Smart computer data center disaster recovery planners are now thinking about the third generation of disaster recovery challenges: 100 percent remote, automated recovery. They know that the future isn’t about… Continue reading Double Jeopardy In A Disaster – Computing Data Center Challenges In A Pandemic W

Federal Financial Examination Council (FFIEC) is the regulatory body by which financial institutions are regulated and controlled. FFIEC provides guidance and examination procedures to assist examiners like myself in evaluating… Continue reading Seven Steps to Boost BCP to Ensure Regulatory Compliance

With Sarbanes-Oxley, SAS70, HIPAA and scores of other government and industry regulations, data center and facility managers are under  more scrutiny than ever before. While these regulations always start out… Continue reading Ensuring Your Data Center is in Compliance

While developing a disaster recover plan is difficult for any operation, cultural institutions face the challenge of protecting not only their facility’s livelihood, but the daunting task of ensuring that… Continue reading Culture Clash – Disaster Recovery Challenges of Museums

Seventy-five percent of companies today are expected to have a major e-mail outage this year – with downtime expected to last an average of 26 hours. It’s no secret that… Continue reading E-mail is Down and You’re Out of Compliance

The day-to-day pressure on business and IT leaders to optimize and secure their IT for performance and profit is enormous. Add to this the complication of meeting compliance regulations. In… Continue reading Enterprise, Know Thyself!

New communication technologies would seem likely to be adopted at an accelerated rate by disaster recovery, crisis management, and business continuity professionals. Indeed, many technologies that were once thought of… Continue reading Communication Factors During Crises, Disasters and Emergency Situations

From the Perspective of Ed Devlin In my last column, I discussed suggestions on how you can maintain support for the business continuity plan by your senior executives. Unfortunately, I… Continue reading Maintaining Executive Support

Editorial Advisory Board At one time or another, we have all asked ourselves, “How would I have responded in that horrific event?” Most of us cringe at the thought of… Continue reading Are You Comfortable with Your Skills?

On the cover of our last Journal (Winter 2007), we celebrated our 20th anniversary by publishing pictures of all our past covers. This compilation was very eye-catching and received a… Continue reading Disaster Photos Make Big Impact