Business Continuity and Why the New Age Still Needs the Old
What words spring to mind to describe the business world today – remote control, automation, speed, renewal? These concepts can all help with business continuity and competitiveness, but so can their ‘yesteryear’ counterparts. Although new technology lets organisations improve different areas of operations, it doesn’t mean that it is a panacea to be applied universally […]
Homing In on Best Use of the Public Cloud
When new technology arrives, it’s not always clear how best to use it. Mobile phone makers invented the text message because they thought it would be of use to technicians in their troubleshooting. Since then the SMS has become one of the most popular means of communication for the general public ever. Similarly, public cloud […]
How Much Can Predictive Analytics Help Business Continuity?
If you can see what will happen in the future, you can take steps to prepare for it – or avoid it, or even change it. That’s the promise of predictive analytics, a topic that naturally interests business continuity managers. While there’s no guarantee of exact predictions, predictive analytics can indicate change patterns and emerging […]
Unthinkable – Business Continuity without a Battle Box?
Lists, kits, packs… they often exhibit order and completeness, two dimensions that are also important for effective business continuity. They are also the underlying principles of the ‘battle box’, a repository for vital information to allow an organisation to carry on operating in adverse conditions. Just like first aid kits and motorists’ emergency packs, a […]
Business Continuity and Creative Cyber Criminals
While the web has opened wide the doors of opportunity for entrepreneurs around the world, others have shown evidence of creativity as well. Ingenious use of technologies has led to hacktivism, identity theft, distributed denial of service (DDoS) and swatting, to name but a few. Perpetrators use both the latest cyber-techniques and also old-fashioned approaches […]
Risk, Business Continuity and IT DR – the Year of 2013 in Review
Risk certainly marked the year of 2013, with knock-on effects on business continuity thinking. However, in a year picking up the pieces after different disasters, the real message was a reminder that while we collectively now know a great deal about risk, we don’t always prepare or take action appropriately. The devastation caused by rainfall […]