In 2017 Continuity Central published the results of a survey looking at whether the increasing focus on information security is having an effect on the traditional demarcation lines between business continuity and information security management (ISM). In 2018 we repeated that survey to monitor how things have developed and the results of the survey are now available.
Is information security a business continuity issue?
62 percent (64.5 percent in the 2017 survey) of respondents believe that information security is definitely a business continuity issue, with a further 29 percent (32 percent*) saying that it was partially a business continuity issue. 9 percent (3.5 percent*) said that information security is not a business continuity issue at all.
It seems clear from both the 2018 and the 2017 versions of the survey that information security is viewed as a business continuity issue; but to what extend do business continuity teams actually get involved in preventing and managing information security incidents? The remainder of the survey examined these areas:
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