Risk Management Archive

Why Business Continuity Management Is Essential For Your Organisation

BCM (business continuity management) describes the process of planning for disruptive incidents. Organisations do this by identifying potential threats and analysing their impact on day-to-day operations. Effective BCM ensures that organisations can provide an acceptable service in the event of a disaster, …

Could your organisation report a breach within the required 72 hours?

With data breaches on the rise and affecting Irish organisations of all sizes, it may be time you took the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) seriously and began to implement a compliance plan.  Could your organisation report a breach to the DPC (Data Protection Commissioner) within the required 72 hours? 

Facebook facing investigation and fine of up to $1.6 billion over data breach

On Tuesday, 25 September, Facebook discovered a major data breach that gave criminal hackers the ability to take over user accounts.   50 million Facebook users worldwide may be impacted by the breach, including about 5 million European accounts.  The Irish DPC (Data …