On 6th December 2018, an issue with nodes in the core network of Ericsson, an ICT provider which handles around 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic, resulted in downtime for mobile data services around the world. Continuity Central is running a quick survey which aims to capture information about the impacts this incident had on organizations and what contingency measures were taken in response.
Jonathan Meltzer examines four different options for ensuring application-level continuity through high availability and disaster recovery provisions in a hybrid or exclusively Azure cloud environment.
2019 will see blockchain and artificial intelligence start to change the data backup, downtime and recovery landscape. Alex Sakaguchi looks at the benefits that blockchain and AI can offer.
What IT infrastructure changes can business continuity and risk managers expect to have to prepare for during 2019? Stephen Long makes four predictions – and cloud is central to them.
Business continuity news
BSI to officially launch new crisis management technical guidance
Business impacts of security breaches highlighted by new survey
UK financial sector operational resilience consultation: BCM nirvana or nemesis?
Decision making during crises and how to avoid groupthink
Exploring reaction to the BCI's Continuity and Resilience Report
Research explores the impacts of transformer failure on business continuity
Enterprise risk management news
Large-scale academic study finds that companies are underestimating climate change risks
FERMA survey shows how the role of the risk manager is changing
Risk management function in banks must evolve says new report
New study reports on the state of risk management in India
World Economic Forum launches latest ‘Regional Risks for Doing Business’ report
Resilience news
Resilience lessons learned from Cape Town's severe water shortage
New EU rules aim to improve security of electricity supply in crisis situations
International experts meet to discuss potential terrorist threat posed by new technologies
ECB publishes cyber resilience oversight expectations
FCA surveys cyber and technology resilience in UK financial firms
Technology news
Cyber security in 2019: five predictions to consider
Report looks at the international development of cyber security standards for the Internet of Things
Large increases in DDoS attacks on e-commerce providers seen on Black Friday and Cyber Monday
Many organizations are failing to evaluate business continuity risks across their cloud services
Ten information security and data protection predictions for 2019
Researchers show how synthetic fingerprints can be created to bypass biometric security systems
