Defending Data Centers From Criminals And Hurricanes: What's Your Recovery Plan?

Forbes.com (Oct 10 2011)

1. In the wake of new and escalating cybercrime threats to data centers around the world, and the seemingly increasingly violent natural disasters hitting regions every season, now seems to be the perfect time to review and revisit what’s working and what’s not in IT disaster recovery plans. For organizations lacking a true disaster recovery plan or business continuity plan – and according to recent research there are a quite a few of these out there – there’s never been a better time than the present. AFCOM, a non-partisan association for data center management with more than 4,500 members worldwide, recently conducted a survey of its members to uncover the status, success and shortcomings of today’s current disaster recovery and business recovery plans. AFCOM found some surprising and concerning results, including that more than 15 percent of data centers have no plan for business continuity or disaster recovery ... (Read Full Article)

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