Risk register

One of the first things an organisation should draft as part of their Business continutiy planning or Crisis management plan is the register of risks which their organisation must plan for, mitigate and manage. However how many events which have required the invocation of crisis management were in the risk register. I am currently reading the Black Swan which argues that the events which impact us greatest are those which are unforeseen. A good plan must be flexible enough to enable response even to those Black Swans

Lost latptops

The HSE & Bord Gais have both reported lost laptops with mixed implementations in terms of data encryption. Bord Gais is by far the worse of the two in terms of potential impact. The loss of customer data which is personally identifiable cannot be defended. This demonstrates the risks which organisations are exposed to over and above those regularly trotted out in justifying Business Continuity Planning. How was the crisis managed by the organisations, what could be the long term impact, what can we learn and how many organisations remain exposed ? – Thoughts welcome

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