Business Continuity Planning

Using Metrics for Security Management

27 September in Business Continuity Planning, Corporate Security

The effective utilization of metrics to manage your security department and strategically report accomplishments is one of the fastest growing areas of interest among Chief Security Officers.  Security practitioners in the area of IT security are intimately familiar with the practice and have a broad array of statistical data from which to select to develop powerful reporting dashboards that clearly demonstrate the performance and value of the program. Those of us who exist in the world of physical security struggle to find meaningful measurements that...

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Extending Business Continuity to Your Employees

27 September in Business Continuity Planning

To those of you who have lived in a coastal area as an advancing hurricane takes aim at your community, you know the store shelves are bare 48 hours before the storm is set to arrive, people are lined up at service stations for fuel and the hardware store is sold out of plywood and tape. It's inevitable, it always happens. Even people who live in hurricane-prone areas wait until they know the storm is coming to make preparations. We all know that bad things...

Cyber Series: Social Networking – Friend or Foe?

27 September in Business Continuity Planning, Personal Safety

In this blog post, Rampart Group will take a look at social networking and how our desire to be transparent and share information can be risky business. We will also look at some common threats and steps we can take to be a responsible social networker. Social networking serves multiple purposes Social networks such as chat rooms, forums, discussion groups, emails and instant messaging all serve as places where we “connect” with others online.  Here are some of the benefits: *People “connect” and share information online with great...

Cyber Series: 10 Ways to Improve the Security of a New Computer

27 September in Business Continuity Planning, Corporate Security

A sobering reminder about computer security Computers, laptops, iPads, and mobile devices offer windows to the world. At the same time, the world is looking back at us. We trust our computers with personal information, banking, bill paying, connecting with family, shopping, and surfing the internet. We constantly communicate with family members, friends, business colleagues through emails, text messaging, and social networks. With this ease of use comes great responsibility. Most importantly, we need to keep our information and the information of others safe and secure...

Cyber Series: The Cyber Threat – What Are the Experts Saying?

27 September in Business Continuity Planning, Corporate Security

In our last Rampart Group communication, we began by advising our readers that we are launching a regular blog series to provide you critical cyber protection tips and information.  Below is post #2.  In this blog series, Rampart Group will continue to outline for you and your business the breadth and depth of cyber threats on a national and global scale.     The Cyber Threat – What Are the Experts Saying? The cyber threat is growing and evolving. Cyber crimes cost approximately $400 billion per year worldwide,...

Superstorm Sandy: A Tragic Reminder about the Necessity for Solid Business Continuity Planning

27 September in Business Continuity Planning

With Sandy, we’ve witnessed one of the most destructive storms ever to strike the U.S. The storm was slow moving, traveled an easily forecast direct course, and because of that--offered ample opportunity to secure homes and businesses. Civil authorities were also able to provide pre-storm notice to those in Sandy's path, in order to evacuate. The combined efforts of civil authorities, magnified through intense media coverage, resulted in relatively little loss of life for a storm of such magnitude. The foreseen disaster can be planned...