A disaster recovery plan covers all the steps necessary to enable a business to return to normal operation in the event of a disaster or incident such as a flood, fire or major information system ...

Given the number of blackouts, hurricanes and other disasters that have come our way over the past few years, many CIOs are wisely re-examining their disaster recovery strategies. Executive Council ...

When systems go down, business grinds to a halt. Downtime leads to $9,000 in losses per minute on average, damaged reputation, and operational disruption. To that end, IT disaster recovery is more ...

Scott Opalewski is a seasoned senior business development manager with over three decades of experience bridging technology solutions and business needs across multiple industries, including ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. In the unpredictable industry of commercial disaster ...

This article explores the purpose and scope of DRPs, BCPs, and IRPs, their differences, and how they complement each other. It also provides actionable insight into the role in-house counsel can play ...

When a discussion turns to disaster recovery and business continuity planning (BCP), the talk of IT staff quickly turns to ensuring that system and service availability is raised “to five nines” — an ...

Modern IT environments are fast-moving and complex, making organizations efficient and better connected but also increasing potential failure points. As a result, infrastructure incidents are both ...

Spring is the season of renewal, making it the perfect time to refresh not only physical spaces but also strategies and programs (like your IT Disaster Recovery (IT/DR) plans). Many organizations ...

Disasters that severely impact business operations can come in many shapes and sizes. Events like fires, floods, snowstorms, hurricanes and tornadoes can bring companies to a screeching halt by ...

Calamity can strike any business, whether it’s a natural disaster, a major infrastructure failure or a man-made disaster like a mass shooting or terrorist attack. Your small business can be thrown for ...

Many companies treat disaster recovery documentation as a one-time exercise, rarely testing or updating it. But outdated runbooks can lead to delayed recovery, financial losses and reputational damage ...