Business Continuity stories - Page 2

According to Varonis, it is becoming more complex to secure sensitive data against cyber attacks and accidental exposure.

Critical event response is the type of response needed in situations such as service disruptions, cyber attacks, security breaches, or data centre outages.

Sophisticated double extortion attacks targeting essential industries is causing significant business disruption, a new report has found.

Arcserve states the company's expanded global reach, breadth of product portfolio and combined innovation investments bring immediate differentiation and value to the market.

It’s now clear that unplanned digital transformation undertaken at the outset of lockdowns, no matter how justified, could have consequences that will be felt for the next few years.

In this IT Jam, we speak to Interactive director of data centre and business continuity Brett Wilson, who discusses the emerging trends coming out of the business continuity space.

For organisations that rely on enterprise resource planning software, moving to the cloud has been a critical step towards ensuring business continuity, writes Acclimation managing partner Cameron Sherrard.

"From a long-term sustainable point of view, organisations will need to adopt data minimisation and privacy by design and default."

"Creating a flexible, digitally-enabled, and highly-engaged workforce could prove to be the most crucial element for future business continuity planning."

Thanks to the lack of folders and hierarchy of data, object storage technology allows for faster data retrieval and storage cost savings, writes Hitachi Vantara Solutions consultant Aaron Baguley.

A large proportion of New Zealand businesses need support to ensure the continuity of their operations.

Genetec helps businesses protect the everyday via its IP-based security solutions which go beyond physical and cybersecurity to provide actionable insights that allow people to improve their operations.

"Business continuity does not have a clock, and neither should its support."

The increase in remote working has also created a focus on cyber security for all businesses.

Cornelius Mare, Fortinet ANZ Director, Security Solutions, provides an overview of the importance of web apps for business continuity and what it takes to secure them.

<span class="coloured">Jon McGettigan</span>, Fortinet ANZ Regional Director, explains how to secure hyperscaling networks and why the best solution is a broad, integrated and automated Security Fabric.

Radware is an IT security firm you will no doubt hear more about as it expands in Asia Pacific. Did you know the company operates its own scrubbing centre in Sydney?

VMware says it has taken a ‘Connect, Accelerate, Scale, and Protect’ approach to protecting businesses and supporting enterprises with their business continuity plans.

Bitrix24 hosts an amalgamation of tools – from CRM to project management, website building, contact centres, collaboration, and more – designed to help businesses through their digital transformation journeys.

The service helps simplify data protection and recovery strategies across cloud environments and workloads with a new Rest API interface, and support for Office 365 Teams, according to Quest.

Any comprehensive transition plan must consider the human factors that play a key role in supporting a successful contact centre of remote agents and supervisors.

The company chose to adopt ISO 27001 as their ISMS as it is globally recognised, requires ongoing auditing and review by 3rd party accredited providers.

There are three main areas that IT leaders must focus on when striving to ensure business continuity is maintained during the pandemic.

With businesses becoming increasingly data-driven, and cloud-based technology making data more available, losing a critical system risks financial and reputational impact.