Business Continuity
September 19, 2019 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
As the IT market is replete with contenders, it's important for companies to stand out from the crowd - getting named by Gartner in the Magic Quadrant is a big boost.
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August 15, 2019 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
In the past, you may have heard the terms "business continuity" and "disaster recovery" used in conjunction, or even interchangeably, but what do they really mean? You probably won't be surprised to discover that they have many similar goals when it comes to recovering from an unplanned incident and restoring essential functions, but it is the nuances of their differences that are really crucial to understand.
July 12, 2019 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
Much of the strength behind a BCMP solution lies in the institutional knowledge it inherently establishes. There are many platforms out there that can help you build your BCMP components, but it is essential that you find one that also has the capacity to foster institutional knowledge.
April 17, 2019 by Addison Shaw
Exercising a BCP is rarely as simple as the online guides suggest. A business continuity manager has to jump through a lot of hoops to get that final, show-ready polish on a BCP. They're often chasing buy-in from each corner of the organization and bugging business unit leads and department managers to test BCPs and record the outcomes. What can a business continuity manager do to encourage the heads in their organizations to actively participate and do their part in preparing for disruptions?
April 3, 2019 by Addison Shaw
How much damage can a business system outage cause? As is pretty clear these days, they happen often, and can have serious impact. Take, for example, Visa's payment network outage. On June 1st, 2018, Visa's payment system in Europe went down for nearly ten hours, halting many personal and bank transactions. The massive, complex nature of the system made it difficult to pinpoint the root cause of the outage, adding hours of downtime and many degrees of frustration for the company's customers. After performing their root cause analysis, the company identified a "very rare partial failure" of a switch in one of their data centers as the cause of the outage.
February 28, 2019 by Addison Shaw
If there was one very clear theme to this year's DRI conference in Las Vegas, it was the importance of having a diverse community in the world of business continuity management (BCM). From the sessions to the talking points in the exhibit hall, it's clear that the future of BCM depends on having a strong and diverse community of practitioners and leaders. Here's our top 5 takeaways from DRI 2019.
January 28, 2019 by Addison Shaw
Just after lunch one day, you receive this email: "Can you send me the password for our network? I just can't seem to remember it right now. Thanks." At first, this seems a bit weird to you. No one in your office asks for passwords over email. But you also remember that some of your colleagues from another office are visiting for the next couple of days, so now this seems somewhat plausible.
October 9, 2018 by Veoci Staff Team Contribution
Human error and unintended disclosure cause the majority of data breaches. Educating your employees should be a top priority when it comes to cybersecurity.
July 12, 2018 by Addison Shaw
Responding to a data breach is a high-pressure situation, especially when you consider the EU's newest privacy regulation, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and its requirements.
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