Canadians are proud of their guaranteed universal health care system; many consider it to be superior to the private system in the United States. But there is one area in which the US health care system is ahead of the Canadian one, and that is the statutory protection of electronic medical records. The Canadian system…
Author: Steve Tower
With many years of professional IT experience, and training as a Certified Management Consultant, a Project Management Professional, a Professional Engineer and a Member, Business Continuity Institute, Steve Tower has the skills and abilities required to assist with even the most complex disaster recovery planning initiatives. Below, Steve discusses the necessary tools involved in setting up a disaster recovery plan and program.
Canadian Aviation Regulations for Disaster Recovery
This is the first in a four-part series examining IT disaster recovery regulatory compliance, and other compliance requirements, on a vital industry-by-vital industry basis. The airline industry is a vital cog in the global economy, and a disaster-related IT stoppage would have significant and negative consequences for many nations worldwide. However, one might be surprised…
Getting Your Stakeholders To Embrace Disaster Recovery
If you’re serious about establishing a Disaster Recovery plan for your organization, you need not only the buy-in from your own team, but also the support of your partners and service providers. Education Is The Key In today’s uncertain business climate nobody wants to throw a dollar away. You need to be able to convince…
Disaster Recovery: Not Only Backup and Recovery
There still seems to be some confusion over what disaster recovery really means. It’s definitely not the same thing as backup and recovery, although there are elements of backup within a DR plan. Here are the key differences between DR and backup.
7 Steps For A Thorough Disaster Recovery Assessment
You’ve decided your organization’s Disaster Recovery plan needs some updating, so now what? Perhaps the best way to go is with the help of an internal specialist or a good DR consultant, who will guide your organization’s DR update through a seven-step “refresh” program. 1. Quick Scan The DR consultant will take an overview of…