Just When You Thought It Was Safe… Emergent Risks
Decades ago, the ‘Jaws’ film series struck a chord with its marketing slogan ‘Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water’. Risks are like sharks as well. You think you’ve disposed of one, only to find a new one circling you and your organisation, waiting for an opportunity to emerge […]
What Business Continuity Management and Zero-based Budgeting have in Common
Every so often (business continuity plan updates, for example), figuratively speaking it’s time to get the crystal ball out and see what the future holds. This is an ambitious undertaking given how difficult it is to know what the weather will be like next week, let alone business in six months’ time. Modern science has […]
Have You Got Your Global Risk Analysis Kit?
Want to know what’s on the radar screen for economic and technological risks? Or is your interest more in societal and environmental threats? The Global Risks 2012 report from the World Economic Forum has something for everything. It breaks risks out into five global categories – the four we’ve just mentioned, plus a fifth, geopolitical […]
The Challenge of Distributed Detail in Business Continuity Planning
Much of the difficulty of effective business continuity planning lies in the fact that you need to make detailed plans for things not to happen, rather than just for things to happen. This means the strength of mind necessary for delving into the detail of scenarios that may never come up and simulating situations that […]
News feature: Risky business
Awareness is growing around the importance of risk management, and IT’s involvement in ensuring compliance. A special ARN report. Risk management should be high on the list of priorities right now. If organisations and boards didn’t realise its importance previously, the natural disasters of Queensland, Victoria, Perth, Christchurch, Japan, and, most recently, Myanmar (it’s been […]
Cloud Computing – "Too Much Redundancy Is A Myth"
Michael Jenkin from Business Technology Partners, posted an Article in ARN on the 22nd March; discussing redundancy in the IT world. What an interesting article. This will get you thinking about Cloud Computing solutions for your business. Have you dotted your ‘I’s’ and crossed your ‘T’s’. Have you opted for the cheaper option? Have you […]