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Four Attack Vectors for Web Applications Being Targeted by Ransomware

Solutions Review

Sometimes the rush to keep business services functioning meant that security was overlooked, and cybercriminals are ready to exploit these vulnerabilities. Web application vulnerabilities. Web application vulnerabilities are the next attack vector you need to assess to determine how secure your applications really are.

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What Was New in ’22: The BCM Year in Review

MHA Consulting

The year 2022 saw the tapering off of the pandemic, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, an ongoing wave of cyberattacks, continuing supply chain woes, and a renewed focus by organizations on identifying and protecting their most essential business processes. Not every business service is equally important.

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Sensing the Tremors of Disruption

Fusion Risk Management

Pandemics were on national risk registers and scenario exercised with national agencies in the UK and US just a couple of years prior; Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, setting itself up to be able to effectively target a resource rich Ukraine; and in borrowing so much during lockdown, we couldn’t avoid a state of rising inflation this year.

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Business, Interrupted: The Resilience Movement and the New Normal for Business Continuity

Castellan

And, as a business continuity professional, have they changed in scope and complexity in the past year? Has the coronavirus pandemic altered the way you approach these for business? This is one of the many positive changes for resiliency post-pandemic for many organizations. “I Moving Beyond Traditions.

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The Ukraine Invasion: What Are the Impacts on Supply Chain Dynamics?

Fusion Risk Management

The Bank of England, as part of their operational resilience policy statement , continually outlined the need for institutions to ensure that they can continue to deliver their important business services during severe (or extreme) but plausible scenarios.

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Operational Resilience: Is it just business continuity done properly?

Plan B Consulting

The Bank of England and the FCA in pushing operational resilience have a different aim than an organisation implementing and maintaining business continuity. Identifying important business services There are several tasks laid out in the paper which they want regulated organisations to carry out.

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Operational Resilience: Is it just business continuity done properly?

Plan B Consulting

In addition, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Consultation paper of 2019 states: “Building operational resilience: impact tolerances for important business services and feedback to DP 18/04”. Identifying important business services. “Building the UK financial sector’s operational resilience”. Scenario planning.