Operational resilience is dependent not just on your own operations but on those of your service providers; and this needs to be reflected in your written contracts. Luke Scanlon and Yvonne Dunn from legal firm Pinsent Masons explore this area…
Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery, until now. Researchers of the University of Bristol-led study, published in Science Advances , say their findings could lead to the development of a pan-coronavirus treatment
The UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has issued guidance for organizations on the concept of Security-Minded Communications (SMC), explaining how to use this as a protective tactic.
The Bank of England has announced that it is looking at new protocols to help the Bank of England, PRA, and FCA gather operational resilience information for future policy development in this area.
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an updated version of its Infrastructure Resilience Planning Framework (IRPF). First released in 2021, the IRPF helps organizations incorporate critical infrastructure resilience considerations into planning activities.
The Global Resilience Federation’s (GRF) Business Resilience Council (BRC) has published an Operational Resilience Framework, after more than a year of development by a cross-sector team.
The European Council has formally adopted the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), which aims to make sure the financial sector in Europe is able to stay resilient through a severe operational disruption. This is the final step in the legislative process.
The Bank of England, in partnership with the financial sector and the UK financial authorities (HM Treasury and Financial Conduct Authority), has undertaken a two-day UK market wide simulation exercise, SIMEX 22.
In a European Parliament Plenary Session on Thursday 10th November the European Parliament considered two pieces of EU legislation relating to cyber and ICT resilience.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
