The Failover Plan Podcast

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

James is passionate about business continuity and helps C-Suites around the world make their organizations more resilient not just during an incident, but as a fundamental part of day to day operations. James Green is the Director of Risk Advisory Services at SAI Global. Links: David Lindstedt Twitter. Mark Armour Twitter.

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Logistics Outsourcing Authorization Business Continuity 130

NexusTek

APRIL 29, 2024

Bobby currently serves as the Chief Commercial Officer at Deepwatch, a leading managed security platform for the cyber resilient enterprise. .” In addition to Hamilton’s appointment, NexusTek is pleased to announce the appointment of Bobby Christian as the Executive Chairman of the NexusTek Board of Directors.

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Outsourcing Cyber Resilience Cybersecurity Technology 59

Fusion Risk Management

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Identifying them, taking the appropriate steps to mitigate risk , and continuously learning and adapting brings a proactive approach that helps build resilience throughout your organization.

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Outsourcing Alert Financial Services Outage 52

NexusTek

JULY 28, 2021

Denver, CO (July 28, 2021) – NexusTek, a national provider of managed IT services and full IT outsourcing solutions to businesses across the U.S., Managed IT services provider devises various cybersecurity plans to protect businesses from increasing social engineering attacks. About NexusTek. Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom.

Cybersecurity 73

Cybersecurity Outsourcing Cyber Resilience Audit 73

Fusion Risk Management

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Third – party risk management (TPRM) continues to be a focus area for both regulated and non-regulated entities alike in the operational resilience landscape. Are you leading your firm’s resilience and operational risk (including vendor risk management) initiative s? . The Old Model of Third-party Risk Management.

Financial Services 52

Financial Services Risk Management Outsourcing Strategic 52

Pure Storage

MARCH 21, 2022

This role could be an in-house team, outsourced, or hybrid. If outsourced or hybrid, a designated employee should act as a liaison. Pure’s entire portfolio brings security and resiliency to your data estate, offering: Read-only snapshots of backup data and infinitely configurable policies. Information Security (InfoSec).

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Emergency Response Emergency Response Backup Outsourcing 105

Fusion Risk Management

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

In the classic sense, across industries, third-party risk management is the consideration and control over outsourcing a function that typically is done within the organization to an external party for the purpose of delivery of a product or service to the consumer or a service provided to the company. What does that mean?

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Outsourcing Fashion 52

NexusTek

JUNE 6, 2023

A popular alternative is a virtual CIO (vCIO), an outsourced resource of expertise, strategic planning, and leadership who works on a part-time or as-needed basis. But with annual salaries averaging over $300,000 1 , a full-time CIO is impractical for most small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Not sure if a vCIO is right for your business?

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Strategic Cybersecurity Benchmark Outsourcing 77

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

There seemed to be a moment sometime last year, when many issues associated with business continuity were solved, and the world became more resilient. The cloud provides a more resilient infrastructure, as the economies of scale allow for multiple power feeds, redundancy in chillers and generators, high security and access.

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Backup Outsourcing Business Continuity Resilience 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

There seemed to be a moment sometime last year, when many issues associated with business continuity were solved, and the world became more resilient. The cloud provides a more resilient infrastructure, as the economies of scale allow for multiple power feeds, redundancy in chillers and generators, high security and access.

Backup 52

Backup Outsourcing Business Continuity Resilience 52

Fusion Risk Management

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

It’s common that many businesses outsource aspects of their operations, but in doing so, they are responsible for ensuring the security posture of those external entities – which is operationally complex, to say the least.

Risk Management 52

Risk Management Management Outsourcing Mitigation 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Audits are typically delivered in phases A typical audit can be broken down into three general phases.

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Audit BCM Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JANUARY 29, 2019

BCM Program audits are typically executed to evaluate an organization’s resilience maturity, but they can also be focused on specific program areas, such as the Business Continuity Plan, training programs, or the IT Disaster Recovery Plan. Audits are typically delivered in phases. When to do an audit of your BCM Program.

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Audit BCM Impact Analysis Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

MAY 11, 2020

Proper business interruption coverage is a significant part of your risk management strategy and the vital part of the overall organization’s resiliency plan, but your organization should not solely rely on it. We outsourced everything, so we don’t need a Business Continuity Plan. We have business interruption insurance.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP BCM 52

LAN Infotech

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Businesses have a formidable task of improving resiliency. Outsource to an IT company. With the increasing numbers of successful cyberattacks in the USA, cybersecurity is no longer a question of whether you need it but when you will implement it. There are different ways a business can acquire cybersecurity solutions.

Cybersecurity 97

Cybersecurity Outsourcing Security Technology 97

SRM

JUNE 30, 2020

Both are important to an organisation’s overall resilience, but there are several key factors that separate them from each other. If the current answer is no one, it’s important to task an individual, team or outsourced organisation with your company’s security protection. The short answer. The bottom line: your business needs both.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP 52

Pure Storage

JUNE 27, 2022

Remember the managed outsourcing industry? Read the IDC report , Digital Infrastructure Resiliency Drives Interest in New As-a-Service Cloud Operating Models , to learn more about STaaS and why enterprise organizations are prioritizing digital infrastructure resiliency as a foundational element of their IT strategy. .

