Author: Chris Goodeve-Ballard The fire at Heathrow on Friday should be a wake up call for not just those in charge of significant national infrastructure, but every organisation that relies on what should be resilient services. I have no intention of speculating on the causes (there are many better qualified people than me doing this already – as well as a few worse qualified). Chasing causes of incidents is of course a valuable exercise, and at Aldbury International we hel

Why were over 1500 souls lost on the Titanic? The ship sank after hitting an iceberg The ship veered away from the iceberg and took a long slash down its side rather than a crumpled bow The ship was travelling too fast for the conditions There weren’t enough lifeboats to cater for all passengers and crew Board of Trade rules did not insist on more lifeboats Some lifeboats left the ship while still half empty The bulkheads didn’t go high enough up the ship – had they been hi

Author: Chris Goodeve-Ballard How long does an average New Year’s Resolution last? 1 day, 1 week, a fortnight, a whole month, six months, a year? Frankly, I don’t have a clue. There is probably some humongously expensive, government (taxpayer (i.e. you and me)) funded research, carried out at some august seat of learning by some tweedy, dusty old chap with a beard and leather patches on the elbows of his jacket that will uselessly inform us that the answer is 3.27843 week

If you missed our recent webinar with Khepri, co-hosted by Chris Goodeve-Ballard from Aldbury International, now's your chance to catch...

By March 2025, in-scope firms must have fully captured, in their up-to-date self-assessment document, testing plans that detail how they...

Author: Chris Goodeve-Ballard Testing your Operational Resilience procedures and your Crisis Management Team is now not only a regulatory...

Author: Chris Goodeve-Ballard DORA, the Digital Operational Resilience Act, or as I know many prefer to call it, “Regulation (EU)...

Is the 25th March 2025, by which date those in scope of the new PRA and FCA rules must be able to operate within their Impact Tolerances, actually a deadline? As of the time of writing, it is a mere 8 months away. The FCA’s missive on 28th May this year makes it obvious that they know that firms are not up to speed yet. “Firms appropriately identifying their important business services remains varied within the sector” and “We’ve seen a wide range of impact tolerances identi

The FCA published the below update last week (28 May 2024) outlining all regulatory requirements that must be in place by 31 March 2025....

Background: The COO sought external assurance and validation regarding the firm's Operational Resilience programme, aiming to ensure...