Disaster Recovery and Human Error
The title of this blog post could almost have read “Never send a human to do a machine’s job”.
IT Security and Strange Mobile App Permissions
If you have already installed mobile apps on your smartphone to go beyond the stock selection provided with the device, you may well have noticed how a mobile app asks for permission to access certain resources or take certain actions.
Our 2016 Business Continuity Review – From National Resilience to Toasters (and Back)
It’s always an editorial dilemma – Do we start with the event with the biggest business continuity impact? The event that was the most unbelievable? For the 2016 Business Continuity Review, we have some difficult choices, including the massive cyberattack of the toasters, the most powerful man in the world (soon) trying to carve up the Internet, and a smartphone threatening the health of a national economy.
Is World Backup Day Such a Good Idea?
Hooray for World Backup Day, you might think, reminding people how important it is to safeguard data and systems.
Winning in the IT Service Continuity Management Obstacle Race
In an ideal organisational world, ITSCM (IT service continuity management) guarantees rapid recovery of critical IT services after unplanned downtime.
The Rise and Rise of the Recovery Consistency Objective
Timing, as comedians say, is everything. It’s true if you’re on stage entertaining an audience.