Executives know they face risks, but they often don’t know which risks are real, or what that exposure means to their business. The aim of security risk management is to remove the guesswork and help the business make smarter decisions. As Jay Jacobs, vice president of the Society of Information Risk Analysts (SIRA), says, “Security… Continue reading 7 common risk management mistakes

ExaGrid Systems announced the results of a survey of 1,200 IT managers which shows widespread dissatisfaction with the capabilities of many existing backup systems to keep up with requirements for faster backups with permanently short backup windows as data grows, disaster recovery, virtual server backup and recovery, and backup system costs. To read the article,… Continue reading Dissatisfaction with the current state of backup

In the July/August issue of Emergency Management, Jim McKay’s article Who’s Prepared? Not Many highlighted some of the many reasons that members of the community at large, and even the emergency management community, have not created preparedness kits. No doubt, the following are excuses we’ve all heard before: To read the article, please click here:… Continue reading Tips for Building a Budget-Friendly Preparedness Kit

Disaster recovery and the cloud should be a match made in heaven. Take a function that enterprises love to hate and address it with an outsourced, efficient cloud service that makes it easier and less expensive to reach recoverable nirvana, and presto – instant success. Well, not so fast. To read the article, please click… Continue reading Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Vendors Jump in; Enterprises Wade

Hit by Hurricane Isaac a few weeks ago, many business owners have reopened their doors and are getting back to business as normal. But with so many people still cleaning up their homes and neighborhoods, some employers are struggling with the question: How can I help my employees get back to work? To read the… Continue reading Disaster Recovery: 5 Ways You Can Help Employees Return to Work

The popular yellow cover Dummies Guides from Wiley adds a new title to the series today focusing on  Business Continuity. The Dummies Guide to Business Continuity has been published with support from the Cabinet Office especially to help support the 4.5 million small and medium sized enterprises in the UK  understand, quickly apply and gain… Continue reading Business Continuity for Dummies launched by Cabinet Office and Wiley publishing

Thanks in part to  a drastic increase in prescription narcotic abuse among the public, drug use on the job has also increased — and with alarming effects for employers. The following infographic, courtesy of Compliance and Safety, illustrates the magnitude of the problem. To read the article, please click here: http://www.riskmanagementmonitor.com/infographic-drug-abuse-in-the-workplace/

Whoever first said that ignorance is no excuse when it comes to the law obviously never met the U.S. Code or the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, which together comprise hundreds of thousands of pages of text. For companies in the U.S., this maze of rules governing the most mundane activities is nightmarish enough, but… Continue reading Dealing With International Data Center Sites and Compliance

Several years ago, the National Security Agency wasted millions on a circuit-switched approach to mobile security strategy. With help from the Department of Defense, the NSA is doing things differently now. Enterprise CIOs can learn a few things from the effort, too. To read the article, please click here: http://www.cio.com/article/716912/5_Mobile_Security_Lessons_From_the_Department_of_Defense