With the cost of downtime estimated at $336,000 per hour*, the question “How would you rate your ability to execute a recovery following a disaster or business interruption?” can easily be a company’s ...

An important part of any organization's disaster recovery plan is the documentation phase, which continues throughout the life of the infrastructure. Keeping information current can be difficult and ...

As federal services deteriorate, a patchwork of private companies is taking their place — for better or for worse.

Josh Haravay is a disaster recovery specialist with the Virginia Information Technologies Agency. Most government IT agencies have a disaster recovery plan on paper, but how confident are they that it ...

“The recovery documentation should accurately represent the configuration of the protected IT environment, as well as how the customer expects systems to optimally behave during a disaster or a during ...

For over 20 years, I’ve been involved in enterprise-level IT. I know the processes and procedures that allow companies to be always-on, always-available, and always-able to weather any unforeseen ...

In today’s digital world, businesses constantly face cyber threats, making disaster recovery planning crucial for operational, reputational, and financial protection. In this article I will talk about ...

In today's digital world, data is the lifeblood of businesses. Losing it can lead to significant financial losses, operational disruptions, and damage to a company's reputation. To safeguard against ...

Aka the business continuity plan and rather less well known as the "risk action plan," this is a document whose existence and table of contents are subject to audit - but which, like most data ...

Some months after the 9/11 attacks, I interviewed the CIO of a large Wall Street law firm located only blocks from the collapsed World Trade Center towers. She talked about the tremendous outpouring ...