"Developing a Successful Cyber Resilience Framework"

According to Alberto G. Alexander, Ph.D., cyber resilience combines information security, business continuity, and organizational resilience. He has described the components of an effective cyber resilience strategy and highlighted a cyber resilience framework's elements. Adverse cyber events have a negative impact on the availability, integrity, or confidentiality of networked Information Technology (IT) systems and the associated data and services. These incidents could be intentional, such as a cyberattack, or unintentional, like a software update failure. Humans, nature, or a combination of both may also cause adverse cyber events. The purpose of cyber resilience is to sustain the entity's ability to consistently deliver the desired outcome at all times. This requires doing so even when normal distribution systems have failed, such as during a crisis or a security breach. In addition, the idea of cyber resilience encompasses the ability to restore or recover regular delivery methods following such incidents, as well as the ability to continuously update or adapt these delivery mechanisms as risks and threats evolve. In the process of restoring delivery methods, backups and disaster recovery procedures are included. This article continues to discuss the elements of a successful cyber resilience strategy, the components of a cyber resilience framework, and the best cyber practices presented by Dr. Alberto G. Alexander. 

Continuity Central reports "Developing a Successful Cyber Resilience Framework"