This article by Dave Bermingham provides some practical guidance to help system and database administrators tasked with creating business continuity and disaster recovery plans. 
Conventional risk management tools are appropriate for managing known or anticipated risks; but threats outside these areas need a different approach. Dr Sandra Bell says that stress testing is one tool that provides the answer...
Recovering unstructured data after an outage can be a significant challenge, but one which can be made significantly easier through the use of a global cloud-based file system. Warren Arnold looks at the issue…
First developed in 2010, the zero trust security model has recently grown significantly in popularity. Jan van Vliet explains why zero trust security offers several benefits over and above traditional network-based security approaches; and describes the fundamental aspects required for implementing it.
Business continuity news
The winners of the 2019 CIR Business Continuity Awards announced
Business Continuity Institute reforms FBCI entry requirements
Extinction Rebellion pushes for a global workplace strike on September 20th
Call made for the inclusion of facilities managers early in the business continuity planning process
BCI’s Head of Thought Leadership gives her thoughts on Adaptive BC
The Securities Commission Malaysia issues business continuity guidance
Enterprise risk management news
Businesses must seek a new approach to managing emerging risks, new report warns
The business of weather: and managing the risks to your organization
Researchers suggest a new supply chain risk propagation model
Few organizations are using advanced technologies to manage operational risk
Top risks: many organizations report that they may be less prepared than they have ever been
Report highlights common challenges and good practices to overcome risk management difficulties
Resilience news
WHO Ebola Emergency Committee meets to discuss current situation in the DRC
Hurricane Season 2019: has your organization taken these preparatory steps?
Incident Response 3.0: a new model for incident management
Resilience strategies for complex supply chains
Airmic provides advice for boards on managing resilience in the digital era
Raphaels Bank fined by UK FCA and PRA for operational resilience failings
Technology news
Balancing security and productivity: has cyber security culture gone too far?
Changing approach to technology provision creates risks as well as opportunities
C-level executives are engaging more frequently in incident response and threat hunting
Paying ransoms can be a valid recovery option according to Forrester research
Cyber resilience requires a multi-layered approach to be effective
‘Dark’ data is creating major security blind spot for most companies
