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Articles for the keywords: Business Continuity
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13 May 2013
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The Ten Commandments of Disaster Recovery [31054]
CIO Insight, May 13th, 2013
"How much can a flawed disaster recovery and business continuity plan cost you? Try an average of $90,000 for every hour of downtime among corporations, according to Strategic Research. Whether we're talking a hurricane, flood, terrorism or simply a loss of power, CIOs must consider every worst-case scenario and come up with a comprehensive failover and response strategy. In fact, the survival rate for companies without a disaster recovery plan is less than 10 percent..."
- Thou Shalt Analyze Single Points of Failure
- Thou Shalt Keep Updated Notification Trees
- Thou Shalt Remain Aware of Current Events
- Thou Shalt Consider Every Possible Disruption
- Thou Shalt Document the Recovery Process
- Thou Shalt Centralize Information.
- Thou Shalt Create Test Plans and Scripts.
- Thou Shalt Retest Regularly
- Thou Shalt Perform Comprehensive Recovery and Business Continuity Testing.
- Thou Shalt Define Metrics and Distribute 'Scores.'
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06 May 2013
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Hurricane Sandy Demonstrates Value of Multiple, Active Data Centers [30949]
Information Management, May 5th, 2013
"If you weren't sure about the impact of disasters on business operations a year ago, you should be now.
"This past fall, Hurricane Sandy provided lessons for all of us and demonstrated the value of good disaster recovery and business continuity plans," said Ron DeCicco, Chief Executive Officer, of Pershing, ... at the SIFMA OPS 2013 event in Florida.."
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29 Apr 2013
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12 Steps That Can Help Agencies Fight DDOS Attacks [30885]
GCN, April 29th, 2013
"Distributed denial of service attacks are on the rise, and although they often are classified as more of an annoyance than a serious threat, they nevertheless can push agency websites offline and force administrators to handle the threat. And DDOS attacks can cause real trouble when used, for example, in conjunction with emergencies, so they are something agencies need to be prepared for...
Most organizations cant easily stop a DDOS confrontation. But they can work to overcome its effects. Here are some ideas..."
- Ask Internet service providers
- Making ISPs more responsible
- Business-critical systems
- Consider a certificate revocation
- Investigate installing
- Be aware that business continuity
- Conduct drills
- Short, low-bandwidth message
- E-mail and text messaging
- Blackholing is a temporary fix
- Have a secret shared message board
- Set firewalls
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18 Mar 2013
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Business continuity benefits growth too [30278]
Supply Mangement, March 20th, 2013
"Companies have been urged to implement business continuity strategies to strengthen their ability to respond to opportunities as well as deal with threats.
The British Standards Institution (BSI) says there is 'huge potential' for organisations to benefit from business continuity management (BCM) a risk mitigation tool to ensure the continued operation of a business if faced with unexpected events and adversity..."
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