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This week saw the long-awaited publication* of the regulatory authorities’ policy changes to drive greater levels of operational resilience into the financial services sector and better mitigate the impact on customers of future events such as the one at TSB, … Continue reading →

According to Rittel & Webber (1973) a ‘wicked problem’ refers to a complex problem for which there is no simple method of solution.  Further Camillus (2008) offers five characteristics of a wicked problem: The problem involves many stakeholders with different … Continue reading →

One of the advantages of moving away from business continuity (BC) and working in the field of information security for a period of time is the perspective it provides when contrasting the relative fortunes of embedding the respective professional practices … Continue reading →

I’ve just had the pleasure of reading through Yossi Sheffi’s latest book entitled The Power of Resilience having pre-ordered it on Amazon.  Aside from the accessible writing style and many case studies which are included within the book, what struck … Continue reading →

While resilience has rightly jumped up management agendas in operational risk domains such as IT and supply chain, thereby building upon the foundations laid by business continuity and disaster recovery practices, there is still a sense that resilience needs to … Continue reading →