TOP STORIES risk managementA Challenging Climate: 2020 is a Defining Year for Climate Change and BCMJames Green | February 12, 2020Never has the call for climate change action been louder. As millions walked out to protest rising carbon emissions, governments held international crisis talks and forests around the world burned, organizations have begun to feel the effects of shifting customer priorities along with an at-risk supply chain. In 2020 business continuity professionals have an opportunity… crisis managementIntegrating OSINT into the Emergency Management CycleDaniil Davydoff | February 12, 2020When people outside of the intelligence community imagine intelligence, their mind wanders to electronic surveillance devices, dead drops, and cryptic conversations involving mysterious men and women. As the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation puts it, “simply defined, intelligence is information relevant to decision-making.” Put this way, it is easy to see how reliant we are… disaster recoveryBackup Software’s New Countermeasures to Detect, Protect, and Recover from RansomwareJerome Wendt | February 12, 2020Scarcely a month goes by without some organization publicly reporting its need to recover from a ransomware attack. This continuing escalation in ransomware attacks against organizations should prompt all of them to take steps to defend themselves. Many respond by deploying cybersecurity software as their first line of defense and backup software to help them… business continuityThinking About Cyber … What’s Different When Compared to ‘Normal’ Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery?Brian Zawada | February 12, 2020I don’t think it’s necessary to convince anyone the threat of a cyberattack is real. As most experts warn, it’s not if, but when an organization will be successfully attacked. As such, considerable work has taken place to help shore up gaps in security, but the threat continues to evolve. As business continuity professionals, it’s… LATEST FROM THE JOURNAL business continuityAsk the Executive: An Interview with Melanie Lucht of Carnegie Mellon UniversityTracey Forbes Rice | February 12, 2020Melanie Lucht, MBCP, MBCI, CIC, CCM is the associate vice president and chief risk officer at Carnegie Mellon University. She launched the university’s first sustainable business continuity program as a senior manager six years ago. She currently leads its environmental health and safety, risk operations, and DR/BC efforts. Over the past 22 years, Lucht has…disaster recoveryThe State of Disaster Recovery Preparedness 2020Naveen Chhabra | February 12, 2020Forrester Research and Disaster Recovery Journal have partnered to field a number of market studies in business continuity (BC) and disaster recovery (DR) in order to gather data for company comparison and benchmarking, guide research and publication of best practices and recommendations for the industry. This study, which focuses on DR preparedness, was first fielded…business continuityThe Evolution of Vendor ManagementVicky McKim | February 12, 2020Thirty years ago, as a new business continuity coordinator, I discovered that preventing bad things from happening was not always possible. Not only was it not possible from a financial perspective, it wasn’t possible because there were vendors upon whom I depended. This was in an era where vendor management simply did not exist. Most…risk managementInformation Security and Cyber Governance, Risk, and ComplianceDr. Michael C. Redmond & Vibhav Agarwal | February 12, 2020As organizations today pay millions of dollars in fines and penalties and face resignations of key executives, most of these episodes lead them to say, “We did not know.” “We did not know fully about the risks involved in storing the personal data without proper safeguards” or “We did not know we had unpatched vulnerabilities…crisis managementEmbracing Technology: How Artificial Intelligence Helps Crisis Management Teams Make Better DecisionsIsabelle Primeau | February 12, 2020In my 20 years in the business continuity industry, I’ve always had a thing for technology and how it could permeate our practice for great outcomes. I have had my team develop a business continuity management software to automate BCM programs. Yet, I have always valued the human aspect of BCM. One of my favorite…disaster recoveryCloud Security Will Be Top Disaster Concern in 2020Cory Cowgill | February 12, 2020Data Privacy Compliance, Business Continuity Management Also Will Top Agendas Since its introduction in the early years of this century, cloud computing has grown into an estimated $411 billion market, producing huge IT and business benefits for its users. Today, most businesses use the cloud to some degree. But as with so many of the…business continuityFocus Your Time and Efforts in the Right AreasMichael Herrera | February 12, 2020There are many different components to your BCM program, including your business impact analysis (BIA), recovery plans, exercises, training, and metrics. Some components are from critical business units that require recovery right away while others can be deferred for an extended period. In light of the great depth and breadth of the BCM landscape, the…risk managementHow Startups Can Benefit From Environment MonitoringRichard Grundy | February 12, 2020A startup typically comes to market with unique and innovative concepts that creatively solve a problem for consumers. The first major step in building a startup is investing time, energy and money in your business plan. Even with clever ideas, startups can’t take off without an abundance of resources to get the ball rolling. 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