DRJ On-Going Survey

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Please Also realize even though response on these surveys has been quite good, these are not scientific studies and just opinions of the readers of our website.

  Weekly Quiz Archive (2000)

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Dec. 18 - Dec 31, 2000

How many years is your contract with your hotsite provider? 5: 38.84% 3: 32.23% 1: 14.88% 2: 9.09% 4: 4.96% Total Votes: 1573

Dec.11 - Dec 17, 2000

Do you have a contract with a disaster restoration firm built into your BC Plan? No: 59.79% Yes: 40.21% Total Votes: 776

Dec.4 - Dec 10, 2000

How involved is your CFO involved with your BC planning? None: 46.23% Somewhat: 42.45% Very: 11.32% Total Votes: 954

Nov. 27 - Dec 3, 2000

How often do you run tests on your critical web servers? Annually: 49.06% Semi-Annually: 32.08% Monthly: 18.87% Total Votes: 530

Nov. 13 - Oct 26, 2000

Do you feel you have enough executive commitment for your BC/DR program? No: 66.39% Yes: 33.61% Total Votes: 2618

Nov 6 - Oct 12, 2000

Do you currently utilize an offsite storage vendor for all or some of your critical backups? All: 53.74% Some: 25.85% None: 20.41% Total Votes: 1617

Oct. 30 - Nov. 5, 2000

Do you currently utilize electronic vaulting for some or all of your critical backups? None: 67.50% Some: 24.17% All: 8.33% Total Votes: 1680

Oct. 23 - Oct 29, 2000

What is your RTO for your non-critical web servers? 24-48 Hrs: 30.88% 48-96 Hrs: 25.00% < than 24 Hrs: 22.06% 4-8 Days: 16.18% > than 8 Days: 5.88% Total Votes: 884

Oct. 16 - Oct 22, 2000

What is your Recovery Time Objective for your Non-Critical Networks? 24-48 Hrs: 25.20% 4-8 Days: 22.83% < than 24 Hrs: 22.83% 48-96 Hrs: 20.47% > than 8 Days: 8.66% Total Votes: 1778

Oct. 9 - Oct 15, 2000

What is your Recovery Time Objective for your Critical Database Systems? < than 12 Hrs: 44.44% 12-24 Hrs: 27.78% 24-48 Hrs: 18.25% 48-96 Hrs: 8.73% > than 96 Hrs: 0.79% Total Votes: 1638

Sept. 25 - Oct 8, 2000

What is your Recovery Time Objective for your Critical Accounting Systems? < than 12 Hrs: 31.97% 24-48 Hrs: 29.92% 12-24 Hrs: 20.49% 48-96 Hrs: 14.34% > than 96 Hrs: 3.28% Total Votes: 3172

Sept. 18 - Sept. 24, 2000

How many years experience do you have in DR/BC? Less than 1: 26.09% 2-6: 24.90% More than 10: 20.16% 1-2: 15.81% 6-10: 13.04% Total Votes: 3795

Sept. 4 - Sept. 17, 2000

What best describes your firm's position on certification? None: 29.25% Encourage: 25.00% Support: 22.64% Require: 11.79% Recommend: 11.32% Total Votes: 2756

Sept. 4 - Sept. 10, 2000

What best describes your firm's position on certification? None: 29.25% Encourage: 25.00% Support: 22.64% Require: 11.79% Recommend: 11.32% Total Votes: 2756

Aug. 28 - Sept. 3, 2000

How often are your evacuation BC action plans tested? Semi-Annually: 37.88% Other: 33.33% Annually: 28.79% Total Votes: 924

Aug. 21 - Aug. 27, 2000

How often are your Calling Tree BC action plans tested? Other: 43.48% Annually: 30.43% Semi-Annually: 26.09% Total Votes: 897

Aug. 14 - Aug. 20, 2000

How often are your Business Unit BC action plans tested? Annually: 39.73% Semi-Annually: 31.51% Other: 28.77% Total Votes: 1022

July 7 - Aug. 13, 2000

How often are your Technology BC action plans tested? Annually: 39.29% Semi-Annually: 32.14% Other: 28.57% Total Votes: 1456

June 31  - July 6, 2000

Has a hacker ever disabled/affected any of your e-business systems? No: 77.48% Yes: 22.52% Total Votes: 2114

