Hidden in the news about the forthcoming election, Post Office inquiry and tragic death after the recent torrential rain, the government announced a new website advising how to ‘get prepared for emergencies’. Given that I still have the oh-so-useful (?) Preparing for Emergencies leaflet that was sent to each household back in 2004, I decided […]
This short blog offers a perspective on resilience as Cambridge Risk Solutions celebrates 16 years. We have survived so much: the financial crash, the main impacts of which were felt immediately after we started our business, Covid-19 (lockdowns, home-schooling and illness), moving house, moving office, moving office twice more, having children, writing a book (not
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It is probable that the Post Office scandal highlights information security failings by both the Post Office and their contractor, Fujitsu, some of which I will summarise in this short blog. I, like much of the adult population of the UK, have watched, appalled and angry, as the docu-drama Mr Bates vs the Post Office
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Will the ICO change its approach to the public sector following more high profile data breaches in some of the UK’s Police Forces? Yesterday Simon Bryne, Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), resigned. Amongst a number of issues leading up to the resignation was the accidental publication of the details for
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Cambridge Risk Solutions Ltd e-learning wins the award for Initiative of the Year at the Business Continuity Awards 2023! We are absolutely thrilled! We entered our eLearning into the ‘Initiative of the Year’ category and won, beating Coca Cola Europacific Partners and PwC! Our eLearning is designed to be accessible to everyone. It is not
It is noteworthy that, once again, the ICO continues with a soft touch, implementing a revised approach to the public sector, on this occasion issuing a reprimand to both Surrey and Sussex Police, suggesting that large fines could lead to reduced budgets. Aside from the fact that most businesses are currently operating in a financially
We are delighted to announce that Cambridge Risk Solutions Ltd has been shortlisted for the Business Continuity Awards 2023! We entered our eLearning offering into the ‘Initiative of the Year’ category. We have been shortlisted for the Business Continuity Awards in the same category as Coca Cola Europacific Partners and PwC! Our eLearning is designed to
Log-keeper training is a type of training that focuses on the development of skills related to logging and logging-related activities. It is designed to help individuals become proficient in the collection, management and analysis of log data. For the perspective of this blog, we are focussed on loggist training as part of a crisis management
ISO standards are international standards that provide guidelines and specifications for products, services, and processes. They are developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a non-governmental organisation made up of representatives from various national standards organisations. These standards are voluntary, meaning that companies can choose to adhere to them or not. However, many companies
