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CIOs eye SaaS backup plans post-CrowdStrike

CIO Business Intelligence

As a result, software supply chains and vendor risk management are becoming ever more vital (and frequent) conversations in the C-suite today, as companies seek to reduce their exposure to outages and the business continuity issues of key vendors their businesses depend on. An extra layer of redundancy may become critical.”

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How to create an effective business continuity plan

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A solid business continuity plan is one of those foundational elements. Every business should have the mindset that they will face a disaster, and every business needs a plan to address the different potential scenarios,” says Goh Ser Yoong, head of compliance at Advance.AI What is a business continuity plan?

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Business continuity planning: A proactive approach to threat management

CIO Business Intelligence

Events like this highlight the importance of developing contingency plans based on events in the world that can impact businesses. Business continuity is an essential part of the planning process for CIOs and CTOs. Black swan events can impact businesses in significant ways. earthquakes) Directed threats (e.g.,

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Los CIO estudian las políticas de ‘backup’ de SaaS tras CrowdStrike

CIO Business Intelligence

“Experimentamos el impacto de que uno de nuestros proveedores de SaaS, OpCon, no tuviera un plan sólido de recuperación ante desastres durante la interrupción de MS Azure Central Region”, afirma Gary Jeter, director de Tecnología de TruStone Financial. Esto ocurrió la misma tarde que el incidente de CrowdStrike”. “Las

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CrowdStrike incident has CIOs rethinking their cloud strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

Shashank Jain, CIO at the financial services firm, Shree Financials, suggested a strategic shift. Industry experts recommend several strategies for future preparedness, including phased rollouts, comprehensive testing, and robust backup systems. Few organizations have already started taking the leap of faith. “In

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Report: SMEs Are Prime Targets and Must Plan for Disaster Recovery

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Here's an alarming stat from Accenture: more than one-third of cyberattacks are aimed at small businesses, but only 14% of them are prepared to defend themselves. The pandemic, geopolitical factors, and the new hybrid/work-from-home landscape put midsize companies at 500% more risk of being targeted in 2021.

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What to do when your IT provider vanishes

CIO Business Intelligence

“If, for example, there’s an immediate or gradual interruption of essential services provided by the client company, there’ll surely also be effects on daily operations or business continuity that may result in chain breaches of contract,” he says. Another possibility is that the company that disappears is a reseller.