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Ransomware takes aim at enterprise resilience

Attackers have evolved their ransomware playbooks into business disruption strategies. CISOs who expand their focus beyond cyber resilience will be best positioned to respond.

By Christopher Keegan

Aug 21, 20266 mins

Business ContinuityMalwareRansomware

Racks, sprawl and the myth of redundancy: Why your failover isn’t as safe as you think

By Olatunde Olasehan

Dec 9, 20258 mins

Business ContinuityCloud SecuritySecurity

Articles

Business continuity and cybersecurity: Two sides of the same coin

If your backups aren’t secure, your business isn’t either. Cybersecurity and continuity must now work hand in hand to keep you running.

By Omowunmi Makinde

Nov 7, 2025 7 mins

CyberattacksData BreachHacking

Disaster recovery and business continuity: How to create an effective plan

A well-structured — and well-rehearsed — business continuity and disaster recovery plan is more urgent than ever. Here’s how to keep your company up and running through interruptions of any kind.

By Neal Weinberg

Oct 2, 2025 9 mins

Business ContinuitySecurity

Meet the unsung silent hero of cyber resilience you've been ignoring

Your security is only as strong as your clocks. When time drifts, attackers slip through and your defenses fall apart.

By Maman Ibrahim

Aug 25, 2025 6 mins

Access ControlBusiness ContinuityZero Trust

India-Pakistan conflict underscores your C-suite’s need to prepare for war

Despite escalating geopolitical conflicts, most companies have not formalized up-to-date plans on how to navigate complex scenarios that could have dire impacts on their operations and business.

By Christopher Burgess

May 8, 2025 7 mins

Business ContinuityIT LeadershipRisk Management

How CISOs can balance business continuity with other responsibilities

With business continuity, CISOs must navigate a complex mix of security, business priorities and operational resilience — often without clear ownership of the process.

By Rosalyn Page

Mar 31, 2025 11 mins

Business ContinuityCSO and CISORisk Management

UAB CIO Gonçal Badenes on ransomware lessons learned

In 2021, the Barcelona university was hit with an attack that knocked systems offline for two weeks, affecting 50,000 users. Here’s how preparation and partnerships served the university well in its response — and its CIO’s top takeaways from the incident.

By Irene Iglesias Álvarez and Esther Macías

Nov 11, 2024 8 mins

Business ContinuityPhishingRansomware

Counting the cost of CrowdStrike: the bug that bit billions

Cyber insurance coverage is set to cover only a fraction of the losses, leaving affected businesses to grapple with substantial uncovered expenses.

By Shweta Sharma

Jul 26, 2024 1 min

Business ContinuityEndpoint Protection

CrowdStrike failure: What you need to know

A flawed update to CrowdStrike Falcon sent Windows servers and PCs across the globe into an endless reboot cycle that IT organizations are still working to remediate.

By CIO staff

Jul 23, 2024 7 mins

Business ContinuityIncident ResponseTechnology Industry

5 critical IT policies every organization should have in place

From acceptable use policies to remote work guidelines, identifying the rules and procedures for all individuals accessing your organization’s IT resources is an IT security fundamental.

By Bob Violino

Jul 22, 2024 7 mins

Business ContinuityDisaster RecoveryIT Strategy

Tabletop exercise scenarios: 10 tips, 6 examples

A tabletop exercise is a discussion-based session to test your team on roles and responses during for emergency scenarios. Here are example scenarios and tips to help tune your team for response success.

By Josh Fruhlinger and Sarah D. Scalet

Jul 4, 2024 16 mins

Business ContinuityPhishingRansomware

ACSC and CISA launch step-by-step business continuity instructions for SMBs

Business Continuity in a Box is a set of instructions to help businesses maintain communications and continuity of critical applications following a cyber incident.

By Samira Sarraf

Nov 13, 2023 3 mins

Business ContinuityCyberattacks