Category: The Reality of Disaster Recovery

When considering the return on investment of establishing a Disaster Recovery (DR) plan, your organization needs to ask a lot of ‘what if’ questions. As with many important decisions, the answers lie at the balance point between pro and con.

A disaster recovery/business continuity plan has traditionally been like an insurance policy for your business. As with most insurance, its return on investment was usually not fully realized until disaster struck and the benefits kicked in.

Municipal utilities are like the circulatory system of the modern town or city. Without a healthy flow of electrical power, water or gas, parts of our communities cease to function and the well-being of our citizens is put at risk.

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…

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…