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Rhinos and Risk Assessments: Adjusting risk Assessment Methodologies to Account for ‘Unforeseeable’ Events
By Dr. Jo Robertson
It is wrong to describe the COVID-19 pandemic as a "black swan" (i.e. a catastrophic event that no one saw coming). Far more apt would be to call it a ‘grey rhino’…
Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessments Need to Include Questions About Future Use
by Ernie Hayden MIPM CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP
In the October 28, 2021, New York Times (paywall), the author, Ivan Penn, raised a major issue with the aging electric grid that struck me as a concern when doing critical infrastructure and key equipment (CIKR) risk…
Seaports – A Very Constricted Critical Infrastructure
by Ernie Hayden, MIPM CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP
Seaports should not be ignored in your critical infrastructure risk assessment.
The news has been full of stories about the challenges at the world’s seaports. In particular, the Covid-19 pandemic has emphasized the prominent position seaports and their associated logistical support networks play…
Wicked Problems - What Do I Need To Know?
by Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS
Charlie Maclean-Bristol discusses the theory of wicked problems, what it means for business continuity professionals and how we are able to implement this idea into our plans.
This week I wanted to share with you all an academic theory around wicked…
Why Should I Consider Climate Change in my Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment?
by Ernie Hayden MIPM CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP
I have been performing critical infrastructure risk assessments since the mid-1980s. Over time, these assessments and the assessment process have become even more sophisticated and comprehensive. However, I have observed an interesting omission in these risk…
Critical Infrastructure at Risk from Operational Technologies and IOT Vulnerabilities
by Ernie Hayden CISSP GICSP(Gold) PSP
In a recent article, Skybox Technology raised concerns resulting in the above headline. Even in a Kaspersky news release, Internet of Things (IoT) cyberattacks have more than doubled during the first half of 2021. Kaspersky also noted that from…
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS, discusses the devastating events unfolding in Afghanistan 2021 and what we need to learn from this as business continuity professionals
I have been watching the events unfold in Afghanistan over the last couple of weeks with the Taliban taking over the country, the air evacuation taking place and yesterday, the two…
ASIS International, the world’s largest association for security management professionals, today announced that Critical Infrastructure Risk Assessment: The Definitive Threat Identification and Threat Reduction Handbook by Ernie Hayden, PSP (Rothstein Publishing) was selected as its 2021 ASIS Security Industry Book of the Year.
Hypercomplexity: Which Incidents Should We Be Preparing For?
Charlie Maclean-Bristol, FBCI, FEPS discusses the idea of a hypercomplex world and preparing for different scenarios in it.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a bulletin on scenario planning and how under the new requirement of Operational Resilience for FCA and PRA, regulated organisations now have a…