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The Long Tail of Cyber Incidents – A Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) Case Study

Plan B Consulting

Many of these rely on historical data, and as system backups were encrypted, the data will be lost forever. The report, issued on 23rd October 2024, included ten recommendations from the Cyber Attack Response report to strengthen data security and the councils response to cyber incidents.

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Safeguarding Your Computer Systems: How to Build an IT Disaster Recovery Team

MHA Consulting

The BC professional on the team ensures that IT recovery plans align with business needs. Business needs are determined by a Business Impact Analysis (BIA) completed before disaster recovery planning begins. The coordinator also helps resolve problems encountered and removes roadblocks that might slow the process down.

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The Business Case for BC/DR

everbridge

The vendor selected to serve as a backup might be better able to handle a new financial environment than the one to which you’ve given most of your purchase orders for widget components for the past decade. Historically, companies relied on Information Security to recover from a Cyber-attack.