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E-Discovery Predicted to be Business-Critical Operation in 2013

April 3, 2013 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

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The topic of e-discovery continues to become an important area of enterprise risk management focus and is an area which our staff continues to monitor. It is with that thought in mind, that brought our staff to recommend a recent posting by Aiith Samuel. Samuel's posting addresses trends and predictions for 2013 in which Samuel summarizes, “…e-discovery practices in 2013 will now involve other critical functions, including information governance, records management, social media and cyber-security, just to name a few.” Of the many postings reviewed regarding e-Discovery trends or … [Read more...]

Cyber Insurance, Data Privacy and Information Security 2013 Trends Report

March 2, 2013 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

An exclusive 2013 report funded and released by the Cyber Data Risk Managers group offers the opinions of top industry regarding experts on what they think, feel and should happen in 2013 as it pertains to Data Privacy, Information Security and Cyber Insurance, as well as, what steps can be taken to mitigate risk(s) surrounding these cyber security related potential threats. A short summary of some of those observations and trends reported are: Inadequate security measures on government and private sector networks, critical infrastructure and telecommunications represent perhaps the … [Read more...]

Cyber Security Risk: Can Cyber Insurance Cover Your Bets?

November 14, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

By: Ben J. Carnevale, Editor One of the more common areas of interest suggested by many of the readers of this website involves the concern of cyber security related risks and the availability (or lack thereof) of cyber insurance options to address this rising risk mitigation topic. Without thinking too long about this major risk management topic, it can certainly be said that data breaches have increased dramatically within the past few years, giving way to new trends within almost every industry sector of business in the U.S. In addition -- and along with their unpredictable nature … [Read more...]

Disaster Preparedness Myths Still Prevail

September 7, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

In a recent article, written by Paul Purcell, and entitled “Disaster Dozen: 12 Myths of Disaster Preparedness”, and, supporting this month as the National Preparedness Month 2012, our staff would like to recommend our readers look at these disaster preparedness myths and review where those myths are still present in your family, the community where you live and the organization where you work. By addressing these obstacles you will be improving the awareness and preparedness levels of individuals, families, communities and employees – but, even more importantly, you will help dispel … [Read more...]

National Preparedness Month 2012

September 4, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

The Labor Day holiday is now over, and, as students all around the United States have now started their new school year, in this month of September 2012, all citizens are called to remember that throughout our country’s history, disaster events –both natural and caused by decisions made by man – have challenged the preparedness capabilities and the very fabric of our country in the past, and, certainly can do so again in the future. To this point, and as we begin this year’s National Preparedness Month (“NPM 2012”), our staff would like to remind our readers that President … [Read more...]

Business Continuity

A Guide to Business Continuity Management, Planning, and Disaster Recovery Citing Sample Template, Software and Solution For Business Continuity Plans Business Continuity Is More Than Just Picking Up The Pieces The spate of devastating earthquakes in several parts of the world, the increasing incidence of flooding in the Midwest and in many corners of the globe, and the unusual weather conditions and phenomena that threaten lives, infrastructure, properties, resources, and businesses remind business owners and managers of the importance of having a certain strategy to ensure that the … [Read more...]

Business Continuity Benefits List Created by Results of a Recent Survey

April 5, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

Business continuity planning teams must always be ready to offer upper management a list of the benefits to the company gained from by having a current, tested and continually improving business continuity/disaster recovery plan. As a result, our staff receives inquiries for assistance in organizing a list of benefits received from having a BC plan, and expressed in language meaningful to upper management. To fulfill that request our staff offers the results of a recent survey conducted by Continuity Central in the U.K. and recommends that this summary report of findings be added to the … [Read more...]

Risk Management and Crisis Response Traits

February 7, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

In a recent article written by Kevin M. Quinley, entitled “Avoid These Seven Traits that Will Sink Your Risk Management Program!”, the topic of organizational crisis management in the context of product liability is addressed from an interesting adaption of consultant Jim Lukaszewski’s presentation identifying seven behaviors that spell trouble when it comes to how an organization will act when faced with an unexpected crisis or disruptive event. Quinley’s article should focus our readers’ attention on several perceived typical reactions by organizations when faced with a … [Read more...]

Business Continuity and Emergency Management Plan Testing — Need Help Pitching the Need?

January 28, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

Many of the readers of this website belong to emergency management and business continuity planning teams. And, hopefully, those disaster preparedness focused teams are testing their emergency, continuity and disaster recovery plans regularly. But if not, or if those risk management centered groups are looking for some useful information to assist the testing of those BC/DR plans, then, an article written by Jim Satterfield is a valuable resource to turn to when you need content and reasons to convince your fellow BC/DR team members – or even upper management -- that funding and support … [Read more...]

Data Security and Privacy Issues Predicted in 2012 — NO SURPRISES

January 2, 2012 By Continuity_Compliance Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of thinkstock.comAs many of our readers, who are risk management team members in their organizations, work on their 2012 disaster preparedness plans and risk mitigation strategies relevant to their organizations, information security and privacy will remain high on their lists of considerations. Recently, an article, written by Richard L. Santalesa, attempted to address these concerns by providing a list of several events predicted to occur in 2012 that will occur across the privacy and data security landscape.... A quick summary of just some of those predicted … [Read more...]