Business Continuity Trends for 2014

None of us knows what's in store for 2014, but plenty of experts have identified trends that will affect business continuity and disaster recovery this year. If you're contemplating updating or changing your plans, this week's articles may provide insight into how to be better prepared.

The article describes six emerging technology trends that will need consideration during 2014. (Item #1) What changes do organizations see in the way they handle business continuity in 2014? (Item #2) For 2014, Control Risks has identified a number of factors that will cause concern for companies, no matter which continent they do business in. (Item #3)

Booz Allen has compiled areas of focus for its annual list of the "Top Financial Services Cyber Security Trends for 2014." (Item #4) What challenges threaten to impact on the integrity of enterprise IT systems during the year ahead? (Item #5) From increasingly sophisticated DDoS attacks to stuxnets to insider threats, companies have plenty to worry about when it comes to enterprise security in 2014. (Item #6)

As always, we look forward to hearing your comments & insights regarding business continuity. If you have a topic you'd like us to cover, email me at [email protected].

Bob Mellinger, President
Attainium Corp

1. IT trends for business continuity managers to be aware of

Thanks to the NSA and GCHQ, (coupled with ongoing allegations against the Chinese), security, corporate privacy and encryption have moved swiftly up the corporate agenda. Identity management, which has often been seen as a 'nice to have', will become even more of a 'must have.' For many years, wireless security was an afterthought to wireless deployment. However, in 2014, with the ratification of multi GBPS 802.11ac, wireless security will become ever more important as organizations move from wired networks to wireless ones.
http://continuitycentral.com/feature1136.html

2. Business Continuity in 2014

During the last quarter of 2013 Continuity Central conducted an online survey asking business continuity professionals about their expectations for 2014. Only 16.8 percent of respondents expect no changes in organizational business continuity in 2014. Almost half of respondents (49.6 percent) expect to see small changes; and a third (33.6 percent) anticipate large changes in the way their organization manages business continuity.
http://continuitycentral.com/feature1135.html

3. CRG report highlights greatest risks for 2014

Global business risk consultancy Control Risks, has published its annual RiskMap report, plotting global trends over the coming year. Now in its 31st year, RiskMap highlights the most significant underlying trends in global risk and security, and provides a detailed view from the markets that will matter most in 2014
http://www.cirmagazine.com/cir/CRG-report-highlights-greatest-risks-for-2014.php

4. Financial services cyber security trends for 2014

Five years ago, questions directed at boards of directors and senior executives at financial services firms on the toughest risk management issues might have resulted in responses like "liquidity risk," "regulatory compliance," or "bad debt." Few, if any, would have mentioned cyber security. Today, the same question generates a much different answer.
http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=16047

5. Four enterprise IT predictions for 2014

Privacy and other laws vary from nation to nation. Businesses and their remote offices need to know which laws they must comply with, and those laws are in a state of flux in a number of large countries. In particular, US companies doing business in Europe face the prospect of new challenges that will require more accurate knowledge of where their data - and their customers' data - reside than most of them have today.
http://continuitycentral.com/feature1133.html

6. Seven Security Trends to Expect in 2014

Computer systems, in many peoples' eyes, are there to be hacked -- and that means fraudsters are always working on new ways to exploit vulnerabilities. So what does 2014 have in store? Here are seven security predictions for the New Year.
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/network-security/7-security-trends-to-expect-in-2014.html