Information Continuity Compliance

E-Discovery Newsletter of Notable Cases and Events

June 12, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

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In its ongoing effort to provide current and relevant updates regarding developments in the field of e-discovery, our staff would like to recommend a reading of the Sidley Austin LLP firm's current newsletter written by its in-house “E-Discovery Task Force” group. This group from Sidley Austin LLP works to stay abreast of the shifting legal landscape surrounding e-discovery. The most current update addresses the following recent developments and court decisions involving e-discovery issues: 1. A Northern District of Illinois ruling sanctioning a defendant company for failing to … [Read more...]

National Hurricane Preparedness Week 2013 and Disaster Preparedness

May 30, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

Disaster preparedness Getting the importance of disaster preparedness out to members of your family, members of your community and to your fellow workers remains one of the core missions of this website. With this week recognized as “National Hurricane Preparedness Week 2013”, it is important to remind everyone again to take advantage of all the comprehensive information available and to pass that information along to others in order for them to be better prepared in the event that any hurricane related events come their way. Click here to view a checklist provided on the Ready.gov … [Read more...]

ASQ Northern Virginia Section 0511 Meeting Announcement

May 29, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

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The larger the organization the more likely it is that there are written instructions about how things are done within that organization. This makes sure that nothing is left out and that everyone is clear about who needs to do what, when and how. When an organization systematizes how it does things, this is often known as a management system. With that thought in mind, it is not surprising to notice that ISO Management Systems are becoming increasingly popular with risk based standards for Information Security, Service Management and Business Continuity. How do these standards (along … [Read more...]

Cyber Risk Management App Offers Help in Keeping Ahead of the Curve in a Rapidly Changing Cyber Threat Landscape

May 26, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

As one of the risk management options mentioned in an earlier cyber insurance related posting on this website, our staff would like to recommend the CyberEdge Mobile App for the iPad to cyber security risk management team members where you work. AIG “Cyber Risk Report 2013 This CyberEdge Mobile App was developed by the American International Group, Inc. (AIG) in response to a recent AIG survey and report, where it was found that 80% of executives and brokers find it very difficult – if not sometimes nearly impossible – to keep pace with defending against and mitigating risk related to … [Read more...]

Social Media — The New Face of Disaster Response

May 23, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

It is our staff’s assumption that many disaster preparedness, first responder or disaster recovery team members fully recognize the growing role which social media and its social networks play as the primary source of news and information when disasters occur. In a recent InfoGraphic, the University of San Francisco Online Master of Public Administration group organized findings from a variety of surveys which collectively bring home the fact that during disasters, social networks often replace 911 as the go-to source for help and assistance in many communities throughout the U.S. A … [Read more...]

Cyber Security and Its Importance to an Organization

May 15, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

For quite some time, business continuity professionals have been associating Cyber Security as an important Business Continuity Planning (BCP) concern, but, like so many other issues in the world of BCP, without full buy-in from upper management (or the Board of Directors), it will be almost impossible to truly implement effective Cyber Security policies, plans and procedures throughout any organization. With that point in mind, and to assist the process of increasing cyber security awareness in your company’s upper management, our staff recommends reading an article written by Edward B. … [Read more...]

Cyber Risk — How Well Are Board Members Managing?

May 14, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

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Protecting a company’s digital assets continues to be a challenging component of a director’s and/or board member’s total fiduciary duties --- and--- with the growing number of regulations now imposing more specific privacy and cyber security related obligations on companies --- answering the question of whether or not those directors are managing cyber risks responsibly begs the need to find out how well those directors are really doing….. To that point, Carnegie Mellon University’s “CyLab” group recently released the results of a survey it conducted which examined data … [Read more...]

World Risk Day — May 14, 2013

May 10, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

World Risk Day 2013 is an event when and where industry thought leaders and peers can gather together virtually to discuss the major trends, challenges and best practices in risk management. This year that event will take place on May 14, 2013. This year’s event -- which is the second annual World Risk Day --- has been given the theme “Shattering the Project Myth”, and again will introduce a virtual summit participation opportunity based on webinars, interviews and live Q&A sessions with “best-in-class” project managers and risk practitioners from around the … [Read more...]

NIST Offers Free Download of SP 800-53, Rev 4

May 9, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has now made available the Final Release of SP 800-53 Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations – representing the most comprehensive update to the security controls catalog since its inception in 2005. This update was motivated primarily by the expanding occurrences of cyber security threats – looking at the increased sophistication of those cyber-attacks; the growing frequency of such attacks; the professionalism of the attackers, and the persistence of targeting by … [Read more...]

E-Discovery Concerns Must Be Addressed Before Moving Data to the Cloud

April 11, 2013 By Ben Carnevale Leave a Comment

If you begin with the following assumption: “As businesses move more applications and data to cloud services, those businesses inevitably are going to find themselves in litigation with the need to retrieve electronically stored information (ESI) from the cloud to comply with their e-discovery obligations.” ….then it makes a lot of sense to make sure that you do not forget about e-discovery when you are considering moving your company’s data to the cloud environment. In what our staff believes to be one of the better postings on this important risk mitigation topic, they would … [Read more...]

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