The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) have announced that they will conduct a joint inquiry to assess the impacts of the extreme cold weather event that occurred in the Midwest and a portion of South Central US during the week of January 15, 2018.
Each year ENISA publishes a report summarising the major telecom security incidents that occurred in the previous year. Its latest report is now available and records details of 169 incidents that happened in 2017.
Mayor Sylvester Turner and Michael Berkowitz, president of 100 Resilient Cities have announced that Houston is joining the Network, a global effort to build urban resilience around the world. Through the partnership with 100RC, Houston will create and implement a comprehensive resilience strategy
Key global and regional payment, clearing and settlement operators met at a roundtable in Paris on Friday 14th September to discuss cyber security and the resilience of financial market infrastructures (FMIs) and the wider market ecosystem.
Businesses and communities in the southeastern US, especially in coastal regions, are being warned to prepare for a potentially devastating hurricane, which is due to make landfall on the evening of Thursday September 13th. This page will be updated as new information becomes available.
Drone technologies were high on the agenda at the recent INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) in Singapore, a conference which brought together nearly 100 experts from law enforcement, academia and private industry to discuss emerging threats and opportunities related to new technologies.
WHO and the World Bank Group recently convened the first meeting of the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board (GPMB), a new body set up to monitor the world’s readiness to respond to outbreaks and other health emergencies.
FBI Director Christopher Wray used the recent Utah National Security and Anti-Terrorism Conference as a platform to set out the FBI's view of the current terrorism threat.
Kathy Schneider takes a look at the everyday heroes keeping businesses moving forwards. The article discusses the unique positions of the Resilience Leader, the IT Optimiser, the Hybrid IT Tamer, the Risk Eradicator and the IT Innovator.
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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.
