The extreme weather effects of climate change are upending businesses of every sort. Florida, North Carolina, and other places are still reeling from the one-two punch of hurricanes Helene and Milton. Climate change has [...]
Ransomware attacks have skyrocketed. Nearly three-quarters of businesses worldwide have been hit with an attack. And the cost of these attacks is exploding. Consider Change Healthcare, which expects to rack up as much as [...]
By Matt Hinton, Partner, Crisis and Security Consulting, Control Risks The business continuity exercise – also known as simulations, tabletops, semi-lives, or drills – has always been a core component of crisis management and [...]
Cybercrime is one of the biggest threats to business of any size and in any industry. Ransomware/security breaches were cited as a top risk driver by nearly half of risk professionals recently surveyed by [...]
Nationwide Building Society has long prioritized business continuity. With rising operational resilience regulations – and business continuity technology approaching the end of its life – the organization turned to Riskonnect for a full-scale renovation. DOWNLOAD [...]
The fall of the large, historic Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Baltimore skyline left many in a state of shock. How could something like this happen? The loss of life is a sobering reminder [...]
Growing pressure from geopolitical risk is changing the way business operates. Attacks on ships in the Red Sea are forcing vessels to take the much longer, more expensive route around South Africa. The war in [...]
The APRA CPS 230 standard is the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority’s addition to the ever-growing list of global operational risk and resilience-related requirements. Australian banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions – including foreign institutions [...]
Three out of four companies (73%) are updating their business continuity plans to prepare for a crisis. However, just 5%, feel prepared to assess, manage, and recover from a future unknown and unpredictable risk event.These [...]
DOWNLOAD THE CASE STUDY Challenge Bio-Rad had just added emergency-notification capabilities to its business continuity efforts when it was hit by a ransomware attack. The ability to get the word out quickly – in [...]
By Andrea Brody, Chief Marketing Officer, Riskonnect Drummer extraordinaire Mark Shulman has spent decades in show business living the adage, “the show must go on.” Shulman has been the drummer for some of the [...]
Business continuity vs disaster recovery — the two terms are often confused, but they are not interchangeable. One picks up where the other leaves off. Imagine you’re a ship captain. You build a sturdy vessel [...]
