Security Industry Association

DECEMBER 13, 2023

SSDF ensures that password complexity, authentication, encryption, software updates, and vulnerability management occur throughout a product’s life cycle. SSDF provides software developers with a set of practices that, when implemented, help reduce vulnerabilities. Consider the operating system of a camera or audio device, for example.

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Cybersecurity Manufacturing Authentication Vulnerability 59

Plan B Consulting

MAY 15, 2023

To kick start BCI’s Business Continuity Awareness Week, Jamie Lees, Consultant here at PlanB Consulting, writes about todays topic, Cyber Resilience. However, as technology continues to advance, encryption methods that were once thought to be virtually impenetrable are now at risk.

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Security Industry Association

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

This could compromise not only our physical security posture, though our systems, but entire organizational networks through gaps and vulnerabilities left on the physical security system side. So the question is, what can we do to help reduce this risk? Have response personnel been identified and prepared for their roles in a disaster event?

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Cybersecurity Education Technology Security 98

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2010

PD25111 has recently been published. It deals with the human aspects of business continuity. The post A review of Business Continuity Managment – Guidance on the Human Aspects of Business Continuity appeared first on PlanB Consulting. The document is ok but to me seems not very well laid out.

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Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 6, 2010

PD25111 has recently been published. It deals with the human aspects of business continuity. Arrangements for coping with the immediate effects of the incident Attangements for managing people during the continuity phase Support for staff after recovery. The document is ok but to me seems not very well laid out.

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Business Continuity Management Travel Impact Analysis 40

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Readers Note: This article was originally published in December of 2019 and before unprecedented COVID-19 Pandemic of 2020. Business continuity planners must always be on the lookout for such trends to ensure that their plans stay effective over time. BCM Trends for 2020! Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic.

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MHA Consulting

JULY 20, 2023

In setting policies for data retention and management, input should be sought from all concerned departments, including risk, legal, IT, the regulatory folks, and the people on the business side. Once the organization has decided on its data retention policies and procedures, it must publish and enforce them to reap their benefits.

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Government Media Risk Management Vulnerability 72

Castellan

JANUARY 27, 2022

In March 2021, I published my book on the Business Continuity Operating System (BCOS). About two-thirds of the book chronicles a fictitious life sciences company named Felder Corporation and its journey to implement a business continuity and operational resilience program that achieves the right level of resilience.

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Resilience Business Continuity Crisis Management Business Services 98

LogisManager

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Empowering Strategic Decision-Making with Real-Time Risk Dashboards Published: December 12, 2023 In LogicManager’s latest product update release, powerful new in-app visualizations enable real-time data analysis, fostering informed decision-making and proactive risk strategies for strong corporate governance.

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LogisManager

MAY 20, 2021

Risks for all business scandals, like the one at Colonial Pipeline, are always known months in advance, making the consequences preventable. Business Continuity. To prevent liabilities when a business continuity event occurs, it’s critical to take a risk-based approach.

Risk Management 64

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everbridge

JUNE 16, 2022

Preparedness is key because it helps you identify vulnerabilities and coordinate how you might best protect your colleagues, customers, partners, and organization in a crisis. They’ll perform a business impact analysis and decide which recovery strategies will best ensure business continuity.

Crisis Management 69

Crisis Management Management BCP Communications 69

LogisManager

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Empowering Strategic Decision-Making with Real-Time Risk Dashboards Published: December 12, 2023 In LogicManager’s latest product update release, powerful new in-app visualizations enable real-time data analysis, fostering informed decision-making and proactive risk strategies for strong corporate governance.

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Strategic Corporate Governance Risk Management Mitigation 52

FS-ISAC

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The related controls and processes for handling vulnerabilities are quite similar. FMIs such as EBA CLEARING are already subject to unified standards under the European Central Bank’s (ECB) Cyber Resilience Oversight Expectations (CROE) published in December 2018.

Authorization 52

Authorization Banking Benchmark Cybersecurity 52

Emergency Planning

JUNE 9, 2019

While not independent of the magnitude of physical forces involved, it is not linearly related to them because it depends on the nature and size of the vulnerabilities that the physical forces act upon. University College London Press, London, and Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 632 pp. References Alexander, D.E. Natural Disasters.

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Risk Reduction Natural Hazard All-Hazards Hazard 130

IT Governance BC

MAY 20, 2019

You’ll rarely get advance warning about disruptions, so you need to prepare for whatever might come your way with a BCP (business continuity plan). What is a business continuity plan? A BCP outlines the processes and procedures that an organisation must follow to continue operating in the event of a disruption.

