With the current pandemic and the ongoing civil unrest, cyber criminals have demonstrated once again that they’ll use any available opportunity to snare unsuspecting citizens. And not only do they willfully exploit these events, they have accelerated their attacks to historic levels. The SoS Daily News.com warns that not knowing what
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Business Continuity: Planning for the Next Pandemic
Cyber Resilience: A Crucial Component of the Stay-At-Home World
With today’s ever-rising threat of cyber criminality, especially in the rise in severity and frequency of ransomware attacks, and with a significant segment of the global workforce conducting business from home due to the Coronavirus, IT systems and data center operations, a foundational piece of infrastructure, remains vulnerable. Writing for the
Weekly COVID-19 Pandemic Report
Continuity Insights and the Disaster Recovery Journal are collaborating on these resources to ensure that business continuity/disaster recovery professionals are well-informed as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. We will be updating this resource center with new information and links weekly. July 6, 2020 Homefront: The New Hot Zone for BCM Is Employees’
Security Challenges Surge With Working Remotely
Working remotely from home has hit new heights during the coronavirus pandemic. More employees than ever are doing so, and although the option to work in your PJ’s can be liberating, there are some security challenges this “new normal” creates. While 43% of Americans say they want to continue working
Ransomware Preparation Checklist for Risk and Recovery
It’s business as usual for cyber criminals. While most of our working lives have experienced significant disruption, these cyber actors are busy planning their next ransomware attacks, incidents costing business and government millions each year. While some will pay a ransom, which doesn’t guarantee recovery, others will attempt to recover their
Survey Measures the Impacts of Working From Home
93% of Businesses Have Changed Their IT Priorities Due to COVID-19
Telstra has published a new white paper identifying the technological challenges and the industry outlook post-COVID-19. The research, Business Continuity, Flexible Working and Adaptive Infrastructure: Five Actions for When the Economy Reopens Following COVID-19, gathered data from 120+ business leaders across Asia Pacific, Europe and the United States to provide
Free Excerpt: Building a Cyber Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability
Rothstein Publishing is offering Business Continuity professionals a free excerpt – Building YOUR Cyber Threat, Vulnerability Detection, and Intelligence Capability – from the new book, Building an Effective Cybersecurity Program, 2nd Edition, by Tari Schreider C|CISO, CRISC, ITIL® Foundation, MCRP, SSCP. This chapter will help you to: Understand the relationship between
