Rebecca Mathews

2 months ago | thebci.org | Rebecca Mathews

07 Feb 2025 Rebecca Article Policy and programme management In January 2025 the UK government published a world first AI cyber security standard[1] aimed at protecting the digital economy from cyber security risks to artificial intelligence (AI) systems. This voluntary code of practice and implementation guide follows global stakeholder feedback, including the National Cyber Security Centre, and forms the basis of a new global standard for secure AI through the European Telecommunications...

Jan 22, 2025 | thebci.org | Rebecca Mathews

22 Jan 2025 Rebecca Article Embracing Business Continuity The business continuity environment The organisational environment The UK Government has published 2025’s National Risk Register (NRR)[1] a public facing version of the internal and classified National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA). It compiles the impacts and likelihood of wide-ranging malicious and non-malicious threats, such as natural hazards and terrorism, on the UK’s lives, health, society, critical infrastructure, economy, and...

Jan 16, 2025 | thebci.org | Rebecca Mathews

17 Jan 2025 Rebecca Article The organisational environment Policy and programme management The EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) comes into force today (January 17). This regulation aims to address threats to financial entities’ ICT infrastructures and enhance their resilience to disruption. The European Supervisory Authorities (ESA) released an update in December 2024[1] stating that the deadline was final, with no transitional period, and that financial entities must be fully...

Jan 16, 2025 | thebci.org | Rebecca Mathews

16 Jan 2025 Rebecca Article Embracing Business Continuity Implementation Policy and programme management Since January 7 wildfires have raged across Los Angeles in the USA, destroying property, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power, and claiming the lives of at least 34 people. These destructive fires are reportedly caused by wetter-than-average conditions that initially spurred vegetation growth, which has since dried out and become highly flammable due to drought. Currently, a...

Jan 10, 2025 | thebci.org | Rebecca Mathews

10 Jan 2025 Rebecca Article The business continuity environment The organisational environment January marked the mandatory start of five days a week on-site for a reported 350,000 of Amazon’s corporate employees following the company’s announcement in September 2024. In an update, Amazon’s CEO Andy Jassy suggested that returning to pre COVID-19 pandemic work patterns would strengthen their culture and create benefits. He said: “Collaborating, brainstorming, and inventing are simpler and more...