Zerto
JANUARY 14, 2025
The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) deadline is fast approaching. By January 17, 2025 , financial institutions and ICT service providers in the EU must meet stringent requirements to enhance IT resilience, manage risk, and recover quickly from disruptions. Non-compliance with DORA isnt just about fines; it risks eroding customer trust, damaging your reputation, and jeopardizing business continuity.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 16, 2025
New Report from the Congressional Research Service: Disaster Relief Fund State of Play: In Brief (15 pp)
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DRI Drive
JANUARY 7, 2025
New York, NY Disaster Recovery Institute (DRI) International, the leading nonprofit in business continuity and resilience training, has published its 10th Annual Predictions Report resilience predictions for the profession, by the profession. The report provides an in-depth look ahead to major global issues that resilience professionals may deal with in the coming year. […] The post DRI International Releases 10th Annual Predictions Report, Highlighting Risk and Resilience Trends for 202
NexusTek
JANUARY 10, 2025
The Latest Microsoft Ignite and Im Not Mad About It January 10, 2025 JP Pilkin Vice President, Advanced Solutions Group This years event in Chicago was packed with insights on how Microsoft plans to leverage its massive user base, drive AI adoption, address security challenges, and continue leading innovation in the cloud. Here are my top observations: 1.
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The Complete Guide to Mastering Business Continuity is a step-by-step resource for developing an effective Business Continuity Management (BCM) program and navigating challenges. Whether building from scratch or enhancing a plan, this guide offers practical tools, expert advice, and strategies to ensure resilience. What You’ll Learn: Key elements of BCM and resiliency Steps to build and test your Business Continuity Plan (BCP) Conducting risk assessments and BIAs Integrating cybersecurity into p
BMC
JANUARY 1, 2025
Jargon permeates the software development industry. Best practices. Artifacts. Scope creep. Many of these terms are so common as to be called overused, and it is easy to assume we understand them because they seem so obvious. Still, we sometimes find new depth when we examine them closely. In this post, let us muse on pattern, and its somewhat lesser known counterpart, the anti-pattern.
Continuity Professional Pulse brings together the best content for business continuity professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 6, 2025
What Are Air Gaps and Are They Effective Data Security Strategies? by Pure Storage Blog This is part one in a series about air gaps and resiliency architectures. Read part two: Without A Tiered Backup Architecture, Are You Truly Resilient? Ransomware attackers are ruthless opportunistsbut that doesnt mean we should make their jobs any easier. Take the attack on Colonial Pipelines back offices.
NexusTek
JANUARY 13, 2025
The Future of Cybersecurity in 2025: Navigating Challenges for the Midsize Market January 14, 2025 Paul Barrett VP, Sales Enablement The world of cybersecurity is shifting fast, and midsize businessesmaybe like yoursare feeling the pressure. Cyber threats are evolving, becoming sharper and more focused, and the defenses you relied on last year might not be enough to protect you tomorrow.
BMC
JANUARY 5, 2025
No matter your industry, the time will come when you must submit a Request for Proposalknown simply as an RFP. At some point, your company must purchase a product or service from a third-party vendor. The RFP is a solicitationyou ask vendors whether and how they can solve your problem and support your project. Although RFPs are a prevalent standard in the business world, they still lead to a lot of confusion for many.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 15, 2025
From the Wash. Post: How will Los Angeles rebuild when fire is part of the landscape? “For those who plan to rebuild, a natural question has emerged: What can be done differently to prevent the sort of destruction that has killed at least 24 people, leveled thousands of structures and inflicted untold billions in damage?
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
Join this brand new webinar with Tim Buteyn to learn how you can master the art of remote onboarding! By the end of this session, you'll understand how to: Craft a Tailored Onboarding Checklist 📝 Develop a comprehensive, customized checklist that ensures every new hire has a smooth transition into your company, no matter where they are in the world.
Disaster Zone Podcast
JANUARY 14, 2025
This is a different type of Disaster Zone Podcast. The host, Eric Holdeman becomes the interviewee and Kim Guevara, is the interviewer. Kim has been researching different aspects of what it means to be an emergency manager. In her words, a crisis athlete. This is not about push-ups, but rather what does it take to be successful in becoming prepared for disasters, responding to them and then the disaster recovery.
LogisManager
JANUARY 14, 2025
Business Process Automation: What It Is and How to Use It Last Updated: January 14, 2025 Business process automation (BPA) is critical in a constantly advancing landscape. With increasing regulatory pressures and a need for operational agility, your role as a risk manager becomes more complex and essential. There’s where BPA steps in as a game-changer, automating processes to save time, reduce costs and enhance efficiency across your organization.
