Struggling with DR testing? Get the technology out of the room
November 26, 2012Full-scale testing — completely shutting down your primary site and failing over to a recovery site — is impractical for most organizations, and it’s actually the least effective form of testing, based on a recent survey: The challenges with simulation, parallel … Continue reading
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Risk Assessment as Part of Business Continuity Planning is Overrated
July 12, 2012Business Continuity Planning (BCP) “by the book” means starting with a Risk Assessment to identify the types of incidents and risks you need to mitigate. Makes sense, right? How do you guard against something you haven’t identified? There are two … Continue reading
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Draw the Line between DRP and Business Continuity
July 30, 2010Disaster recovery planning (DRP) is often seen as the IT equivalent of a high-cost insurance policy that may never be redeemed, so making the business case for a DRP is difficult at the best of times. For IT departments moving … Continue reading
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