Business Continuity in 2017 – Lest We Forget?
So, it’s that time of the year again, when we look back over the last 12 months in business continuity to see… nothing?
The Vulgarisation of IT System Hacking Could Be Good News
Attack sophistication is growing. 20 years ago, social engineering had already made inroads and automated attacks were on the rise, with denial-of-service, browser executable attacks, and techniques for uncovering vulnerabilities in the binary code of applications.
Is It Time to Rename Malware as Sneakyware?
Malware (Sneakyware) is the software that gets into your system and causes havoc, unless you detect it and neutralize first.
Business Continuity and the Knock-On Blackouts
Power blackouts in business can range from a minor inconvenience to a major threat. Diggers slicing through power cables, extreme weather conditions bringing down power lines, or other local failures can all interrupt the supply of electricity.
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.
ABS Census Attacked by DDoS
What were Australian’s doing on the evening of the 9th of August, 2016? All jumping on the bandwagon to fill out their Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Census details on the Census website.
Willie Sutton Logic and Cyber-Attacks
Willie Sutton was the man who (according to a popular story) gave the definitive answer to the question “Why do you rob banks?” He said “Because that’s where the money is”.
Cyber Business Continuity Needs Broad and Deep Together
In mid-July 2013, several of New York’s Wall Street firms participated in an exercise to test their resilience in the face of cyber-attacks. The initiative was coordinated by SIFMA, the Securities and Financial Markets Association, and included commercial financial companies, as well as the U.S. Treasury Department. Financial institutions in the US have been subjected…