Insights

Reading Time: 4 minutes Organizations worldwide have been reacting to the recent coronavirus outbreak, COVID-19, in a variety of ways, from restricting nonessential employee travel to canceling large conferences and events. The possibility of a pandemic has the potential to disrupt workforces, supply chains and economic activity in the months ahead. So, it is with a sense of urgencyRead more

Reading Time: 3 minutes A number of studies have been conducted over the years regarding Disaster Recovery (DR) planning and its importance to business. The results of the studies were shocking: 61% of all businesses surveyed had to invoke their DR Plan at least once in the last 5 years 80% of businesses that suffer a disaster and haveRead more

Reading Time: 4 minutes Organizations of all sizes depend on information technology as an essential part of their everyday operations. Since data accessibility is a top necessity, the need for companies to assemble a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) is critical. Leading research analysts, however, identified that nearly 60% of North American businesses do not have a Disaster RecoveryRead more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Even though many organizations maintain they conduct a full exercise of their Disaster Recovery (DR) plans at least once per year, research suggests that many of these exercises are not comprehensive and thorough; businesses – small and large – often just exercise a portion of the plan or a subset of applications. Organizations know theyRead more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Disasters are unpredictable, varying in type and scale. The best strategy is to have some kind of disaster recovery plan in place, so that operations may return to normal after a disaster has struck. For an organization, a disaster means abrupt disruption of all or part of its business operations, which may directly result inRead more

Reading Time: 3 minutes How prepared is your organization for a disaster? What types of disasters has your business planned for? What policies and procedures does your organization have in place to maintain an effective Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)? If your organization has a DRP in place, when was the last time a checkup was conducted? How often doRead more