Cyber Resilience

Reports on the UK’s ability to protect its technology, data and networks from the threat of cyber crime are frequently in the news. With electronic systems increasingly relying on the Internet to manage everyday things like electricity, air traffic control or food supplies, it’s critical that products…

Global organisations are now more confident than ever that they can predict and resist a sophisticated cyber attack, but at the same time they’re falling short in terms of investments and plans designed to recover from a breach in today’s expanding threat landscape. These are…

According to the 2015 National Security Strategy and Strategic Defence and Security Review, the impact of technology – and in particular cyber threats and wider technological developments – is one of the major security challenges facing the UK. With this in mind, the Joint Committee on the National…

The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) has announced that Tim Janes Hon FBCI will be the new vice chair of the Board of Directors at the organisation, as voted for by fellow members of the Global Membership Council. Janes takes over from James McAlister FBCI who becomes…

There’s a serious talent shortage impacting the cyber security industry. That’s according to a new report just published by Intel Security in partnership with the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). 82% of respondents to the global survey admit to a shortage of cyber security…

A record number of students have graduated from the Department of Security and Resilience at Buckinghamshire New University, receiving their awards from the vice chancellor Professor Rebecca Bunting. Students have graduated at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in Protective Security Management, Crowd Safety Management, Security Consultancy and…

The global cyber insurance market could grow to a value of $5 billion in annual premiums by 2018 and at least $7.5 billion by the end of the decade. That’s the considered viewpoint espoused in ‘Insurance 2020 and Beyond: Reaping the Dividends of Cyber Resilience’, a…

The World Economic Forum has developed a new method by which organisations might calculate the potential impact of cyber threats. The framework, designated Cyber Value-at-Risk, sees the light of day at a juncture when cyber attacks are increasing in velocity and intensity and no less than 90% of companies worldwide recognise that they’re insufficiently…