While cyber security protection is still important, the focus is moving to a ‘When, Not If’ approach to cyber breaches. Coupled with changes in the targets and methods of cyber attacks, this means that organizations need to review their approach in this area. Mark Saville explores…
Sydney’s 33 metropolitan councils and 100 Resilient Cities have jointly unveiled ‘Resilient Sydney’, a city-wide resilience strategy for metropolitan Sydney which calls for business, government, academia, communities and individuals to cooperate and work together to improve both organizational and community resilience.
DRI International has announced the availability of the latest update to the International Glossary for Resilience, a language guide ‘designed to improve communications and increase clarity across the business continuity, disaster recovery, and resilience community’.
Scientists at the United Technologies Research Center and UConn used advanced additive manufacturing technology to create smart machine components that alert users when they are damaged or worn.
Impact Forecasting reports that global economic losses from natural disasters for the first half of 2018 have been estimated at USD45 billion – 64 percent lower than the 10-year average of USD124 billion, and 48 percent lower than the 18-year average of USD87 billion.
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will host a National Cybersecurity Summit on July 31, 2018 at the Alexander Hamilton US Custom House in New York City, New York. The DHS National Cybersecurity Summit will bring together a broad group of representatives from across government, academia and industry
In a new report, ‘Urgent Actions Are Needed to Address Cybersecurity Challenges Facing the Nation’ the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) says that it has identified four major cybersecurity challenges and 10 critical actions that the federal government and other entities need to take to address them.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the US Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) on September 20, 2018 (primary date) or October 3, 2018 (secondary date).
On 30th March 2019, the United Kingdom will leave the EU and the possibility of there being no agreement in place between the UK and the EU seems to be increasing. In response, the EU has warned companies to start planning for this scenario.
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Business continuity can be defined as 'the processes, procedures, decisions and activities to ensure that an organization can continue to function through an operational interruption'. Read more about the basics of business continuity here.
