DISASTER RECOVERY 
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SENIOR EDITOR
Janette Ballman
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MANAGING EDITOR
Jon Seals
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Vice President 
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CONFERENCE COORDINATOR
Patti Fitzgerald, CBCP
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CONFERENCE REGISTRAR
Merce Knese
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CIRCULATION
Laura Baugh
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
John Jackson, IBM Bus. Cont. & Rec. Services
Jeff Dato, MBCP, KPMG
Edward S. Devlin, E.S. Devlin & Associates
Ann Pinkeron, SunGard Availability Services
James Hammill, CBCP, JMH Consulting Inc.
INTERNATIONAL
CONTACTS
England: Thom Hetherington
Business Continuity 
Phone: 0161-237-1007
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Australia: Anthony J. Harvey
Journal of Business Continuity
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fax: 0011-613-953-0528
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Japan: Shinji Hosotsubo
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Phone: 03-3215-2880
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Brazil: Jose Carlos Ferreira
Disaster Recovery Mercosul
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SPECIAL REPORT
The Great Blackout of 2003
Continuity planners received a wake up call when a massive power outage struck parts of the United States and Canada on Aug. 14, 2003. Thousands of manufacturing plants, offices and retail shops were forced to close. Restaurants shuttered their doors and airlines cancelled flights in record numbers. In the midst of it all were contingency planners who were called into action to implement crisis plans to protect their companies and inform their employees of proper procedures. By JANETTE BALLMAN

SPECIAL REPORT
A Word to the ‘Why’
Referred to by some writers as the “Lake Erie Loop,” the interconnected power grid fell subject to a combination of problems and failures that with few exceptions interrupted the supply of electric power on Aug. 14, 2003. By DR. THOMAS D. PHELAN

SPECIAL REPORT
Vendors Provide Inside Look at Blackout
When a disaster occurs that has wide-spread affect on a large number of businesses like the recent blackout, one way to judge the impact is to view the number of declarations industry service providers received.
By BELINDA WILSON, CBCP; PATRICK CORCORAN; JUDITH ECKLES

SPECIAL REPORT
Key Considerations For Proactive Planning
The recent power outage in the Northeast and Canada brought it home once again; disaster recovery and business continuity planning are basic realities that businesses large and small need to address in order to maintain operations before, during, and after a catastrophic event. By BOB MIANO

REGULATIONS
The Iceberg Theorem
This work tends to engender a lot of sarcastic commentary among its practitioners, so one can easily understand coming to the conclusion that, “Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.”
By GREGG JACOBSEN, CBCP

SECURITY
The Internet: Information That’s ‘To Die For’
At this very moment, the largest organization in the free world may be unknowingly and unwittingly providing every computer-literate terrorist group with highly sensitive intelligence critical to homeland safety and national security. Coincidently, that same organization is also hunting those same terrorist groups. The organization is the U.S. Government. By WILLIAM SEWELL, RCDD

EXECUTIVE SUPPORT
The Linchpin to Successful Business Continuity Planning
After assembling the senior staff, the CEO tries to navigate a path to getting the organization productive again. But over and over, the CEO is met with, “We can’t get in touch with Charles,” or “Our broker wants us to commit to a five-year lease before he’ll even talk to us.” By JIM BARNES, CRP, MBCI

PLANNING ISSUES
Diversity in a Business Continuity World
Webster defines diversity as “to differ from one another, to vary.” Diversification in my way of thinking should also be synonymous with business continuity. By PAUL A. CASTELLANO, CBCP

BC INDUSTRY
The Age of Smart Disasters Begins
The pendulum has swung and intentional, man-made acts directed toward business disruption and annihilation must be recognized as the predominant concern facing us in the contingency planning profession of the future. This represents good news and bad news. By DAN PERRY, CBCP

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Targeting Preparedness
The volume of information continues to increase with customers demanding protection of this data and 24x7 access. Consequently, IT departments must implement disaster recovery network infrastructures with tight or shrinking budgets. By ELAINE BIRD

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Counting (on) Information Security
The structure of an information security organization can differ dramatically across companies. Some organizations are based on pure policy, while others use a more holistic, comprehensive structure that addresses as aspects in information security. By MARK DONADIO

OUTSOURCING
The Growth of Outsourced IT
The current corporate preoccupation with cost reduction has created an environment in which outsourcing all or part of a company’s information technology services is once again circulating through corporate boardrooms. By ANDREW TRESTRAIL

INDUSTRY
A Healthy Business Continuity Plan
At the heart of every hospital is the basic desire to care for the sick and injured who walk through the door. To do this, every hosipal must be prepared to assist the public regardless of the circumstances.
By JENNIFER LEWIS

PLANNING ISSUES
Planning For Individual Organizations
In the networked world we live in, a critical external organization can have a devastating impact if it fails to perform. It is wise for continuity planners to reevaluate their risk evaluations in light of this understanding.
By JEFF COVERT

INFORMATION AVAILABILITY
Effective, Efficient Disaster Recovery Planning
To help mitigate business risk and ensure technology functions operate during and after a declared business disaster, every business should have an effective and efficient disaster recovery plan.
By JAMES MYERS

PERSONNEL ISSUES
Stockpiling Emergency Rations
Maintaining emergency food supplies is often outside the realm of a business continuity plan, but for some organizations, having a food cache is a critical concern. By JOHN GLENN, CRP, CBCP

CONFERENCE
Fall World 2003 Successful in San Diego
More than 1,400 attendees, expert speakers and exhibitors gathered at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina for the Disaster Recovery Journal Fall World 2003 conference Sept. 21-24. By JON SEALS

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