Acronis
JANUARY 8, 2025
Acronis has named Gerald Beuchelt as its new CISO. He will play a pivotal role in expanding Acronis' influence in the cybersecurity community. Beuchelt will lead new research, reports and threat intelligence initiatives from the Acronis Threat Research Unit (TRU).
Security Industry Association
JANUARY 6, 2025
Christa Decker of Whitman, Requardt & Associates and Amy Dunton of Ameristar will oversee the subcommittees efforts to support the protection of crowded spaces, critical infrastructure and government facilities. SILVER SPRING, Md. The Security Industry Association (SIA) has named two industry leaders Christa Decker, vice president of the Protective Design Group at Whitman, Requardt & Associates (WRA), and Amy Dunton, business development specialist at Ameristar to serve as co-chairs o
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 14, 2025
See this notice from the Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado: lists of publications, resources, and grant opportunities. This is a great central location for many useful items.
Pure Storage
DECEMBER 30, 2024
Why Paying the Ransom Should Be Your Last Option by Pure Storage Blog Summary While paying the ransom might seem like the quickest path to recovery after a ransomware attack, its not. Restoring from secure backups, using decryption tools, and engaging cybersecurity experts can help you recover without funding cybercriminals. Imagine waking up to find your companys entire digital world locked away behind an ominous message demanding payment.
LogisManager
JANUARY 14, 2025
Risks Associated With Business Task Automation and How to Mitigate Them Last Updated: January 14, 2025 If your business is investing in task automation, you’ll benefit from increased efficiency and reduced manual tasks. While business task automation (BTA) offers companies a new way to manage workflows, it also comes with new risks. Risk managers need to understand their IT processes so they can find and prevent security threats for everyone.
Zerto
JANUARY 8, 2025
In 2024, data protection strategies and solutions pivoted toward cyber security more than ever. With cyberattacks like ransomware directly impacting access to data and applications, the role of data protection in the security framework has become vital. Similarly, data protection became a focus of increased government regulations and changing industry standards.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn
Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.
Reciprocity
JANUARY 8, 2025
While personal New Year’s resolutions often fade by February, your organization’s GRC resolutions can’t afford to falter. The stakes are too high in an environment of evolving regulations, emerging cyber threats, data breaches, and increasing stakeholder expectations. Companies that fail to adapt their GRC programs face not just compliance risks, but potential damage to their reputation, operations, and bottom line.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 12, 2025
TFrom the NY Times: Once the Fires Are Out, California Must Remove Tons of Dangerous Debris Clearing the toxic remnants of burned buildings around Los Angeles will require a complex and expensive mobilization. California has been there before.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 8, 2025
Downtime Will Cost You: Why DRaaS Is No Longer Optional by Pure Storage Blog Summary Unforeseen disruptions like natural disasters, cyberattacks, or hardware failures can pose a significant threat to companies and their financial and reputational health. Investing in disaster recovery as a service (DRaaS) can help businesses stay resilient. In todays digital economy, constant uptime is crucial to maintaining productivity, revenue, and customer trust.
LogisManager
JANUARY 14, 2025
How to Safely Automate Employee Onboarding Last Updated: January 14, 2025 Employees are a core part of any organization. After working hard to find and hire the best of the bunch, you might think you’re all set. But you still need to teach your new employees the ropes. For risk managers, onboarding is more than just welcoming new team members it’s about ensuring everyone understands compliance while preventing business risks.
Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions
We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.
BryghtPath
JANUARY 7, 2025
Organizations must possess robust strategies to navigate turbulent times effectively in an era of unpredictable challenges, ranging from internal disruptions to external crises. Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) are vital tools that enable organizations to maintain critical operations, safeguard assets, and foster resilience. This article delves into how organizations can use and enhance their BCPs during … The post Leveraging Business Continuity Plans in Turbulent Times appeared first on B
National Center for Disaster Prepardness
JANUARY 16, 2025
The massive fire catastrophe in LA will be remembered as one of the most devastating disasters in modern U.S. history. Having worked on the prevention of, response to, and recovery from megadisasters for many years, I have watched how the devastation of such events impacts communities and people, especially people with important vulnerabilities like chronic illnesses, mobility challenges, and other conditions, including people who are economically fragile.
Recovery Diva
JANUARY 11, 2025
From the WashPost: How Watch Duty became the go-to wildfire app to track L.A. wildfires. Plus advice to stay informed and prepared as natural disasters become more common.
Pure Storage
JANUARY 6, 2025
Leveraging Large Language Models for STRIDE Threat ModelingA Scalable and Modular Approach to Secure PoCs and Agile Projects by Pure Storage Blog Summary The security of PoCs and MVPs is often an afterthought, leaving them vulnerable to threats. Threat Model Mentor automates the STRIDE methodology using GPT-based models and makes threat modeling accessible to development teams.
Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion
In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha
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