All Outage articles
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Analysis
How TMT companies can manage cyber, business interruption and infrastructure risks
Cyber incidents, business interruption and critical infrastructure failures rank as the top risks for Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) companies, according to the Allianz Risk Barometer
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Case Studies
Case study: reacting to a ransomware attack
An inside view of how one company deals with ransomware attacks and what risk managers can learn from their approach
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Part two: Building resilience in the fourth industrial revolution
Organisational risk frameworks aspire to help their organisations become intelligently responsive to the highly disruptive forces which emerge out of complex working systems, but what does this mean for risk managers? Risk specialist, Warren Black explains.
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The dark side of digital connectivity
Research throughout the world is pointing to Asia-Pacific as both the source and the victim of cyber-crime. Willis Towers Watson’s regional associate director, cyber, Jessica Wright tells StrategicRISK why a lack of awareness could prove extremely costly for businesses in the region.
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Digital transformation: Future proof your business now
Digital transformation is changing every aspect of the business landscape at an exponential pace, bringing the full force of innovation and disruption to all sectors and markets says Allied World’s senior vice president, Hong Kong country manager & head of general casualty, Asia Pacific, Jotu Shohtoku.
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Financial services and transport businesses beware: you are most vulnerable to cyber attacks
Co-ordinated attack and increasingly sophisticated malware deployments places businesses at greater risk than ever before
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IT outages: damage limitation
A well-tested incident response plan, communications strategy and insurance protection are essential to minimise damage from an IT system outage
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Ten steps to mitigate system outage risk
IT system failure can strike at any time, yet many companies remain blissfully ignorant of the harm that even a short outage can cause to their business
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Delta’s costly IT-outage highlights importance of business continuity plans
The five-hour IT outage cost the US airline approximately $150m
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What will jumpstart the cyber insurance market?
Stroz Friedberg cyber security expert challenges insurers and cyber security providers to meet increasing client demand
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Firms pay out for secret AET cyber threat
Almost 40% of IT decision-makers say they are unable to detect or protect their firms from advanced evasion techniques
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Brokers advise Obama administration on cyber security framework
Leading brokers from Marsh, Willis and Lockton visit White House for talks which could have global impact
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Technology and assigning blame
Dave Fisher explains that in order to reduce and remediate risk, an electronic audit trail is needed to compliment safe computing guidelines
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BT launches ‘voice continuity’
New service safeguards voice networks in emergency situations
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Survey reveals widespread vulnerability to email outages
Also shows that many companies fail to plan for disaster recovery
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Security predictions for 2008
A stream of high profile data losses and increasingly sophisticated financial crime is slowly edging the issue of IT security up the corporate agenda
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Social networking sites cost UK plc £6.5bn
New poll reveals the cost in lost productivity as a result of employees browsing social networking sites
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Top tips to virtual environments
Over the last year the uptake of virtualisation technologies has risen. An undesired consequence of virtualisation is that it increases the risk of unplanned downtime. Nick Turnbull, Marathon Technologies, provides top tips to consider before virtualising
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New solar cycle brings increased risk for electrical systems
The number of solar storms is expected to build gradually reaching maximum by 2011/12, says NOAA
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AIR founder launches risk consulting firm
Applied Insurance Research founder announces the formation of a new independent firm