Cyber Security Risks for Financial Systems
The financial sector and the banking industry in particular are unique in the IT world: no other businesses have the same combination of constant drive for innovation, regulatory pressure and customer-facing IT applications. That also means increased exposure to cyber security risks via the interfaces to the public, whether these risks are linked to criminal […]
Agile Business Continuity – Simple as ABC?
Agile techniques have become popular over the last few years. They have their roots in software development projects. Unhappy with ‘monolithic’ projects that exceeded both time and money budgets, project teams looked for a better way to deliver useful end-results to software users – and that also kept up with changing requirements into the bargain. […]
When Business Continuity Means Not Coming to Work
Do you remember those problems in school calculus about the multiplication of bacteria? Throw in a little network effect and you can start to build a crude but realistic model of how illnesses like influenza are propagated throughout an organisation. One person carrying flu germs and coming into contact with other people in an enterprise […]
Just When You Thought It Was Safe… Emergent Risks
Decades ago, the ‘Jaws’ film series struck a chord with its marketing slogan ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water’. Risks are like sharks as well. You think you’ve disposed of one, only to find a new one circling you and your organisation, waiting for an opportunity to emerge […]
Duct Tape Business Continuity – Can It Work?
Perhaps you’ve already come across Duct Tape Marketing, a popular business book about successful marketing for small businesses. Duct tape, as you may know, is the strong adhesive tape you can use as a quick fix to bind many different things together especially if you don’t have any other solution. It stops things from falling […]
IT Security and Business Continuity Through Divide and Conquer Tactics
‘How do you eat an elephant’ is the age-old metaphorical business question. ‘One piece at a time’ is the answer. Big problems can be broken down into smaller ones, which can in turn be broken down again, until you get to a level where you can see your way to solutions. Project management and production […]