How do you view Business Continuity? Is it all about avoiding business outages for a given speed of business, or should it also contribute to increasing that speed? After all, if business continuity is designed to move an enterprise away from slowdowns, then logically it should be moving the enterprise towards picking up the pace…
User IDs and passwords are part of everyday business life and business continuity for many people. You need them to log on to get your email and use other company systems. Often, the easier they are to remember, the easier they are to hack. And cryptic codes often get written down on scraps of paper…
Cloud services whether PaaS (platform), SaaS (software), DraaS (disaster recovery) or another ‘as a service’ option are part of the business landscape now. However, in the vast majority of cases, using them means that your data is stored outside your organisation. No matter what the cloud vendor’s reputation, security must be evaluated, confirmed and applied.…
When you’re scouring your neighbourhood to detect possible risks to your organisation, a tool like Google Earth can be a valuable asset. Without leaving your desk you can tour streets and advance street view by street view, pinpoint addresses such as the nearest phone service and electricity providers on your map and spot vulnerabilities –…
Organisational risk is in the eye of the beholder. What you see as being the main risks as an innovative small business serving the Melbourne metropolitan area may be very different from the point of view of a multinational corporation with projects all over the world. It’s wise however for both types of organisation to…
‘Agile’ is a common buzzword in organisations today. Intuitively, it fits well with the notion of business continuity – an agile enterprise, able to respond iteratively to whatever today’s business conditions or events throw at it. The old concept of long-term corporate planning is light years behind; many businesses don’t know what will happen in…