IOSCO has published Market Outages, a report addressing the need for improved preparedness and management to ensure market resilience and investor confidence.
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Ransomware remains an ongoing key threat for organizations and is the largest single cause of IT outages and downtime, with 41% of data compromised during a cyberattack, according to the Veeam 2024 Ransomware Trends Report.
Trade restrictions, geopolitical uncertainty, and AI governance gaps are identified as the biggest risks to growth for global companies, according to a new KPMG report.
There has been a long-running and sometimes heated debate within the business continuity profession about how business continuity and operational resilience fit together. David Honour looks at the debate as it currently stands.
Lloyd’s research and insights platform, Futureset, has published its fourth systemic risk scenario, modelling the hypothetical but plausible impacts of an explosive volcanic eruption on global GDP.
A new survey-based report reveals that 90% of respondents experienced an identity-related incident in the last 12 months and 84% cited direct business impacts.
The opportunities are compelling but, explains Akber Datoo, to mitigate the significant risks associated with AI chatbots, it is vitally important to build the skills and knowledge to use AI legally, ethically, and effectively while maintaining data confidentiality.
Patch management is a basic requirement for cyber resilience but many organizations continue to struggle with this area. Muhammad Yahya Patel delves into why this is the case and what can be done about it.
Veeam Software has released the Veeam 2024 Cloud Protection Trends Report, a research project that explores the use of cloud-powered protection mechanisms for production data.
The BCI has released a new publication, the BCI Operational Resilience Report 2024. Using survey-based research, this looks at how business continuity and resilience professionals view operational resilience.









