Risk and Resilience Blog

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A supermarket worker uses a probe thermometer and clipboard to check the temperature of empty, fogged-up freezer cabinets, with the aisle closed off, after a cyber attack on the store’s refrigeration systems

Defrosted overnight: the French supermarket cyber attack and How it describes my job

When someone asks me what I do for a living, I usually take a breath before answering. Business continuity, crisis management, information security, data protection, ...
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Oil tanker sailing without lights at dusk through a rocky strait, with a distant lighthouse beam across the water

One in Twenty: What the Hormuz Bonus Tells Us About Risk Appetite

I was listening to Times Radio yesterday when the conversation turned to the pay now on offer to tanker crews prepared to take ships through ...
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Empty chair and staff lanyard beside a hospital computer showing a patient record with an access alert, after NHS snooping suspension

NHS Snooping Crackdown: Suspension Is the Easy Part

Back in June I wrote about three hospital trusts where dozens of staff had looked at the records of patients who happened to be in ...
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Ground crew repositioning an aircraft on a wet airport apron at dusk, with an air traffic control tower in the background

The Fault Lasted a Millisecond. The Recovery Took Days.

On 8 September, a defect in the software that allocates radar identification codes to aircraft over the UK lasted, by NATS’ own account, a matter ...
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Risk professional reviewing an AI risk register heat map next to an AI assistant chat window

A Researcher Just Put a Number on Human Extinction. Your Risk Register Needs a Different One.

This week produced three AI stories that look separate but aren’t. Anthropic’s own alignment lead put a number on AI wiping out humanity: a chance ...
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Warehouse worker checking stock levels beside wrapped pallets, part of the UK's food supply chain, as storm clouds gather overhead

Stockpile the Tins. Audit the Supply Chain.

On Friday, the government told the country to start putting food aside. Environment Secretary Dame Angela Eagle said the UK is heading into what could ...
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