiveness and prioritization of its flood risk spending but current spending is insufficient to meet many flood defence maintenance needs.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Critical infrastructure protection
ACP announces candidates for National Board Elections
ACP members can vote for four candidates to lead the national organization. Voting takes place during the ten-day open voting period November 10-24, 2014.
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•Date: 6th November 2014 • US •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
This issue includes:
• COSO online survey goes live for Enterprise Risk Management – Integrated Framework update
• Paper the top threat to information security say two-thirds of UK firms
• MERS-CoV cluster in Saudi Arabia
• Stratus debuts fully-integrated disaster recovery addition to everRun Enterprise
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ISM: ‘detect and respond’ is no silver bullet
Solutions to complex problems often require organizational changes: yet this critical element is often either ignored or seems impossible to implement.
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•Date: 4th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
CompTIA's Fifth Annual Trends in Cloud Computing study
Study finds that 48 percent of organizations surveyed are using the cloud for business continuity and disaster recovery.
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•Date: 4th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Security ‘misconceptions’ shattered as cloud adoption rises
As organizations gain experience in cloud usage, security worries about the cloud reduce: Databarracks’ fifth annual Data Health Check report.
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•Date: 4th November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Cloud computing
Should we be planning for an Ebola pandemic?
UPDATED WITH READER COMMENTS
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, discusses whether the time has come for business continuity managers to make contingency plans for an Ebola pandemic.
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•Date: 4th November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: Pandemic planning
Backup is broken: and here’s the fix
Fast, secure and reliable backup is a business-critical function so why do many organizations struggle to get it right? Alistair Forbes looks at the issues.
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•Date: 3rd November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: ICT continuity
Is crisis a failure of governance?
Exploring the interrelationships, linkages and overlaps between governance, risk, continuity and crisis.
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•Date: 3rd November 2014 • UK/World •Type: Article • Topic: Crisis management
New white paper addresses how businesses can mitigate risk from power outages
Gibson, a regional insurance broker and risk management services firm, and Data Realty, a data center and data management firm, have released a jointly written white paper outlining best practices for preparing businesses for a power outage.
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•Date: 3rd November 2014 • US/World •Type: Article • Topic: BC general
Sungard Availability Services to open new London workplace recovery centre
New facility expected to be operational in January 2015.
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•Date: 3rd November 2014 • UK •Type: Article • Topic: Recovery facilities
Many organizations are still unprepared for cyber attacks
Annual global EY survey finds that 37 percent of organizations have no real-time insight on cyber risks.
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•Date: 3rd November 2014 • World •Type: Article • Topic: ISM
This issue includes:
• Insights and lessons learned from the Canadian Parliament attack
• Biggest ever cyber security exercise in Europe takes place
• Derdack announces availability of its enterprise notification software in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
• MEEZA unveils Middle East’s first LEED Platinum and Tier III certified data centre
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