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Internal Controls & Fraud Prevention

Reciprocity

By 2019, fraud events cost businesses $5.127 trillion each year. Internal Audits. Solid internal audit procedures limit the risk of fraud. Along with management reviews, internal audits are critical to assess existing anti-fraud controls and assure they remain effective and up-to-date. External Audits.

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Unlocking Climate Change Resilience Through Critical Event Management and Public Warning

everbridge

In the period 2000 to 2019, there were 7,348 major recorded disaster events claiming 1.23 The report “The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019” also records major increases in other categories including drought, wildfires , and extreme temperature events. million lives, affecting 4.2 Floods and storms were the most prevalent events.”.

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Integrating Risk Disciplines: Business Continuity and Cyber Response

Castellan

That’s a 100% increase compared to 2019. When planning, remember these core actions: Anticipate Protect Detect Defend Recover Adapt. RiskBased Security’s 2020 Year End Report Data Breach QuickView points to almost 700 publicly reported breaches that included ransomware as an attack vector.

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What is Cyber Resilience and Why It Matters

Castellan

While the total number of breaches was down from the previous year, the number of record exposures alone was up 141% compared to 2019. Vulnerability identification : Inventorying all of your assets, identifying your critical systems and operations, understanding your vulnerabilities and weaknesses, and making plans to mitigate or remediate.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

In addition, there are other standards such as the International Organization for Standardization - I S O 22301:2019 Societal Security – Business Continuity Management Systems, or the National Institute of Standards and Technology - NIST 800-34 , which provide similar implementation guidelines.

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Business Continuity Guide for Smaller Organizations

Stratogrid Advisory

Business Continuity should be one of the top priorities for all organization leaders, and response plans should be implemented in organizations of all sizes. organizations should develop response plans to deal with unexpected events related to: Natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes or freezing rain).