July 24  - July 30, 2000

How often do you visit DRJ.com a week? Less than 2: 54.17% 2-4: 29.17% More than 4: 16.67% Total Votes: 2184

July 17  - July 23, 2000

How many BC/DR conferences do you attend annually? Less than 2: 75.00% 2-4: 23.72% More than 4: 1.28% Total Votes: 2652

July 10  - July 16, 2000

How confident are you that the technology and application solutions are executable and will support requirements defined in the BC action plans? Somewhat Confident: 44.30% Very Confident: 26.58% Not Confident: 15.19% Unsure: 13.92% Total Votes: 1027

July 3 -July 9, 2000

If your change management is automated, was the application purchased or developed in house? Purchased: 63.46% Developed: 36.54% Total Votes:1792

June 19  - July 2, 2000

Do you feel the contingency space can adequately support business recovery requirements? No: 62.60% Yes: 37.40% Total Votes: 2091

June 12  -June  18, 2000

s the recovery technology used present at the site or do you rely on quickship contracts? Both: 43.66% Present: 40.85% Quickship: 15.49% Total Votes: 1207

June 5 - June 11, 2000

Does your firm use an alternate contingency site for the end users of the TRADING FLOOR? No: 56.52% Yes: 43.48% Total Votes: 736

May 29 - June 4, 2000

How are results of a BC test distributed? Email: 58.00% Hardcopy: 38.00% None sent: 4.00% Total Votes: 950

May 22 - May 28, 2000

Do you conduct a separate retest following an unsuccessful test or wait for the scheduled test conduct another: 56.90% wait: 43.10% Total Votes: 1276

May 15 - May 21, 2000

What level of lead time do you allow for tests? Scheduled: 89.25% No Lead Time: 10.75% Total Votes: 1116

May 8 - May 14, 2000

If your change management is automated, was the application purchased or developed in house? Purchased: 63.46% Developed: 36.54% Total Votes: 312

May 1 - May 7, 2000

Does your firm use a standard tool or template to document BC planning deliverables?? Yes: 54.26% No: 45.74% Total Votes: 1677

April 24 - April 30, 2000

Are the plans maintained in a central repository or on a single global database for all locations? Cental Repository: 58.21% Single Global DB: 41.79% Total Votes: 938

April 17 - April 23, 2000

Is your change management process automated or procedural? Procedural: 71.15% Automated: 28.85% Total Votes: 1352

April 10 - April 16, 2000

Does your firm have a standard change management process? Yes: 61.54% No: 38.46% Total Votes: 1976

April 3 - April 9, 2000

Does your firm have problems keeping contingency site(s) in sync with production files? Yes: 75.00% No: 25.00% Total Votes: 1596

March 27 - April 2, 2000

Does your action plan exist for all business functions? Yes: 50.68% No: 49.32% Total Votes: 1971

March 13 - March 26, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about equipment requirements for alternate site? Yes: 88.24% No: 11.76% Total Votes: 1870

March 6 - March 12, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about vital records? Yes: 76.15% No: 23.85% Total Votes: 2210

February 28 - March , 5 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about critical vendors? Yes: 85.11% No: 14.89% Total Votes: 1786

February 21 - February 27, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about Internal interdependencies? Yes: 67.03% No: 32.97% Total Votes: 1274

February 14 - February 20, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about Recovery sequence for business functions? Yes: 64.37% No: 35.63% Total Votes: 1131

February 7 -February 13,  2000

Does your action plan include information on Critical Processes? Yes: 90.98% No: 9.02% Total Votes: 2074

January 31 - February 6, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about Recovery Strategies? Yes: 82.09% No: 17.91% Total Votes: 1876

January 24 -January 30, 2000

Does your BC action plan include information about Notification calling trees? Yes: 87.14% No: 12.86% Total Votes: 2240

January 17 -January 23, 2000

Does your firm use an alternate TECHNOLOGY contingency site? Yes: 65.25% No: 34.75% Total Votes: 1652

January 10 -January 16, 2000

Are your current e-Business systems considered mission critical? Yes: 69.05% No: 30.95% Total Votes: 1764

January 3 - January 9, 2000

Are BC considerations mandatory requirements for application development/maintenance? Yes: 56.03% No: 43.97% Total Votes: 1476