Ebola and the Ramifications of Pandemics You Should Consider
Efforts continue in order to stop the spread of the Ebola outbreak and find vaccines to defeat the virus. However, businesses need to be prepared in more ways than one. Although the risk is considered low that a widespread Ebola infection would occur outside West African countries, the potential consequences could be catastrophic and deadly. […]
How much of an Iceberg are Data Security Issues Today?
The bulk of the iceberg is hidden below the waterline where it lurks, ready to sink large entities like the Titanic and corporations. One of the most recent news items about data security ‘icebergs’ involves incorrectly configured web servers located in a number of prominent organisations. The systems at risk were identified by ethical hacking. […]
Are You Obliged to Use a Risk Management Software Application?
Risk management software identifies the risk associated with different assets. It then communicates this information to the enterprise concerned, for example through business dashboards displayed on screens. While risk is a factor for every organisation, some are bound by regulations to practice and demonstrate good risk management. Banks are a case in point: they must […]
Mapping Networked Business Continuity Disciplines into Documents
As organisations evolve, they need to re-evaluate their degree of preparedness in the different business continuity management disciplines. In the networked partner model that has become common today, risk management, governance over recovery, crisis communications and talent management all need updating, compared how things used to be in the vertically integrated enterprise. Changes made in […]
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 […]
Organisations in Europe Are Making Risk Management a Priority
Research into leadership in risk management in Europe indicates that it is gradually becoming a board-level item and an integral part of organisational strategy. While banks for example have embedded it into their operations since their inception, in other sectors the importance of risk management has taken longer to come to the fore. Common categories […]