September is National Preparedness Month (NPM) and this year’s theme is “Disasters Don’t Plan Ahead. You Can.” The goal of NPM is to increase the overall number of individuals, families, and communities that engage in preparedness actions at home, work, business, school, and place of worship. Make a preparedness plan for your family and household […]
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Disaster Recovery, Information Technology, IT, Uncategorized
If you woke up tomorrow and ran a marathon, how would you fare? It’s highly doubtful that you would successfully run the 26.2 miles without months of training, drills, and exercises. The same is true for disaster recovery (DR): The chance that you could successfully recover IT operations without having exercised your DR plans on […]
Read MoreBusiness Continuity Tip: Phone and Network Failure
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Data Security, Disaster Recovery, Information Technology, Uncategorized
The majority of the disasters we respond to are non-weather related, with a large portion of them involving phone and network connectivity failures. Even though these events do not fall into the traditional mindset of a “disaster,” they should be at the top of your list to include in your recovery plan. That’s because an interruption […]
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