Current Articles from Disaster Recovery Journal http://www.drj.com Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:37:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.drj.com/images/M_images/drj-rss.feed.jpg http://www.drj.com Current Articles from Disaster Recovery Journal http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3846&Itemid=429 When we cobble together a risk list for an enterprise risk management (ERM) program, we round up the usual suspects. The... Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:07:00 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3670&Itemid=429 The benefits of an emergency notification system are easily diminished with the wrong choice of words – whether too many... Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:53:38 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3532&Itemid=429 As we end 2009 and usher in 2010, the famous “Auld Lang Syne” originally written by Scottish poet Robert Burns... Tue, 05 Jan 2010 14:05:45 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3516&Itemid=429 The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing the practice of risk management.... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:12:41 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3515&Itemid=429 Most organizations have made the adjustment from disaster recovery to continuity of operations (COOP). Some have even ventured into the... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:12:13 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3514&Itemid=429 When commercial, industrial, and utility facilities are faced with catastrophic events such as those experienced in the Midwestern region of... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:11:23 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3513&Itemid=429 Accurate Behavioral Assumptions are an Essential Element of Exercises In law enforcement training circles there are legendary stories from the old... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:10:52 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3512&Itemid=429 Disaster recovery is both a time-consuming and expensive initiative, but for those companies that have experienced a real-world catastrophe, the... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:10:01 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3511&Itemid=429 Much has been written in recent years about the best way to select business continuity consultants. Those who have written... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:09:29 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3510&Itemid=429 Thomas Paine, one of the founding fathers, around the time of the American Revolution wrote a document, called “The Crisis.”... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:08:48 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3509&Itemid=429 For several years the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) has required hospitals to ensure they evaluate and... Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:07:40 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3507&Itemid=429 Forrester Research and the Disaster Recovery Journal have partnered to field a number of market studies in business continuity (BC)... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:14:52 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3506&Itemid=429 Creating an Adaptive Environment in a Tumultuous Time A frightened rabbit can jump 15- 20 feet in one bound. A chameleon, if... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:12:14 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3505&Itemid=429 It’s third-and-goal from the seven. There’s the snap! The quarterback fades to his right. Yavorsky is in pursuit. White throws... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:09:51 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3504&Itemid=429 Often corporate business continuity plans are taken for granted, and their mandated annual maintenance is not considered critical or profitable. Developing and maintaining... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:04:33 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3503&Itemid=429 Companies have been developing and implementing emergency management and crisis response plans since the early 1970s when business continuity planning... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:46:35 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3502&Itemid=429 A roadmap for becoming a stronger, more responsive business Resilience needs are not the same across all industries or even across companies within a given... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:43:51 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3501&Itemid=429 The first decade of the new millennium has come to a close. With the arrival of 2010 it is time to... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:33:59 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3500&Itemid=429 As I looked back at 2009 to see what “lessons” I learned from last year, I noticed the usual incidents were included... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:27:20 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3499&Itemid=429 How many of us remember playing telephone as a child? The first child whispered a message to the next child... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:19:59 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3498&Itemid=429 The new year has arrived! Let’s hope this one is a better one for business continuity planners and businesses as a whole. While... Mon, 28 Dec 2009 14:17:08 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3437&Itemid=429 When your company experiences a security breach, whether it’s a result of fraud, theft, or human error how you respond... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:25:45 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3396&Itemid=429 As I sit here on my fiery little laptop using high speed internet I remember the days when working from... Tue, 08 Dec 2009 13:54:56 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3253&Itemid=429 Whether it’s the public or private sector, there’s no more important critical factor that determines the quality and success of... Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:29:17 +0100 http://www.drj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3113&Itemid=429 An exercise of the elements of a business continuity or disaster recovery (BC/DR) plan is an important aspect of an... Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:50:12 +0100