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 September
11: Five Years Later
For those involved in business continuity, the attacks were a turning
point. While this industry has witnessed and prepared for numerous
disasters of varying magnitudes, the 9/11 terrorist attacks brought
up issues that had never been considered.
By JANETTE BALLMAN
ChicagoFIRST
is a Model for Other Cities
The development of regional public/private partnerships within the
financial sector is the latest example of this leadership. ChicagoFIRST
formed in 2003 as the first such regional partnership, building relationships
among its competitor-members and between the members and government
at all levels.
By BRIAN S. TISHUK
 2005 BCM/DR Survey Results
In October, 2005, Gartner partnered with Disaster Recovery Journal
to conduct a survey on the topic of business continuity management
and disaster recovery.
By ROBERTA J. WITTY, CISSP
Business Continuity vs. Protecing Data
There is nothing wrong with disaster recovery; it remains an integral
part of business continuity. But disaster recovery is only one part
of a true business continuity plan, and, I contend, only an enterprise
plan is a true business continuity plan.
By JOHN GLENN, MBCI
 Ice,
Gas & Money
In this article, I draw on some of the lessons my bank learned
from last year and offer some recovery tips for other financial
institutions. My advice is meant to apply not only to hurricanes,
but for any type of natural disaster – such as tornadoes,
floods, earthquakes, or blizzards.
By BECKY COHEN, CBCP
Reminded of the Perils of Power Loss
For any business or organization, being prepared means ensuring a constant
and uninterruptible source of power to remain up and running. Although
we will always have to “batten down the hatches” and
evacuate until threatening weather passes, businesses must be able
to withstand a loss of electricity for an extended period of time
to ensure everything from continued operations to inventory controls.
By ERIC JOHNSTON
Planning for Elderly in Natural Disasters
The over-representation of elderly loss of life during Hurricanes Katrina
and Rita is consistent with loss on a global level. People over age
60 made up 15 percent of the New Orleans population and 75 percent
of bodies found after Katrina. Forty percent of all bodies found
were over the age 70.
By ROBIN KNOWLES & BETSY GARRISON, Ph.D.
Aligning Operational Resilience to Business Requirements
From architecture and space planning to equipment selection and installation,
financial planning and construction management, to operations management,
this article covers some of the steps that could be involved with
architecting, engineering, and constructing a fault tolerant environment.
By SAM RIZZO
The Missing Link in Business Continuity
This leads me to the contention that perhaps there is something more
fundamental that is missing in the way business continuity is being
marketed and perceived by potential clients! That missing link, I
will argue, is none other than a lack of focus on a company’s
employees.
By ALAN KIRSCHENBAUM, Ph.D.
 Current State of Pandemic Disaster Preparedness
Pandemics are among the natural disaster threats that have been recently
added to the list of serious potential threats to business continuity
as well as the health and safety of employees. It is also one of
the most ancient risks that humans have endured on planet Earth.
By ROBERT C. CHANDLER, Ph.D., J. D. WALLACE, Ph.D., & W. TIMOTHY
COOMBS, Ph.D.
2006 Pandemic Preparedness Survey Results
In an effort to learn more about the current efforts of preparedness
planning for pandemic threats we conducted the Pepperdine University/DRJ
Avian Flu Preparedness survey at DRJ Spring World 2006.
By ROBERT C. CHANDLER, Ph.D., J. D. WALLACE, Ph.D., & W. TIMOTHY
COOMBS, Ph.D.
Prepare for the Next Wave of BC Planning
After the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) looked around for a standardized method of dealing
with “incidents” and settled on ICS.
By REINHARD KOCH & CRAIG MARKS, CEM, CERP
Securing Storage Networks
Storage networking has come a long way in a very short time. Until
recently, storage area networks (SANs) were limited to single corporate
sites, but, today, SAN extension is hot. Perhaps as many as 70 percent
of the world’s Fortune 1000 companies rely on distributed data-center
and storage connectivity.
By JIM GERRITY
 Infrastructure Maintenance
One of the most pressing challenges for IT managers today is maintenance.
How do you maintain and manage your UPSs, power distribution units,
air conditioning, gen-sets, and other critical infrastructure systems?
How much maintenance is enough maintenance?
By MIKE HAGAN
Living On the Edge
Data located in remote sites, home offices and laptops sits outside
the central network. So called “edge data” comprises
more than 60 percent of critical business data. A study by the Strategic
Research Corporation estimates that 75 percent of this data is not
protected.
By ROBB MOORE
 Fall
World 2006 is an ‘Overwhelming Success’
More than 1,275 attendees joined expert speakers and exhibitors for
a total of 1,675 people at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina
for the Disaster Recovery Journal Fall World 2006 conference Sept.
17-20.
By JON SEALS
2006
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