AFR | February 1
Mandatory reporting of data breaches will require any company, with an annual turnover of more than $3 million and is subject to the Privacy Act, to notify a person if their information has been compromised.
Business Wire | November 23
Do you need a Continuity Plan for your Cloud based services? This IDG survey explores the risks associated with SaaS in the enterprise, the importance of contingency planning and the consequences experienced when a SaaS vendor does not meet expectations for application support.
Tech Target | January 7
The Internet, virtualization and the evolution of public clouds has provided a much more practical opportunity for businesses of all sizes to implement a BC/DR plan without heavily investing in additional data center space. This article discusses DR in the cloud and looks at the positives as well as the issues.
Allianz | December 9
Increasing interconnectivity of global supply chains drives business interruption risk and losses according to a new report released by global insurer Allianz.
Fire and explosion are the main cause of business interruption loss for businesses. Human and technical factors dominate the list and by far exceed the impact of natural hazards.
PR Newswire | December 9
Aligning operational risk management (ORM) with strategy is critical for financial institutions to effectively identify, assess and mitigate risks, however many have yet to fully align risk and strategy, according to a new survey report released by KPMG and The Risk Management Association.
Oracle Communications | December 2
Here's a great example of a Cloud-based application that will simplify your Business Continuity Planning. There are of course, many other vendors that can offer this capability.
Today, organizations require a collection of applications and devices to enable communication. At the same time, this disjointed array of communication methods can cause friction that inhibits business potential. In this webcast, learn about a unified communications platform that can enable improved collaboration capabilities.
Veda | October 7
Australians’ love of online commerce and sharing on social media is making us unwitting pawns in the global fraud marketplace. A new fraud report released today reveals that fraudulent credit applications involving identity takeovers in Australia rose 59% in the past two years – and 17% in the past 12 months
Tom Whipp - on The Register | November 23
Interesting discussion on how cyber insurance works.
The BCI and Zurich Insurance Group | November 10
Nearly one in ten organizations are not aware of who their key suppliers are, leaving them open to severe disruption as they are unable to manage their supply chain effectively. That is according to a report published today by the Business Continuity Institute and supported by Zurich Insurance Group.
Business as Usual | October 27
Most Risk Management and Business Continuity ‘experts’ concentrate on documentation, not on actual implementation. There’s too much focus on ticking boxes to please auditors, too much paperwork, too much effort to maintain documents, too little implementation, too little buy-in, too little enthusiasm from staff, too little incident readiness, and too little enabling staff to think on their feet when ‘it hits the fan’...
BSI Group | 23 October
The past year has shone a spotlight on the impact cyber attacks can have upon our society, casting a shadow over the apparent preparedness of the banks and organizations upon which we rely.
Techtarget | 14 October
Though most companies have DR plans in place, confidence in their disaster recovery testing in an emergency remains uneven.
Continuity Central | 17 September
In this paper the author, Stephen Massey, describes why BIA is so important in the establishment of an effective BCMS and which methods of data collection yield the most efficacies; how organizations must avoid confusing efficiency for efficacy and; why the BIA process must be treated as a learning and development exercise.
Australian Red Cross | 25 September
The World Disasters Report 2015 examines the complex and challenging relationship between local and international humanitarian organisations responding to crises. The report calls for greater recognition of local organisations, more equal partnerships and mutual accountability.
TechTarget | 23 September 2015
As important as maintaining continuous communications in a disaster is staying connected when random, fluke incidents occur. Find out how VoIP can keep your communications flowing through natural disasters, unexpected incidents or anything else that can disable your network.