Castellan

MAY 16, 2022

While some companies sustained on-premises teams throughout the coronavirus pandemic—and some more have returned to that recently—many organizations still operate in a fully-remote or hybrid work environment. According to the BCM Compensation Report, only 6% of respondents anticipate that they will be 100% back in office post-pandemic.

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Castellan

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

These are among the many topics dominating news stories, especially since the outbreak of the pandemic two years ago. That’s what we chatted about recently with Jason Barr, Chief Information Security Officer at Ada Support , in episode 9 of Castellan’s podcast, “ Business, Interrupted.”. People freak out, asking what happened?

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eBRP

JANUARY 14, 2025

Traditional BCM is often limited to tactical response plans, perceived simply as insurance policies that rarely spark high-level executive engagement. This means investing in cross-functional collaboration to identify risks, prioritize critical assets, and develop robust response plans that minimize downtime.

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Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2021

As a CEO or CIO of an organization, it’s irresponsible at this point not to have a proven ransomware response plan. The ability to recover should be a focal point of any security plan. As a CEO or CIO of an organization, it’s irresponsible at this point not to have a proven ransomware response plan.

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Castellan

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

While this has well been the case for the last several years, it’s certainly ever-more true in our post-pandemic world. As we reflect on lessons learned from our pandemic and multi-event response protocols, we can find many opportunities to improve business continuity practices to further solidify resilience.

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MHA Consulting

JANUARY 26, 2023

of Homeland Security website has great general information on preparing for disasters. Preparedness Planning for Business. Contains links to toolkits for preparing for different hazards as well as pages on Emergency Response Plans, Crisis Communications Plans, Incident Management, IT/DR, and much more.

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Pure Storage

APRIL 26, 2022

The pandemic has thrown the need for improved public health services into sharp focus. Data program must-have: Methods for assuring data accuracy, compliance and privacy, and a strong security infrastructure. If security events and outages can cause enterprises to come to a grinding halt—what about a city that’s running on data?

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Security Hospitality Marketing Transportation 52

Risk Management Monitor

MARCH 4, 2022

According to experts ranging from independent cybersecurity professionals to officials at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), organizations at greatest risk right now include critical infrastructure , banks and other financial services firms, and of course key service providers in Ukraine or Russia.

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FS-ISAC

JUNE 30, 2022

Security practitioners are racing to meet these standards, which typically require financial firms to notify a government agency within 36 and 72 hours of incident detection. There are several steps financial institutions can take to improve response time and ensure readiness when a crisis strikes. Fix them and exercise again.

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NexusTek

JULY 28, 2021

43% of cyberattacks explicitly target small businesses , and 60% of them go out of business within six months of a successful security breach. 47% of small businesses do not know how to protect their organization from cyberattacks, and 75% do not have IT security personnel to handle cybersecurity measures and procedures.

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Reciprocity

APRIL 4, 2022

Put another way, risk refers to the fact that an organization’s ambitions may not work out as planned or that its objectives might go unmet. Risk can be affected by numerous external factors, including natural disasters, global pandemics, raw material prices, increased levels of competition, or changes to current government regulations.

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Fusion Risk Management

OCTOBER 12, 2023

These events – whether civil or political unrest, trade disputes, economic sanctions, pandemics, or natural disasters – can have far-reaching implications on an organization’s employees, business operations, vendors and supply chain, and customers.

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Solutions Review

MARCH 31, 2023

Jonathan Halstuch, Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of RackTop Systems If you are protecting data with backups, you also need to secure it “Organizations have been using backups as a strategy to recover data and prevent total data loss in the instances of a critical system failure or natural disaster.

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Swan Island Network

APRIL 30, 2020

As the global pandemic caused by COVID-19 (coronavirus) becomes more controllable, we face a unique problem. Follow these steps and you will be more able to craft an effective response plan and execute it quickly. Corporate Security. Corporate Security Predictions and Trends 2021. Disaster Planning.

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Online Computers

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Here are some of the biggest and most important cybersecurity lessons we have learned from 2021: Remote endpoints need to be secured. According to Gartner , the hybrid work model will shift from being a temporary, force majeure response to a regularly seen arrangement across various industries. Manual patches put the system at risk.

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LogisManager

MARCH 19, 2024

According to an INTERPOL report , between January and April 2020, there was a significant increase in malicious cyber activities attributed to the pandemic shift to WFH. In 2024 alone, over 5,360 breaches have compromised more than 30 billion records, signaling a clear and present danger to organizational security.

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Cybersecurity Risk Management Mitigation Vulnerability 59

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Business Continuity Plan vs. Disaster Recovery Plan. Instructions about how to use the plan end-to-end, from activation to de-activation phases.

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Fusion Risk Management

JUNE 13, 2022

Since the start of the global pandemic, we’ve seen global political instability, war, an increase in cyber and ransomware attacks, supply chain disruptions – including shortages of critical commodities like food and baby formula, increasingly frequent and severe climate incidents, inflation, recession and on and on.

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KingsBridge BCP

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

In this edition of the “Shield your Business from CHAOS” podcast, we discuss the No People, No Building, No Systems, No Suppliers response planning method. Whether a small business or a major corporation, this webinar is a must-attend for anybody trying to secure the future of their company.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

Organizations should invite third-party experts, such as law enforcement officers, data security consultants, insurers, and public relations professionals to observe and provide feedback during cyber exercises. Organizations should start small with a limited scope, and progress over time with more comprehensive exercises.

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everbridge

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Natural disasters, pandemics, cybersecurity events, and other crises have wrought devastation on communities worldwide, leading many to question whether the hazard environment is changing for the worse. Crisis preparedness and response planning: Organizations must prioritize comprehensive crisis preparedness and response planning.

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MHA Consulting

MAY 11, 2023

Organizations should invite third-party experts, such as law enforcement officers, data security consultants, insurers, and public relations professionals to observe and provide feedback during cyber exercises. Organizations should start small with a limited scope, and progress over time with more comprehensive exercises.

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Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Consulting BCM 96

Castellan

AUGUST 31, 2022

Cyber resilience was a key point of conversation in episode seven with Jim Kastle , chief information security officer of Kimberly-Clark. He shared his thoughts about how the approach to cyber response has changed over the years. It’s got to be muscle memory, and you’ve got to have the right incident response plan.

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LogisManager

MARCH 19, 2024

According to an INTERPOL report , between January and April 2020, there was a significant increase in malicious cyber activities attributed to the pandemic shift to WFH. In 2024 alone, over 5,360 breaches have compromised more than 30 billion records, signaling a clear and present danger to organizational security.

Cybersecurity 52

Cybersecurity Risk Management Mitigation Vulnerability 52

Reciprocity

OCTOBER 7, 2024

Examples of Third-Party Security Breaches Third-party suppliers, partners, and vendors are prime targets for cybercriminals. It was unclear how many of the nearly 370,000 security and IT professionals who use Passwordstate at 29,000 organizations worldwide had been impacted by the incident.

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Castellan

JUNE 10, 2021

Cyber attackers know organizations of all sizes have made a lot of operational changes because of the coronavirus pandemic, and they’re taking full advantage of them as new cyber attack vectors. Further, when we look at what’s happened during the pandemic, paired with increased cyber attacks, it paints a clear picture of industry evolution.

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Resilience Healthcare Impact Analysis Cybersecurity 52

Fusion Risk Management

MARCH 1, 2022

Risk leaders should be prepared to experience a spike in the number of attempted cyberattacks as unavoidable data security breaches spill over globally and impact your third parties directly. Evaluate your most critical third parties and ensure you have a resilient risk response plan.

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Logistics Manufacturing Transportation Vulnerability 52

Castellan

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Has the coronavirus pandemic altered the way you approach these for business? This is one of the many positive changes for resiliency post-pandemic for many organizations. “I I think COVID showed us that the scope and depth of some of our planning needed to be wider and deeper,” Crask said. “I Resilience. Continuity.

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everbridge

APRIL 27, 2023

Pandemics , epidemics, and disease outbreaks will become more frequent. As the world continues to be interconnected, pandemics and epidemics will affect how, when, and where employees can work as well as customer buying patterns. Global economic recessions will significantly alter business plans or cause failure.

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Castellan

AUGUST 24, 2021

Instead, it draws on seven key areas when defining cyber resilience: national security, critical infrastructure, critical infrastructure security and resilience, Department of Defense (DoD) cybersecurity, network engineering, resilience engineering, and Homeland Security. What Are the Main Components of Cyber Resilience?

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KingsBridge BCP

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In this edition of the “Shield your Business from CHAOS” podcast, we discuss the No People, No Building, No Systems, No Suppliers response planning method. Whether a small business or a major corporation, this webinar is a must-attend for anybody trying to secure the future of their company.

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BCP Continuity Planning Business Continuity Consulting 52

Assurance IT

MAY 25, 2021

Enterprises are used to putting security cameras in their office building to catch the bad guys. A global pandemic is as bad as it can get, when it comes to directly impacting human lives. This is why each enterprise needs resources and proper security protection. . Implement A Recovery Plan.

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Disaster Recovery Transportation Cybersecurity Authorization 52

KingsBridge BCP

MAY 12, 2023

In this edition of the "Shield your Business from CHAOS" podcast, we discuss the No People, No Building, No Systems, No Suppliers response planning method. Whether a small business or a major corporation, this webinar is a must-attend for anybody trying to secure the future of their company. S1E13 - Word is NOT for BCP!

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Plan B Consulting

OCTOBER 23, 2023

This week, Charlie discusses the importance of having updated response plans in case of an emergency and looks at why organisations should keep in contact with staff during an incident. In light of the possibility of attacks in Europe, I think it is advisable to review and update our travel security plans and responses.

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Reciprocity

MARCH 24, 2025

As digital pharmacy platforms continue their explosive growth, they face the unique security challenges of protecting sensitive patient data while navigating complex healthcare regulations. ZenGRC provides comprehensive visibility to streamline security controls, automate compliance, and maintain real-time risk management.

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Security Healthcare Vulnerability Education 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. We are faced with many risks that can disrupt our livelihood and can jeopardize our existence.

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Technological disruptions (loss of data centers, data breaches or other IT security-related incidents).

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Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52