In a survey in which infectious diseases experts were asked to rank pathogens in order of their pandemic potential, influenza was considered the pathogen of highest pandemic risk.
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GARP, the Global Association of Risk Professionals, has published the results of its inaugural ‘Global Survey of Nature Risk Management Across Financial Firms’.
The US National Security Agency’s Artificial Intelligence Security Center (NSA AISC) has released ‘Deploying AI Systems Securely’, which provides best practices for deploying and operating externally developed AI systems.
Legacy information communications technology (ICT) presents significant and enduring risks to cyber security says the Australian Government and in response it has issued guidance on managing risks in this area.
In its recently released April 2024 Global Financial Stability Report, ‘Cyber Risk: A Growing Concern for Macrofinancial Stability’ the IMF has warned of the growing risk of systemic consequences linked to a cyber attack.
The BCI has released the webinar schedule for this year’s Business Continuity & Resilience Awareness Week, BCAW+R, which runs from 13th to 17th May 2024.
The New Zealand Financial Markets Authority (FMA), Te Mana Tātai Hokohoko, is introducing new business continuity requirements for various market licence holders.
Cyber security researchers at Comparitech have identified a significant reduction in confirmed ransomware attacks in the first quarter of 2024.
Companies with advanced cyber security performance create 372% higher shareholder returns compared to their peers with basic cyber security performance, according to a new report from Diligent and Bitsight.
Backups have been a somewhat boring but vital aspect of business continuity and disaster recovery for decades but recent targeting by cybercriminals to enhance the impacts of ransomware attacks has placed backups in the spotlight – and has highlighted some common problems.









