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The Changing Risk and Liability Landscape for IT Security and Data Risks

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Cyberrisks are fast-evolving, posing an ever-changing threat to businesses. According to the annual Allianz Risk Barometer, which surveys more than 1,900 risk experts, cyberrisks have gone from 15th five years ago to now ranking as the second most important peril globally. But some of these risks remain underestimated, and negligence scenarios are increasing.

Read more at The Changing Risk and Liability Landscape for IT Security and Data Risks by Emy Donavan for Risk Management Magazine at //www.rmmagazine.com/2019/01/28/the-changing-risk-and-liability-landscape-for-it-security-and-data-risks/

Learn how to protect your business from cyberrisk  from Building Effective Cybersecurity Programs: A Security Manager’s Handbook by Tari Schreider.

 

Our Newest Author: Charlie Maclean-Bristol

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We’re pleased to announce Charlie Maclean-Bristol has joined the ranks of soon-to-be-published Rothstein Publishing authors!

Charlie is working on a new book project addressing Short Business Continuity Exercises which could be carried out in under an hour.

While it may not be quite as much fun as “speed dating,” “Speed Exercising” can be a valuable yet low-cost approach to ramp up and validate your business continuity program as well gain buy-in and experience.

The audience for this book includes business continuity practitioners and also those who have BC roles but do this as part of their role. It is also aimed at individuals or groups which have a role in improving their organization’s or community’s resilience. The idea is to have a series of simple and fun exercise which those without lots of exercising skills and BC knowledge can run for their peers.

Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS is founder of two successful business continuity companies, PlanB Consulting and Business Continuity Training. He is an experienced consultant in business continuity, crisis management, ISO 22301 and Crisis Incident Management. He was voted by peers European Personality of the Year 2018 in the BCI European Awards.

Charlie is a former Business Continuity Institute board member and one of the very few Fellows of both the Emergency Planning Society and the Business Continuity Institute.

Watch for this exciting new book later in 2019!

 

 

Free Chapter: How Can Enterprise Security Risk Management Help YOUR Security Program?

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How Can Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) Help Your Security Program?

Find out now with your FREE Chapter!

You will:

  • Explore how security has traditionally been viewed both inside and outside of the security profession.
  • Understand how Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) can change the perception of security in your enterprise to help you better communicate the value of security risk management.
  • See how ESRM is your best methodology to meet the changing global security risk climate.

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Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2019

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Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW) 2019 on May 13th – 17th will focus on the theme “Investing in Resilience” which will be the same theme for this year’s BCI World 2019.

This year’s theme will explore different interpretations of “investing” to generate discussions around how we can best support business continuity professionals and resilience functions. From investing in people and training, to looking ahead and considering how we can invest in the future of resilience, this year’s BCAW activities seek to empower our community through raising awareness of the profession.

We are currently calling for papers for our webinar programme. Our regular BCAW webinar programme features speakers discussing topics such as:

  • The challenges faced by professionals and when trying to get investment in resilience
  • How you can support your BC Manager in getting investment in resilience
  • They many forms investment in resilience can take (e.g. Training, Finance, Resource, etc)
  • Why it is important to invest in resilience
  • What other types of investment might we have to consider in future?

Papers that are not considered for BCAW will be included for BCI World 2019.

Main Activities that you will be able to get involved in during BCAW include:

Video & Competition: Investing in Resilience

We will be asking our community to tell us how they are for investing in resilience. The winners will be put into an animated video with their comments that will be revealed at BCI World 2019.

 

Case studies: 25 Years of BC

A tie-in with the 25th anniversary, these case studies will demonstrate what can be achieved across a career in BC and Resilience, as well as looking at the ways in which BC has changed over the years. These should have an aspirational tone to them. We will start running the Call For Papers in January and have the papers as downloadable content during BCAW.

 

Case Study Competition: Investing in Resilience

A competition asking users to submit case studies demonstrating how they have increased “investment” in resilience functions or future plans to. Case studies will be published on the website across BCAW and the winner will gain a spot at the BCI World 2019 exhibition seminars to discuss their case study further. We will start running the competition in January and have the papers as downloadable content during the course of BCAW.

 

Social Media Competition: Planting the roots of resilience

Nominate a colleague or BC professional who has made great gains in investing in resilience by using #RootsOfResilience and @theBCeye for the chance to both win prizes.

 

To start raising awareness of BCAW, posters and screensavers are now available to download from thebci.org/bcaw2019.

 

FREE CHAPTER: Governance in the Resilient Organization

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Get your free chapter on Governance in the Resilient Organization from the book Principles and Practice of Business Continuity Tools and Techniques, by Jim Burtles.

In the first 15 chapters of Jim Burtles’ book, you learn how and why you might approach the development and delivery of a successful and effective business continuity (BC) program. This process has involved exploring the tools, techniques, and products.

By now, you should be in a position to practice this discipline in a professional manner, and this book has focused on the detail level at which BC is expected to operate and prove to be beneficial. Now, in this chapter, intended for both the experienced BC practitioner and a person entering the profession, you have a chance to look upwards and outwards to see where  BC fits within your organization’s hierarchy and how it might filter upwards and penetrate downwards, as BC is integrated into your corporate culture.

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Webinar: Data Center Outage Trends, Causes and Costs

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Webinar Presentation Title:
Data Center Outages: Trends, Causes and Costs

Presenters:
Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research, Uptime Institute
Chris Brown, Chief Technical Officer, Uptime Institute
Todd Traver, Vice President of IT Optimization & Strategy

Summary:
Members of Uptime Institute’s executive team discuss the newest findings about data center outages, including trends in causes and types, along with strategies for reducing the number and impact of outages.

Andy Lawrence, Executive Director of Research; Chris Brown, CTO; Todd Traver, VP IT Optimization & Strategy.

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Webinar: Data Center Outage Trends, Causes and Costs

Examining the Emerging Economic Risks for 2019

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For businesses trading globally, understanding emerging economic risks is vital for setting smart strategy. Although the global economy performed well in 2018, experiencing mild growth of 3.1%, 2019 is predicted to be a little rockier, with growth reaching just 2.8%. Many factors contribute to this outlook, but the main culprit for a less rosy year ahead is rising uncertainty surrounding major developments such as the U.S.-China trade war, the faltering Brexit deal and U.S. policy unpredictability.

See Examining the Emerging Economic Risks for 2019, by Dana Bodnar for Risk Management Magazine.

Is Your Cause Investigation Program Successful?

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When the challenge is to get to the heart of a problem, you need a simple and efficient cause investigation methodology. And what would make a real difference would be an interactive map to lead you to the answer every time. Chester Rowe’s Simplifying Cause Analysis: A Structured Approach combines an instruction book with a downloadable Interactive Cause Analysis Tool – for the results you have been looking for.

The book is intended for professionals like you. You have some familiarity with cause analysis projects, but you’re looking for a simple and efficient cause investigation methodology – a more effective and insightful way of asking “why?”

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Adaptive Business Continuity: A NEW Approach

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Have you begun to question traditional best practices in business continuity (BC)? Do you seem to be concentrating on documentation rather than preparedness? Compliance rather than recoverability? Do your efforts provide true business value? If you have these concerns, David Lindstedt and Mark Armour offer a solution in Adaptive Business Continuity: A New Approach. This ground-breaking book provides a streamlined, realistic methodology to change BC dramatically.

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The Pathology of Leadership Error in Crisis

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Self-Inflicted Leadership Crisis Response Failure Behaviors

1. Surprise: Stems from the U.S. management culture developed over the last 40 years which stresses the invincibility of managers and leaders based on extensive monitoring and data collection to the exclusion of many traditional (historic?) management beliefs, actions, concerns and functions. Today’s prevailing attitude is that smart managers are unlikely to suffer a crisis.

The unintended consequence of this delusion is that much necessary readiness activity never takes place.

Part of the surprise crisis always brings is related to the almost immediate realization by these smart leaders that readiness has suffered in an environment of management omnipotence and over optimism about inherent response capabilities.

The lesson: The smarter they are the harder and faster they fall.

The outcome is: The refusal to believe that things are serious, i.e. not wanting to look too concerned in the eyes and gossip of peers.

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