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“We’ve got a problem. Keep calm. We’re running as fast as we can…”  Nordic Choice Hotels Group sent this message in an email to program members after its IT systems were hit by the Conti ransomware group on the evening of December 2.  Nordic Choice Hotels is one of the biggest hosp ....

The holiday season is upon us, and you’d love to only be thinking about cookies, presents, and family. But present circumstances force us to play Scrooge and throw a “Bah! Humbug!” into the mix. For businesses and organizations this year (and their customers as well), all holiday celebrations ....

Everywhere you look, people seem to be talking about it. No, we don’t mean Squid Game, we mean the supply chain. In the U.S. consumers (and many businesses) were long accustomed to taking the supply chain for granted. It seemed to work flawlessly in the background, ensuring items we want and need ....

In response to the surge of major cyberattacks over the past year, Congress has responded with the Cyber Incident Reporting Act. This bipartisan legislation sets timelines for organizations to report cyber incidents to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).   These t ....

On a normal day when life is going well, no one wants to think about disasters. Committing time and budget to crisis preparedness can be a hard sell for businesses facing priorities that feel more immediate. Yet investing in preparation in advance is how you keep a crisis from turning into an absolu ....

Resilience is a watchword for every risk management team and every governing board. Resilience represents the ability of entities to avoid, prevent, adapt, respond to, recover from, and learn from operational disruptions.[i] While ensuring business continuity is a key aspect of business resilience, ....