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 The Next Level of Disaster Recovery
According to a recent Harris Interactive survey of both business and IT executives, tolerance for IT system downtime is rapidly declining – and is now down to five hours or less. Across industries – from manufacturers running extended supply chains and tracking real-time inventory levels, to healthcare enterprises validating patient records, to financial services firms executing trades based on real-time, split-second pricing fluctuations – recovery time objectives (RTOs) and recovery point objectives (RPOs) are shrinking. By JOHN LINDEMAN
Bailing Out the IRS
When it rains, it pours. At least that was the case in June 2006, when torrential rains flooded the Washington headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) with an estimated 5.5 million gallons of water – a deluge that was an unwelcome companion to the building’s maintenance and electrical systems.
By BRIAN DOWNS
The Use of RFID in Emergency Management Planning
 Just hours before Hurricane Katrina reached land along the Gulf Coast on Aug. 28, 2005, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared a state of emergency and ordered a mandatory evacuation. For many reasons, but mostly for lack of means, approximately 25,000 city residents did not evacuate. In the end, an estimated 1,600 to 1,800 lives were lost. By EDWARD MINYARD
From the Beginning ...
In this article, I will be taking a look back at the “good old days” of recovery planning, comparing it to what is currently being done, and offering my own insights on solid recovery planning practices.
By DAVID M. G’SELL, CBCP
A New Face for an Old Threat
 The development of Transient Electromagnetic Devices now makes the threat of an ElectroMagnetic Pulse attack much more likely. This development creates a unique threat to the electronic society of the 21st century. By Dr. EDWARD J. MAGGIO & Dr. KEVIN G. COLEMAN
Successful Backups Are Not Enough
Data protection requirements have moved on from the purely technical question of “did the backup work?” to the much more complex question of “is my business truly protected?” The view of the backup application’s success or failure is no longer relevant unless considered in the context of business policies.
By JIM MCDONALD
Take Your Own Pulse First
 Emergency managers and business continuity leaders, in addition to their already burgeoning burden of responsibilities taking care of companies and co-workers, need to add one more task. They need to take care of themselves. By VALI J. HAWKINS MITCHELL, Ph.D., LMHC
Influenza Pandemic Presents Unique Challenges
It’s understandable why some contingency planners might think that emergency preparedness and pandemic preparedness go hand in hand. But, in reality, an influenza pandemic presents unique challenges to your organization and, thus, requires different preparedness strategies to address those challenges.
By DR. ANN PETERKA
Planning For The Pandemic
 I once was convinced The Pandemic, if it arrived at all, would be nothing more than a near-normal “empty facility” event. In many respects, The Pandemic, if H5N1 Avian Influenza does morph into a human-to-human transmittable disease, is your basic, already-in-the-plan empty facility risk. But The Pandemic comes with a twist – actually several. By JOHN GLENN, MBCI
Ensuring Workforce Continuity During A Pandemic
In the event of a pandemic influenza outbreak, the government has encouraged “social distancing” as the primary preventative course of action. Under those circumstances, effective communication will be of paramount importance. By STEVE ZIRKEL
Planning to Exercise or Planning to Recover
As plans must be exercised, exercises must be planned. Even unannounced exercises require some degree of planning. By JAMES O. PRICE Jr., CBCP
Where’s the Beef?
 For years, many of us in the BCP industry have used the same statistics to encourage (or scare) businesses, organizations, managers, and leaders that business continuity planning must be addressed. By DAVID A. SHIMBERG, CBCP
Is Power Your Weakest Link?
Even where there is ample budget and space to support IT growth, is there enough power? Often the answer is “no.” This essential commodity, once taken for granted, now factors into IT planning decisions in a big way, for several reasons. By ED KOMOSKI
Is Tape Dead?
Just recently, tape backup has received a lot of press in the technology community; much of it has not been so flattering. There have been stories of glitches, tapes, and data vanishing at some of the largest financial institutions, customer data that has been littered across the headlines, as well as other horror stories that have filled the walls of data centers. By CHRIS TAYLOR
From Worldcom to World-Class
Compliance pressure builds with globalization and its technology acceleration, increased economic, societal and cultural connectivity; speed of business; modernization; and even spread of free-market capitalism. By STEPHEN F. DeANGELIS
Importance, Risks of Testing
To ensure that the disaster recovery plan is functional, it needs to be tested annually or every time information systems are materially modified. By RENATA BUDKO
When Protecting an SMB, Image Is Everything
Make no mistake about it: Downtime can be hazardous to your organization’s financial health, even if you’re not running a Fortune 500 company. In fact, small- to mid-size businesses are even more at risk.
By STEPHEN LAWTON
2007
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