When putting together a business continuity plan, it’s important to remember that plan is worthless unless it’s properly communicated to those who need to use and respond to it. Once it’s put into action in [...]
Yes, it’s a little early to make sure your program plan is doing what it should be doing next year, but if you get started planning now, and making resolutions about your planning processes and [...]
Combining two seemingly unrelated entities to make a better, more useful creation is a keystone of innovation. Think of products like the clock radio and the wheeled suitcase, and you can see how effective it [...]
Are You Ready for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? As we move closer to the enforceable compliance date of May 25, 2018 for the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), many organizations are asking themselves [...]
Horizon Scan Report 2018 According to Gianluca Riglietti, author of the BCI report, cyber-attacks and data breaches are a major worry due to increased adoption of internet-connected devices. Physical security incidents are a growing concern. [...]
Dear Readers, Thanks to all of you who replied, “Count me in!” to my December update about the upcoming Risk and Resilience HUB. I am full of anticipation as to what is in store [...]
The “Active Shooter Preparedness” research was conducted in July, 2016. A total of 888 organizations were surveyed about their safety plans and ability to manage an active shooter situation. The goal of this research was [...]
This opinion piece conveys the perspective of a UK-based author on the current state of security and terrorism issues across the globe. The piece conveys the perspective of a UK subject who has lived with [...]
If you asked a group of ten or more IT practitioners or business people what cloud computing is, they would probably give ten different answers. Each would have an answer consistent with his own specific [...]
Businesses and organizations defend against unending attempts to steal their computer data or damage their systems. Few, however, have serious plans for how they will respond to the impact of an actual breach. And even [...]
The exact nature of Organizational Resilience and how it differs from traditional Business Continuity has generated much heated debate and very few definite conclusions over the past five years. One concept most agree on is [...]
For the past few years, the unabashed enthusiasm around clouds, virtualization and software-defined everything has led to some unfortunate side effects. One is the suspension of disbelief around the vulnerability of all of this “new” [...]