Keynote session today was a panel discussion around the growth of mobile applications and Social Media and how that impacts on BC/DR.
Builds nicely from the comments made in yesterday’s keynote about the magnitude of the upheaval in society that is flowing from this area. Also highlight an observation from another session yesterday – one of the lessons from Hurricane Sandy was that there was minimal demand for portable generators (which stores had massive stocks) but they totally ran out of power boards (or power strips as they say here).
Since the learning of earlier disasters (which prompted the stock of generators) the number of devices needing regular charge has grown exponentially. As an example, when I was stuck in New Orleans after 9/11 I had a laptop and a cell phone. Almost no other technology.
Today, I have 2 cellphones (one Australian and one local SIM), an iPad, a laptop, an iPod and a smart watch that all need regular charging. How has your risk profile changed in respect of this demand for charging devices?
Interesting discussion in the panel, but I would have liked to see at least one person from outside the BC closet who could offer different perspectives around these new trends.
This was followed by another interesting session of presentation and robust discussion around Cyber Threat. A smallish group for this session, which had excellent content – albeit very IT (which is really an occupational hazard in this space).
Judging by the discussion, this challenge to broaden our horizon and start to address emerging threats is not yet a mainstream debate in the industry here. I have an article on this subject in the current issue of Continuity magazine.
If you are at the conference drop by the BCI stand and grab a copy of the magazine.
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