Risk is always changing. Looking at Asia’s threat landscape five years ago, issues of economic instability, climate change, cybersecurity, and pandemic disease were all part of this matrix. However, at the time, some of these risks were viewed as immediate and present, while others were vulnerabilities to be planned for. Today, these threats have all proved to have significant impact, but none more so than COVID-19.
The pandemic has emphasized and accelerated the need for a reorientation of business continuity and resilience. Multinational and multilateral organizations must evaluate their enterprise security and adapt.