Ransomware is so 2016 – The New Menace is Ransomworm
Don’t take this title too literally. Ransomware, the malware that extorts money from victims to prevent a disaster, will surely continue to be active, at least in the short term.
Business Continuity and Machine Learning – Is It Time?
Machine learning, if you have not already met it, is the capability of a machine (a software application) to modify its rules and algorithms according to new data.
ITSM and DevOps – A Win-Lose Situation?
Do the formalism of IT service management and the agility of DevOps mean that one can only succeed if the other fails?
The Business Continuity Manager and the Typewriter
A well-known IT security solution vendor recently published a white paper about planning for business continuity, and listed typewriters as examples of equipment that should be safeguarded to prevent interruptions to an enterprise’s activities.
Data Lake Hacking is the New Dumpster Diving
When computers ran on punched cards and information was stored and communicated using paper, suspicious individuals could sometimes be seen loitering close to the large rubbish bins or dumpsters used for corporate refuse.
The Great Business Continuity Risk-Reward Mix-Up
Investors and financial institutions like to correlate business continuity risk with business continuity reward. If risk is greater in an investment, then the potential reward should be greater too.