Charlie Maclean Bristol explains why developing a playbook for the main types of cyber attacks will help businesses response effectively when an attack occurs. He also provides a checklist covering… Continue reading What should a cyber incident playbook include?

Oftentimes, responsibility for securing the cloud falls to IT instead of the security organization, researchers report. Businesses are embracing the cloud at a rate that outpaces their ability to secure… Continue reading Security Pros Agree: Cloud Adoption Outpaces Security

Emergency Response? Crisis Management? Business Continuity? Disaster Recovery? How do you know which plan to use during an incident? It’s often confusing which plan to activate, and who is in… Continue reading Which plan do you activate during an incident?

With famous CEOs and big-name proponents of a shorter working week getting their voices heard, Ben Hammersley finds out whether more time out of the office – with the same… Continue reading Could a Three‑day Work Week Really Work?

Over a billion people around the world have some form of disability. Empowerment and inclusiveness of this large section of the population are therefore essential for a sustainable society, and make… Continue reading Making our world accessible with ISO standards

Summary FINRA is conducting a retrospective review of Rule 4370 (Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information), FINRA’s emergency preparedness rule, to assess its effectiveness and efficiency. This Notice outlines… Continue reading FINRA Requests Comment on the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Its Rule on Business Continuity Plans and Emergency Contact Information

To effectively defend against today’s risks and threats, organizations must examine their failings as well as their successes. In life in general — and, of course, in security specifically —… Continue reading Solving Security: Repetition or Redundancy?

(TNS) – This would be a first for California: state government buying insurance to protect itself against overspending its budget. But before you start pelting the politicians and screaming fiscal… Continue reading Should California Insure Against Spending too Much on Fighting Wildfires?

The Watchlist, which contained the identities of government officials, politicians, and people of political interest, is used to identify risk when researching someone. A data leak at Dow Jones exposed… Continue reading Dow Jones Leak Exposes Watchlist Database

(TNS) – One of the winter’s strongest storms brought flooding across Northern California’s wine country Wednesday, with no region hit harder than the town of Guerneville and the Russian River… Continue reading Heavy Flooding Turns Sonoma County, Calif., Towns into Islands