Business continuity planning
Business continuity is the ability of an organization to maintain essential functions during, as well as after, a disaster has occurred. See complete definition.
Hackers are stepping up their efforts, why aren't you?
We discuss why disaster recovery has never been more important. With digital transformation making most modern enterprises entirely dependent on their IT systems to function, cyber attackers have stepped up their capabilities to go after sensitive data wherever it is found.
News : Business continuity planning
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January 29, 2019
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Jan'19
Global cyber attack could cost up to $193bn, study shows
A coordinated global cyber attack could have an economic impact of up to $193bn, an insurance industry-backed report claims
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January 29, 2019
29
Jan'19
UK police target hundreds of DDoS attackers
National Crime Agency is investigating hundreds of suspected users of a distributed denial of service-for-hire site that was taken down by an international law enforcement operation
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January 25, 2019
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Jan'19
Budding UK cyber strategists gear up for national competition
Teams of UK university students are preparing to compete for the second time in analysing the threat of a simulated cyber attack to develop policies and strategies
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
O2 outage highlights importance of software certificate audits
A major outage on the O2 4G mobile network was caused by an expired certificate and could easily have been avoided, it has emerged
In Depth : Business continuity planning
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Disaster recovery as a service: what you need to know
Technological advances make disaster recovery as a service possible, but Computer Weekly investigates whether it is practical option for all businesses Continue Reading
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Matching disaster recovery to cyber threats
While it is important to take steps to prevent cyber attacks, they can still happen. That is why disaster recovery practices are equally critical Continue Reading
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Cyber resilience key to securing industrial control systems
Operators of industrial control systems can build greater cyber resilience by getting IT and operational technology teams to work more closely together and improving the visibility of their infrastructure, among other security measures Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Business continuity planning
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How Brexit-friendly are your SaaS contracts?
If you think Brexit will be advantageous for the UK economy and the British people, this post is not for you. If your assessment of the available information, like mine, is that our economy will ... Continue Reading
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Public scrutiny of IT failures is fundamental to IT success
MPs on the Treasury select committee have been doing everyone in IT a favour lately. Thanks to pressure from their investigations, we’ve had near-unprecedented access to the real stories of what ... Continue Reading
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The importance of Operational Intelligence in emergency situations
Organisations need to plan for effective operational intelligence. This may involve the sharing of datasets between different organisations as well as identifying and sourcing external datasets. An ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Business continuity planning
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Security Think Tank: Pay attention to attribute-based system access permissions
At the close of 2018, we asked CW Security Think Tank contributors to name one thing predicted for 2018 that did not happen, one thing that was not predicted and did happen and one thing that should happen in 2019, but probably will not Continue Reading
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GCHQ offers help to embryonic Irish cyber security organisation
Ciaran Martin head of the UK's National Cyber Security Centre, part of GCHQ, builds bridges with the Republic of Ireland's intelligence community during an official visit to Dublin Continue Reading
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Security Think Tank: Five tips for killing the campers on your network
Why is reducing cyber attacker dwell time important and how should this be tackled? Continue Reading
Videos : Business continuity planning
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CW500: Amarpal Singh Attwal on dealing with disaster
Problems like data breaches or even website glitches can spread quickly on social media and cause huge reputational damage
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CW500: James Lodge, Nationwide Building Society on dealing with disaster
Problems like data breaches or even minor glitches can spread quickly on social media and cause huge reputational damage
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CW500: Kirk Langley, Brewin Dolphin on dealing with disaster
Problems like data breaches or even minor glitches can spread quickly on social media and cause huge reputational damage