Disruptions and threats to businesses are becoming increasingly prevalent, making business continuity planning an essential aspect of any organisation's strategy. Organisations must be prepared for the unexpected, from cyber-attacks and natural disa ...
The Future Of Backup Is In The Cloud
The future of backing-up data is in the Cloud. There are already many reasons why more organisations are looking to move their workloads by storing them offsite, and we can expect to see further advancements in cloud-based backup solutions that will ...
In 2023 Cloud Backup is more important than ever!
In 2023, cloud-based backups have become an essential part of data storage and recovery strategies for businesses of all sizes and industries. As the world continues to rely more and more on digital technology then the amount of data we produce, and ...
The Importance of Operational Resilience
So, just how important is operational resilience? A recent report produced by Allianz, set out their Risk Barometer for the highly regulated, finance sector. From their research they have ranked the biggest risks as: When we speak to our c ...
Cryptocurrency isn’t the Answer – Backup is!
Cryptocurrency is a word that has become more commonplace in conversation, especially over the last few years as the crypto market has expanded and hit the mainstream news. It all began back in 2009 with Bitcoin, and now there is estimated to be ove ...
The Importance of Air-Gapping for Ransomware Recovery
Ransomware differs from traditional threats to information security in that the attacker’s goal is not to steal the data, but rather to prevent the victim from accessing his or her own data. In most cases, the data affected by ransomware never actua ...
BCP – Stage 5 – Oversight & Assurance
This is the final stage of the Business Continuity Planning documents, by now you should have: 1. Understood your organisation’s priorities2. Captured the Current Capabilities & Core Resources3. Developed the Response & Recovery Plans4. B ...
BCP – Stage 4 – Building the Business Continuity Organisation
The initial three articles of this series focused on the process of Developing Business Continuity plans. Now, we move the discussion on to how these are deployed and maintained to ensure they stay relevant to the needs of the organisation. Many ...
BCP – Stage 3 – Develop Response & Recovery Plans
In this, the third of five articles giving a detailed view into each step of the "5 Key Stages to Business Continuity Planning" we are now focusing on the Response and Recovery Plans of a BCP. These relate to the priority functions, and the specific ...
BCP – Stage 2 – Understand Current Capabilities & Core Resources
During the first step of Business Continuity Plan development, we established the organisations priorities and thresholds for disruption – based on considerations such as customer goodwill, revenue and contractual commitments. This next stage of dev ...