In 2017 Continuity Central published the results of a survey looking at whether the increasing focus on information security is having an effect on the traditional demarcation lines between business continuity and information security management (ISM). In 2018 we repeated that survey to monitor how things have developed and the results of the survey are now available.
GDPR essentially forces companies to go public with any cyber attack they suffer, which poses further challenges when it comes to protecting their reputation. However, a quick and effective response to a cyber attack is impossible without thorough planning and forethought. Jonathan Hemus offers some points to consider...
Network management can sometimes be a neglected afterthought, yet the availability and reliability of the network is essential for a whole host of mission-critical activities. Kevin Drinkall challenges organizations to consider whether they are giving enough attention to their network.
Resilience is a simple thing that is often complicated by the attitude to and size of the task ahead says Paul Kudray. To assist both business and individual resilience, Paul suggests that a simple methodology of ‘Be it, Build it, Stay it’ can help create resilient attitudes and outcomes. 
Business continuity news
Preparing your crisis management team for responding to a terror event
2019 DRI Awards of Excellence now open for nominations
The 2018 BCI Australasia Awards Winners
UK government publishes a set of twelve National Resilience Standards
BCI Education Month 2018 will focus on organizational resilience
Making the case for including terrorism incidents in your business continuity plan
Enterprise risk management news
Operational risk trends for 2019 surveyed
Cloud computing remains top emerging enterprise risk: Gartner survey
Social media has resulted in a doubling of the impact of reputation incidents on shareholder value
Impacts of data protection risks on organizations surveyed
Continuity and the supply chain in a geopolitically unstable world
Resilience news
Australia opens new national Cyber Security Centre facility
Europe faces a huge increase in catastrophic coastal flooding risk says EC JRC
Undersea cables carry the vast majority of international data traffic but how vulnerable are they?
Technology news
Highly available applications: trends and challenges
Data virtualization: not a silver bullet, but definitely a silver lining
Organizations warned to be aware of new proof that the fax machine can be a cyber attack vector
An analysis of the top threats to cloud computing
A majority of organizations are falling down on ‘cyber hygiene’