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Capacity Publishing Architecture Logistics 98

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

The Business Continuity planners need to find a way to leverage already completed IT resiliency activities and integrate them into BCM efforts. It becomes even more challenging if IT infrastructure or applications are outsourced to third-party providers. It must include your internal or outsourced IT organization to be effective.

BCM 52

BCM Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 15, 2020

The Business Continuity planners need to find a way to leverage already completed IT resiliency activities and integrate them into BCM efforts. It becomes even more challenging if IT infrastructure or applications are outsourced to third-party providers. It must include your internal or outsourced IT organization to be effective.

BCM 52

BCM Impact Analysis Continuity Planning Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

A false sense of security Many of the small and medium-sized organizations are outsourcing some or all of the internal Information Technology infrastructure and applications to third-party organizations (e.g. Managed Services Providers – MSPs, cloud service providers, etc.).

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

APRIL 12, 2020

Many of the small and medium-sized organizations are outsourcing some or all of the internal Information Technology infrastructure and applications to third-party organizations (e.g. A false sense of security. Managed Services Providers – MSPs, cloud service providers, etc.).

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCM Disaster Recovery 52

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic Reading Time: 3 minutes When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” This gap between recovery requirements and capabilities can create problems while being completely avoidable.

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Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM 52

Stratogrid Advisory

DECEMBER 6, 2018

When asked about their organization’s IT Disaster Recovery (ITDR) plans, some will smile and say, “Yes, we have a backup and it is fully outsourced.” Proper ITDR planning will allow your organization to address any such gaps to become truly resilient to incidents and disasters. Last Updated on May 31, 2020 by Alex Jankovic.

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Disaster Recovery Backup Impact Analysis BCM 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. All these event will cause transport disruptions and have an impact on the ability of businesses and public sector organisations to deliver their services to customers and stakeholders.

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Business Continuity Transportation Sports Outsourcing 52

Plan B Consulting

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I attended an excellent talk by Steve Yates at the Scottish Resilience Conference on Monday and he was talking about business continuity and the Olympics. All these event will cause transport disruptions and have an impact on the ability of businesses and public sector organisations to deliver their services to customers and stakeholders.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Transportation Sports Outsourcing 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Last week I attended a conference organised by the Scottish Business Resilience Centre called “The cuckoo in the nest: Scotland’s first insider threat conference” and I thought I might share some of the points I learned in the conference.

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Outsourcing Consulting Business Continuity Security 52

Plan B Consulting

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Last week I attended a conference organised by the Scottish Business Resilience Centre called “The cuckoo in the nest: Scotland’s first insider threat conference” and I thought I might share some of the points I learned in the conference.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Consulting Business Continuity Security 52

Stratogrid Advisory

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The business procures many cloud-based services (Software as a Service – SaaS), but rarely understand the vendor Service Level Agreements (SLA’s), or service resiliency or data residency/recovery capabilities. This task can be particularly challenging when organizations outsource their IT operations to third-party vendors.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis 52

Castellan

JUNE 15, 2021

While business continuity, crisis management, and operational resilience teams tackled the pandemic and other business disruptors throughout the year, many did so with small teams. And many organizations, even those with limited resources, still aren’t buying into outsourcing their resilience programs as a managed service.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity Management Pandemic Outage 52

NexusTek

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This is because co-managed IT allows your in-house IT team to focus on higher-value tasks—improving job satisfaction—while outsourcing routine, but time-consuming, tasks to your MSP. Prev Previous Cybersecurity Isn’t Enough — Become a Cyber Resilient Organization. How should CIOs respond to inflation? Q&A with Robert Naegle.

Technology 91

Technology Cloud Computing Outsourcing Cyber Resilience 91

Fusion Risk Management

JANUARY 31, 2024

With less than a year to go until the January 2025 deadline to meet the requirements of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) regulation, entities are digging deeper into understanding the organizational and technical requirements of the regulation. DORA must be a deeply cross-functional collaboration effort.

Management 52

Management Risk Management Activation Outsourcing 52

Fusion Risk Management

JULY 19, 2021

In the case of the tanker, it showed perhaps there could have been better planning for alternatives; in the case of COVID, it showed that industries needed to rely on their third parties as they rapidly scrambled to a remote outsourced business model.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Pandemic Risk Management Evaluation 52

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Forthcoming legislation such as the EU’s NIS2 Directive and the Cyber Resilience Act will impose more stringent standards for cyber protection and establish clear reporting timelines in the event of a breach. Outsourcing, white labelling, is a great way to deliver a high quality and diverse portfolio to customers.

High Availability 59

High Availability Disaster Recovery Application Technology 59

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Outsourcing and delegating IT services to global cloud service providers for the sake of economics, agility and flexibility does not absolve them of their compliance obligations. The Resurgence of Tape as a Critical Component of Cyber-Resilient Infrastructure. Turning a blind eye to their data sovereignty issues is just not an option.”

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High Availability Backup Disaster Recovery Application 135

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Why did we write this guide?

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Section 10 - Resilient Organization. 10 – Resilient Organization. ×.

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

On top of that, these suppliers themselves outsource their material to second-tier suppliers. Therefore, having a disaster recovery solution based on continuous data protection (CDP) in conjunction with backup is vital to equip companies with the ability to be resilient in the face of potentially catastrophic circumstances.

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Government Backup Application Security 116