The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 have taught many IT professionals and network professionals one thing – prepare for the unexpected. Dave Johnson, director of technology at Grant Thornton, a global ...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, utilities and telecommunications companies in Florida and other states in its path will be beginning the disaster recovery process. This checklist is not intended to ...

Plan for the worst and hope for the best: We’ve all heard it at some point or another. But what can you do when the worst is something you can’t plan for? Power outages, unpredictable weather and the ...

Small and medium-sized organizations without a disaster recovery plan are 40% more likely to close their doors permanently after a disaster. Research from FEMA highlights this alarming reality, ...

Bad weather can hit anywhere. Although some areas of the country are more prone to hurricanes or wildfires, in other areas, flooding, blizzards, or tornadoes may be the chief concern. Not every storm ...

Sooner or later, a security incident will shut down or disrupt your network. You'll be better prepared with these items in your disaster recovery toolkit. Over the weekend I dealt with a misbehaving ...

Formulating a detailed recovery plan is the main aim of the entire IT disaster recovery (DR) planning project. It is in these plans that you will set out the detailed steps needed to recover your IT ...

ISACA has published a new quick reference document designed to help organizations prepare to mitigate ransomware incidents. The guide, titled Ransomware Incident Management Quick Reference, is a ...

In the first in this series of articles on disaster recovery (DR) planning, we examined risk and business impact assessment as the initial building block, and then looked at development of the DR plan ...

Prepare, mitigate, respond, recover. It’s a cycle I have been through thousands of times. Navigating hundreds of disasters and crises ranging from small to seemingly impossible is all part of the job ...