NFPA
1600
Clearly A Benchmark, Potentially A Requirement
The NFPA 1600 “Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and
Business Continuity Programs” is designed to be a description
of the basic criteria for a comprehensive program that addresses disaster
recovery, emergency management, and business continuity. By STEVE
DAVIS
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Don’t Let Your Executives Become
The Chokepoint
Would you like to see your CEO on CNN talking about your company’s
response to a major diaster? By LISA TROUSDALE, CBCP
PLANNING
ISSUES
RTO and RPO Not Tightly Coupled
When working on the functional requirement phase of your disaster
recovery or business continuity plan, there are two goals to keep
in mind for each business process; the recovery objective (RTO)
and the recovery point objective (RPO). By RON LaPEDIS, CBCP, CISSP
INDUSTRY
Partnership Gives Businesses Ground-Breaking
Access
For the first time ever, businesses throughout New York State will
soon be able to gain special emergency access at the time of a major
disaster. Never before has a public/private joint emergency planning
effort resulted in such a monumental outcome. By MARK HAIMOWITZ
PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP
Chamber Helps Businesses Stay In Business
When crisis strikes, many businesses simply cannot survive an extended
outage caused by a crisis. That is why the South Metro Denver Chamber
of Commerce has created a center designed to work with local authorities
and operates based on the Incident Command System. By GARY R. VILLENEUVE,
MBCP
LEGAL ISSUES
Can Your Company Be Liable For Not Making
DR Plans?
Many high-level executives don’t appear to be making diaster
recovery a top priority. In light of current legal developments,
companies may be exposing their business, directors, and officers
to potential liability by not implementing a disaster recovery plan.
By YATISH MISHRA
COMMUNICATIONS
Using Technology To Plan, Notify And Recover
For many corporations and government agencies, the terrorist attacks
of Sept. 11, 2001, reinforced their prior commitment to developing
comprehensive disaster recovery plans and emergency notification
procedure. Others, with plans in place, are reviewing them in light
of the lessons learned. By BILL CARMAN
SUPPORT
SERVICES
Those Folks In The Back Office
Some support-type units may be overlooked in the planning process.
These are infrastructure units that provide support and services
to the entire organization. By CHRIS ROHRS
DATA
PROTECTION
Protecting Your Data, Protecting Your
Business
There is no doubt there is a new urgency and focus on business continuity
and data protection – as two of the most critical aspects of
disaster recovery for organizations today. By CHRIS MIDGLEY
INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
The Hidden Factor In IT Network Downtime
Ultimately, all companies across all industries today must maintain
a high level of availability of their IT and network systems or
face great peril. By JONATHAN BUCKLEY
SURVEY
Do Small, Medium Companies Implement DR
Plans?
After the events of this past calendar year, there is much additional
incidental evidence that if a company fails to prepare for an unexpected
event, they probably will not survive the disaster.
By RODERICK S. BARCLAY, Ph.D., CPA, CFE
DATA
PROTECTION
Are You Managing The Risk Of Downtime?
Can you imagine going out of business next month? Next year? Without
an adequate DR plan, what seems like an unlikely scenario could
become frightening reality. By WALT HINTON & ROB CLEMENTS
SERVICE
LEVEL AGREEMENT
Ensuring Application, SLA Performance
In DR
The primary objective for IT disaster recovery planning is not only
to guarantee application availability, but more broadly, to ensure
business continuity. By IVAN H. SHEFRIN
DATA
PROTECTION
Database Availability And Recovery Solutions
Businesses today are faced with the critical need to ensure the
availability and continuous operation of their databases as part
of their business systems. By NAVEEN PUTTAGUNTA
SEPT. 11
ATTACKS
Contingency Planning Should Have Been
Obvious
Business recovery and contingency planning are frequently utilized
terms where the requirements are normally misunderstood and, without
exception, never completely implemented. By DAN PERRY
DISASTER
TOLERANCE
Preparedness, Protection For Your Business
In the business world, downtime and lost productivity mean lost
revenue, an unacceptable proposition in any economy. By SAM BISHOP
& RON KRAMER
E-BUSINESS
OPERATIONS
Preparing For Fail-Safe Disaster Recovery
As companies do more and more business on-line, it is now essential
for continuity planners to reconsider their e-business risk mitigation
strategies. By CHRIS McLELLAN
STORAGE
ISSUES
Enhance Tape Backup Systems To Keep Pace
Here is an overview of the shrinking backup window situation, how
disk-to-disk replication technologies offer an efficient solution
to the business continuance challenge. By DAVID J. DEMLOW
GLOBAL PLANNING
Looking Worldwide Before Disaster Strikes
Increasingly U.S. companies are looking to split their operations
between the U.S. and Europe to allow for continuity of client service
and to provide a contingency service. By KIM HACKETT
SURVEY
2002 Alternative Site Survey
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