BUSINESS CONTINUITY Articles
BC/DR and cloud-services lessons learned from a recent Amazon outage
An Amazon cloud-services outage that occured earlier this month shines the light on some weaknesses with the company's disaster recovery plans. Gregory Machler opines on what companies should consider to protect themselves
Cloud services as part of a BC/DR plan after a terror attack
While terrorists usually go for big targets, even small-and-medium sized business need to think about the reprecussions of a terror attack. Gregory Machler outlines how the cloud can keep business running
Smart grid (in)securities
As the power grid becomes more intelligent, it also becomes more dangerous.
Despite years of talk, utilities remain compromised, vulnerable
Experts say power grid remains vulnerable, though progress has been made.
Risk's rewards: Organizational models for ERM
Has the security department found a home in enterprise risk management organizations? That's where three companies are looking to accelerate business benefits.
Global telecom gets a lesson in business continuity
Orange Business Services, a unit of France Telecom that provides communications services for multinational customers around the world, recently found out just how vital business continuity is.
Amazon's cloud failed: How can your cloud be better?
How should industry respond to cloud failure like Amazon's? Gregory Machler looks at the the root cause and examines how weakness can be addressed within the cloud product industry
Making the ROI case for GRC platforms
The ultimate goal of GRC is to support business agility, but be ready to supply your CFO with these additional details
The (sorry) state of software security
Analysis of software security defects shows that while more that half of all applications may initially contain an unacceptable level of security flaws, it doesn't necessarily take long to code them into shape
Case study: Policy-based security and access control
SUNY Old Westbury has more than 3,000 students and hundreds of faculty using a plethora of devices. Their CIO, Marc Seybold, talks about their policy-based approach to securing the network and controlling bandwidth use
