While developing a disaster recover plan is difficult for any operation, cultural institutions face the challenge of protecting not only their facilityâs livelihood, but the daunting task of ensuring that… Continue reading Culture Clash – Disaster Recovery Challenges of Museums
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E-mail is Down and You’re Out of Compliance
Seventy-five percent of companies today are expected to have a major e-mail outage this year â with downtime expected to last an average of 26 hours. Itâs no secret that… Continue reading E-mail is Down and You’re Out of Compliance
Enterprise, Know Thyself!
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!
Communication Factors During Crises, Disasters and Emergency Situations
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
Maintaining Executive Support
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
Are You Comfortable with Your Skills?
Editorial Advisory Board At one time or another, we have all asked ourselves, âHow would I have responded in that horrific event?â Most of us cringe at the thought of… Continue reading Are You Comfortable with Your Skills?
Disaster Photos Make Big Impact
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
Registration Agreement
The Disaster Recovery Journal is FREE to anyone involved in managing, preparing, or responsible for Disaster Recovery/Business Continuity Planning in the United States and Canada. All others can either subscribe… Continue reading Registration Agreement
The San Francisco Earthquake
Special Report THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE A SPECIAL REPORT FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF by Richard L. Arnold, CDRP At 7:00 P.M. October 18, 1989, I sat down to watch the… Continue reading The San Francisco Earthquake
Hurricane Andrew
Special Report HURRICANE ANDREW The Human Side of Hurricane Recovery by Richard L. Arnold, CDRP Editor-In-Chief, Disaster Recovery Journal 1992 has been a horrible year for disasters of all kinds.… Continue reading Hurricane Andrew