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AWS Disaster Recovery

JANUARY 25, 2022

For the end-to-end DR simulation, we’ve published an AWS samples repository on GitHub that you can use to deploy. In the context of multi-Region DR, these techniques can help challenge assumptions and expose vulnerabilities. This evaluates Route 53 ARC capabilities if both Route 53 and IAM control planes aren’t accessible.

Disaster Recovery 79

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Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2024

Vulnerability Vigilance: Regularly scan your APIs for vulnerabilities and patch them promptly. These steps allow organizations to build a robust data privacy ecosystem where APIs become guardians, not vulnerabilities. A risk assessment shows organizations what their architecture looks like, their vulnerabilities, and more.

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Authentication Cybersecurity Security Government 142

BMC

DECEMBER 15, 2022

As businesses continue to adapt their operational models for post-pandemic planning, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives are becoming more important for present and future employees, stakeholders, and customers. Originally published in Triple Pundit. But what does this mean, exactly?

Government 52

Government Transportation Security Banking 52

Castellan

JUNE 9, 2022

Most firms seem to be looking at days or weeks for impact tolerance If we look at RTOs in the business continuity discipline, we often think in terms of minutes, hours, or days; especially when we look at IT recovery. However, there are expectations to be able to justify your decisions, so it remains a balancing act.

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Resilience Marketing Banking Business Services 59

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In my previous bulletin I promised that I would talk about some thoughts on the human aspects of business continuity and write a synopsis of PD 25111 which was published about a year ago. This document deals with the human elements in business continuity.

Travel 52

Travel Impact Analysis Communications Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

SEPTEMBER 24, 2012

In my previous bulletin I promised that I would talk about some thoughts on the human aspects of business continuity and write a synopsis of PD 25111 which was published about a year ago. This document deals with the human elements in business continuity.

Travel 52

Travel Impact Analysis Communications Publishing 52

Plan B Consulting

JUNE 24, 2021

So I thought now that the incident is out of the news, I would write about BrewDog’s crisis communications after an open letter from existing and former employees “Punks With Purpose” alleging a toxic culture for employees within the company was published in the media. BrewDog, in the same way, is vulnerable in this case.

Communications 52

Communications Media Publishing Vulnerability 52

Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Vulnerability Vigilance: Regularly scan your APIs for vulnerabilities and patch them promptly. These steps allow organizations to build a robust data privacy ecosystem where APIs become guardians, not vulnerabilities. A risk assessment shows organizations what their architecture looks like, their vulnerabilities, and more.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Security Cybersecurity Government 59

LogisManager

OCTOBER 12, 2021

This involves tracking your company’s technological resources, making sure their vulnerabilities are under control and creating policies and procedures that are compliant with today’s evolving regulations. Audit Management: Making sure that every business area within your organization is stacking up and improving accordingly.

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 28, 2013

BCT was the first company to teach this new course based on the recently published Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 2013. I suggest that these issues are discussed internally or even exercised, so that the organisation can think through where they are vulnerable, and how they should respond before an event occurs.

Authorization 52

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Plan B Consulting

MAY 28, 2013

BCT was the first company to teach this new course based on the recently published Good Practice Guidelines (GPG) 2013. I suggest that these issues are discussed internally or even exercised, so that the organisation can think through where they are vulnerable, and how they should respond before an event occurs.

Authorization 52

Authorization Publishing Vulnerability Media 52

Solutions Review

JANUARY 28, 2024

Vulnerability Vigilance: Regularly scan your APIs for vulnerabilities and patch them promptly. These steps allow organizations to build a robust data privacy ecosystem where APIs become guardians, not vulnerabilities. A risk assessment shows organizations what their architecture looks like, their vulnerabilities, and more.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Security Cybersecurity Government 52

Plan B Consulting

JANUARY 30, 2020

2) Once you have decided on the impact of a pandemic, you must look at your organisation’s vulnerabilities. Once they are published, it allows you to model the effect of the pandemic on your organisation. Is the pandemic going to affect your supply chain or the delivery of services to your customers?

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 14, 2014

The following article was published on the Microsoft website and written by Nick Saalfeld of Wells Park Communications. It’s been a sobering start to the year for many businesses. But if you value the vulnerability at £7,500, it will only cost £500 to protect. Much of the Somerset Levels is under water.

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Plan B Consulting

MARCH 14, 2014

The following article was published on the Microsoft website and written by Nick Saalfeld of Wells Park Communications. It’s been a sobering start to the year for many businesses. But if you value the vulnerability at £7,500, it will only cost £500 to protect. Much of the Somerset Levels is under water.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Vulnerability Impact Analysis Backup 52

Swan Island Network

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Security personnel are essential personnel, and vulnerable to exposure despite good training and guidance by the security firms. This article was first published on the Disaster Recovery Journal website. We also predict, as with cyber-security, the board and C-Suite will take a more engaged role in managing and directing this effort.

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