New international guidance on how to get it right. As pandemics, natural disasters and cybercrime continue to impact our world, what’s certain is that nothing is certain. Being agile and prepared for any kind of disruption, therefore, is an essential business activity. ISO’s flagship standard for risk management, ISO 31000,…
Today, 9 December, is International Anti-Corruption Day, and an opportunity to raise awareness of the ISO standards that help shape a fairer and more just world. Systemic bribery, among other things, lowers economic growth and discourages investment. It goes hand in hand with poverty and social inequality. But, most importantly,…
A profession that used to have a bad reputation in the past is now increasingly becoming one of the most wanted and highest paid jobs in the market. While in the past, hackers were often persecuted and risked jail time when caught, nowadays, big companies are hiring skilled hackers to…
When it comes to the new normal, companies are pushing the boundaries of e-commerce. Without a doubt, today, the e-commerce industry is emerging tremendously all over the world. With more and more people shopping daily from various e-commerce sites, online retail has become a booming yet complex business. To manage…
Digital Technology use has been steadily rising over the last decade, but COVID-19 significantly accelerated this trend. Due to widespread lockdowns, leading to a rise in “work from home” arrangements, companies and individuals were forced to use digital solutions on a never-beforeseen scale. For example, before COVID-19, Zoom, one of…
A new standard for strategic intelligence management just published. We are increasingly living in a knowledge economy where information is what drives business decisions. Constantly changing environments, technologies and legislations are just some of the factors an organization needs to take into account, but compiling and analysing that information is…
We do business in an increasingly complex world of bytes, account numbers, and passwords. Nearly everything in our lives is now stored on a cloud. But our reliance on technology has come at a cost, making us more vulnerable to cyberattacks. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in…
The technological revolution of the last 20 years has seen cybercrime evolve as much as, if not more than, its counterpart, cybersecurity. Some recent forms of cybercrime include: New attack vectors Monetization of breaches by distributing state-of-the-art ransomware Data exfiltration and extorsion Combining zero-day exploits with human-operated attacks is eye-opening…
Since spring 2020, cyberattacks have skyrocketed, and in a way, COVID-19 exposed new cybersecurity threats that organizations were not aware of, and not prepared to deal with. Not expecting to face cybersecurity crises and challenges, the majority of organizations had to improvise and improve their security. With the emergence of…
Introduction Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, organizations around the globe hustled to provide the infrastructure to support the sudden and immediate need of working remotely. There were three main categories of organizations when it came to providing remote workforce the means to continuing business: large enterprises that were…
