In June 2017 Continuity Central published the results of a survey which looked at whether attitudes to the business impact analysis and risk assessment were changing. Two years on, we are repeating the survey to determine whether there has been any development in thinking across the business continuity profession. 
Charlie Maclean Bristol discusses whether you should consider likelihood when conducting a risk assessment as part of the business continuity process. Do you need to know how likely it is that a threat will become an actuality; or is knowledge of the impact of the threat enough?
Steve Blow explains that while businesses must remain consistently focussed on digital transformation in order to not fall to the back of the pack, digital transformation efforts could be futile if businesses don’t address and improve their IT resilience.
Don Boxley looks at some important questions that need to be asked to ensure that business continuity and data security are considered during digital transformation projects.
Business continuity news
The winners of the BCI Americas Awards 2019
New resource aims to help organizations with service continuity management
Survey: Brexit is far more difficult to prepare for than Y2K
SEBI issues update to business continuity and disaster recovery guidelines
Preparing for a post-Brexit supply chain and logistics strategy
Enterprise risk management news
Proposed ISO standard on cyber insurance is ‘premature and inappropriate’ according to FERMA
Survey shows the business impact of trust failures
Emerging Risks Monitor finds that accelerating privacy regulation is the top emerging risk
Board involvement is a key indicator of vendor risk management maturity
Organizations should prioritise the ‘digital fitness’ of risk management functions
Resilience news
Environmental ‘secondary perils’ are becoming an increasing threat says Swiss Re Institute
WHO Emergency Committee expresses ‘deep concern’ about Ebola risk
Caribbean countries and the United States launch the US-Caribbean Resilience Partnership
BSI urges businesses to move towards ‘information resilience’
Crisis management: managing negative celebrity endorser publicity
Technology news
Industrial control systems increasingly threatened by unaddressed vulnerabilities
Cyber hygiene is at an all-time low finds report
The majority of organizations say that insider attacks are becoming more common
UK Government publishes annual Cyber Security Breaches Survey
Overcoming barriers to becoming a security-first organization
Don’t go once more unto the breach: fix these policy configuration mistakes
