News from Resilience Forward

Databarracks’ Data Health Check, an annual survey of 500 UK IT decision makers, has found that while more organizations than ever have cyber insurance, the number of claims is down; and business continuity is behind the change.

Cities around the globe are experiencing increased flooding due to the compounding effects of stronger storms in a warming climate and urban growth.

73% of companies have adjusted their supply chains in the past two years, adding or removing production locations from their supply chain networks, according to a recent survey by Gartner.

Nominations for the 2025 DRI Awards of Excellence are now open, with a deadline of November 1, 2024.

The recently published Cohesity Global Cyber Resilience Report 2024 has found that despite 98% of organizations having a recovery time objective (RTO) of less than 24 hours, only 2% of organizations can achieve this after a ransomware incident.

In July Resilience Forward reported on the publication of the UK Covid-19 Inquiry’s first module, which explored resilience and preparedness in relation to the recent pandemic. In the following article, Robert Hall looks at the new approach to whole-system civil emergency preparedness and resilience that the report recommends.

The Cloud Security Alliance’s AI Technology and Risk Working Group has released a new guidance document covering the design of authorization practices for the use of large language models (LLMs).

MaintainX has released its first annual State of Industrial Maintenance Report, an analysis of the challenges, trends and opportunities facing industrial maintenance teams.

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a set of encryption algorithms designed to withstand cyberattacks from a quantum computer. 

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has officially declared  that the Mpox outbreak is now a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS).