The Brush-Off: When Management Doesn’t Care About BCM
Nothing hurts a company’s business continuity management program like executives who are indifferent to its mission. Unfortunately, this situation is all too common, but there are things BCM staff can do to […]
“Pay Up or Else”: How to Be Ready for a Ransomware Attack
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has siphoned attention away from many other problems, including that of ransomware attacks—but organizations are still being locked out of their systems by hackers and […]
Driving Blind: The Problem with Skipping the Threat and Risk Assessment
Too many companies go straight from conducting a Business Impact Analysis to devising recovery strategies and building plans, skipping the step of conducting a Threat and Risk Assessment (TRA). In today’s post, […]
Every Single Day: Make Risk Management Part of Your Company’s Culture
The recent blockage of the Suez Canal was a rare event that pointed up the need for companies to undertake a certain vital activity every single day: risk management. In today’s post, […]
Like Lambs to the Slaughter: When BIA Beginners Present to Management
Many people who are new at conducting a Business Impact Analysis think the hard part is over once they arrive at their list of business processes arranged in order of criticality. It’s […]