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Telecommunications in Disasters: An Evidence-Based Approach

Jeff Hortobagyi |
May 8, 2020

Fundamental to our daily lives, telecommunications are critical when disasters hit. In the aftermath of a disaster, telecommunications are used to check on the safety of family members and have been employed to find people trapped in damaged buildings. Governments, emergency organizations, businesses, NGOs, and community groups need telecommunications to coordinate response and recovery efforts…

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BIAs That Don’t Suck

John Verdi |
May 8, 2020

Please rank the following three items from one to three, with No. 1 being the item you wish to do most: Listen to your Uber driver’s thesis on everything; Talk politics over Thanksgiving dinner; or Conduct a business impact analysis (BIA). This article is for those who would rather get back in that Uber and…

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3 Ways to Prepare Your Business for Unexpected Disasters

Girish Dadge |
May 8, 2020

Everyone knows they should be prepared for disasters that could disrupt their business. We implement safeguards for cyberattacks, power outages, equipment failures, and natural disasters — all events that happen frequently enough to warrant our attention and where the threats and impacts are well-understood. But how do you prepare for a disaster that catches everyone…

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We’re in the Cloud, So We’re Covered, Right?

Doug Neumann & Bobby Williams |
May 8, 2020

For the past decade, conversations within the IT community have been largely dominated by talk of “the cloud” and all of the promise it brings for transforming the way businesses operate. In the eyes of many, the cloud is a magical place where applications scale forever and are resilient to all of the failures we’ve…

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How Cloud Architectures Can Affect the Bottom Line

Curtis Peterson | May 22, 2020

Given the current climate, the last thing most of us want to think about is another disaster, but we can’t afford not to. Working from home is “flattening the curve” but it cannot prevent the multitude of natural and man-made misfortunes that can strike down a network. Network downtime is extremely expensive under normal circumstances.…

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Pandemic Report – May 19

May 19, 2020

Disaster Recovery Journal and Continuity Insights have collaborated on these resources to ensure that business continuity/disaster recovery professionals are well-informed as they combat the COVID-19 crisis. May 19, 2020 Answering The Top Return-To-Work Questions For Our Government Clients Stephanie Balaouras and Renee Murphy of Forrester Research hosted a webinar for those in local, state, and…

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An Industry at Siege: What Every Healthcare Leader Should Know About Kwampirs Trojan Cyberattacks

William Crank | May 19, 2020

The cybercriminal group known as Orangeworm is once again targeting healthcare organizations, often acting through connected medical devices. The FBI released a Private Industry Notification (PIN) stating that the group was using Kwampirs Remote Access Trojan (RAT) to access healthcare networks. As the industry faces this threat, it’s imperative that healthcare leadership enact strong data…

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Jumpstart your Disaster Recovery and Remote Work Strategy

May 15, 2020

6 Considerations for your Virtual Desktops Economic losses from 409 total natural disasters exceeded $232 billion USD in 2019 and closed the costliest decade yet, according to a new Aon (global professional services firm) report, Weather, Climate & Catastrophe Insight: 2019 Annual Report. Of the damages, only $71 billion was insured, so one…

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SME Anti-Ransomware Backup Solutions

May 11, 2020

DRJ WHITE PAPER sponsored by DCIG Expectations as to the features that a small and midsize enterprise (SME) backup solution “must” offer often come about due to technology advancements. Backup appliances, backup-asa-service (BaaS), cloud connectivity, deduplication, and hyperconverged appliances represent recent advancements that many SME backup solutions now possess. As we enter the 2020’s, this…

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Why Scalability And Security Are More Critical To Businesses Than Even Before

Amanda Rengerus | May 11, 2020

The COVID-19 global pandemic has changed our lives in just a few short months. The way we work, spend our money, relax, and connect with others is very different from how it was at the start of 2020. Some changes may revert once restrictions on social interaction begin to lift. But other things—such as the…

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What is Your COVID-19 Re-Entry Plan?

Regina Phelps | May 8, 2020

COVID-19 has caused the nation and the world to stop in its tracks. All but essential businesses have been shuttered. The financial markets are in chaos. And yet, you and your crisis management team need to be looking forward. The plan for re-entry during this pandemic is much different than any other crisis the world…

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COVID-19: A Long-Term BCM Challenge Without Precedent

James Green | May 8, 2020

The crisis that is coronavirus has revealed key weaknesses in business continuity across all industries. New thinking is needed to make significant changes in order to create truly resilient organizations. Many disasters are slow-moving, generated by the aggregation of small failures that emerge out of normal conditions that conceal their nature. But COVID-19 is different…