Steven Debets

Where lies the ownership of risks and measures in information security?

Information security is everyone's responsibility! Most people who have ever been an audience member for a presentation on this subject have heard the above statement at some point. It's a true statement but one that remains somewhat cryptic in practice for many.

Questions Your BCP Should Answer

Over the past few weeks, many organizations have been able to put their business continuity plans (BCP) into practice. Other organizations have realized that it would have been handy if there had been a BCP. Which category does your organization fall into? In any case, we've all been busy brainstorming scenarios and gathering data to gain control over the things coming our way.

Five Essential Measures to Increase Cybersecurity and Cyber Resilience

Companies and governments will need to pay much more attention to cyber resilience to prevent serious damage in the future.

Cyber Crisis Management: A Joint Responsibility

In two-thirds of organizations, it takes at least two hours to take action after discovering a cyber incident. For one-fifth of organizations, it takes more than four hours. This information comes from the international study Cyber Resilience 2016 by the Business Continuity Institute. Considering that cyber incidents are having an increasingly significant impact, it is essential to reduce this response time. But what causes so much time to be lost?

Cloud Strategy and Security: Seeking Collaboration

Cybersecurity is the central theme of this year's Business Continuity Awareness Week, and it's no wonder. Individuals and businesses are feeling more vulnerable than ever due to the increasingly concrete threats posed by the digitally interconnected world.

The ROI of Business Continuity Management: Allocating Costs Correctly

It is Business Continuity Awareness Week (BCAW). Every year, the Business Continuity Institute organizes activities worldwide to promote business continuity management (BCM). This year's theme is return on investment. The message is clear: investing in BCM pays off. The benefits include increasing the organization's resilience, safeguarding a solid reputation, and achieving cost advantages. However, many organizations are still hesitant to invest time and money in BCM. My impression is that this hesitation is also caused by a too broad definition of the field: what does your money really go into when talking about BCM? Two points need clarification.

Information security in healthcare at Triade

"Information security is a tricky concept. Many people when they hear this term think of ICT security, but it is much more than that. Healthcare providers do understand that you have to handle client files carefully, for example, but information security is also about protecting information about your own employees, the financial information, the access policy to locations. If you want to improve the information security of a healthcare institution, you have to deal with all processes within an organization: from policy to operational level. That's quite a job, because you have to get all the departments involved to want to cooperate"