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Risk Assessment: 3 Key Starting Points for Effective Business Impact Analysis

Zerto

Assessing and managing risk and its potential impact on business is a critical role of business leaders. With the world becoming increasingly digital, IT departments must manage and mitigate more and more risk using both new technology and improved processes and practices. Business Impact Analysis. Unplanned Downtime.

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Integrating Risk Disciplines: Business Continuity and Cyber Response

Castellan

And among the many areas of change in the past year is an increased focus on cybersecurity awareness—cyber resilience—and the role it plays in business continuity. Cyber resilience goes beyond cybersecurity controls and best practices. Are Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience the Same? First, What is Cyber Resilience?

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Gone With the Wind: 12 BCM Practices That Have Become Outdated 

MHA Consulting

Traditionally, organizations conducted a Business Impact Analysis every other year or even less frequently, but in today’s fast-moving world, that’s not sufficient. approach to cybersecurity. In the early days of networked computing, virtually no one worried about cybersecurity. The “What, Me Worry?” The “What, Me Worry?”

BCM 87
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The Times They Are a-Changin’: Adapting to Change as a BCM Professional

MHA Consulting

Cybersecurity. The risk of cyber attacks continues to grow, and the job of beefing up cybersecurity will consume an increasing share of organizational energy and resources. AI has the potential to be good at helping with risk assessment, impact analysis, and guiding staff through incidents.

BCM 92
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Are Cyber Attacks the Next Big Threat for Operational Resilience?

Castellan

Every organization, regardless of if you’re using a large-scale CSP, other data centers, or hosting all of your data on-premises, should include cybersecurity and the potential for cyber-attacks in your business continuity planning. This is where a business impact analysis (BIA) and risk assessments can help.

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What is Cyber Resilience and Why It Matters

Castellan

Instead, it draws on seven key areas when defining cyber resilience: national security, critical infrastructure, critical infrastructure security and resilience, Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity, network engineering, resilience engineering, and Homeland Security. How is Cyber Resilience Different from Cybersecurity?

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Unlocking the Truth: Navigating 20 Myths About Business Continuity

Erwood Group

In this comprehensive guide, we debunk 20 prevalent myths surrounding business continuity, shedding light on its scope, and cybersecurity integration, as well as dispelling misconceptions related to costs and returns on investment. You can benefit by using our Free Risk Assessment Tool as well.