When your IT systems go down, every second counts — and the costs can be staggering. Research shows that more than half of IT and data centre outages cost over $100,000, and 16% exceed $1 million. In ...

One of the pivotal aspects of cyber preparedness is the active engagement of an organization’s leadership, particularly the board of directors or managers. Board members are entrusted with the ...

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The CrowdStrike update that affected Microsoft systems and took out computers in both governments and businesses alike on July 19 was an incident that IT teams will be learning from for some time to ...

Tabletop exercises are a familiar component within the emergency management preparedness phase. Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Homeland Security Emergency Exercise and Evaluation Program ...

For centuries, military leaders prepared for battle long before the first shot was fired. They gathered around maps and tables, debated scenarios, challenged assumptions and pressure-tested decisions ...

Zeus Kerravala is the founder of and principal analyst at ZK Research. Follow him on Twitter @zkerravala. Partnering with an outside organization on these exercises can offer additional benefits.