Pure Storage

JULY 17, 2023

According to the strategy, investing in a resiliency architecture means: Reducing vulnerabilities in foundational technology—including critical infrastructure such as storage, which should be capable of tiered backups, immutable snapshots, and fast recovery times. Training everyone to be a security expert.

Cybersecurity 98

Cybersecurity Resilience Architecture Backup 98

OffsiteDataSync

MAY 18, 2022

Companies are rapidly moving to SaaS, but they often wrongly think their software vendor is responsible for data backup, and that leaves many organizations unprotected. Nathan Anderson, CTO of Jungle Disk, discusses why IT needs a backup strategy for SaaS data. Outages with major SaaS providers do happen. You Got a Problem?

Outage 52

Outage Backup Authentication Pandemic 52

National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Recent heavy rainfall in Rhode Island, Georgia, and Indiana caused deadly flash floods and thousands of power outages. Requirements for emergency and backup power supplies as well as consideration of other logistical needs for long-duration events are an important part of the rule.

Hazard 77

Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

IT Governance BC

JULY 30, 2024

Mitigating supply chain risk After widespread coverage, the CrowdStrike outage from 19 July 2024 hardly needs an introduction. The outage was caused by a bad security update rolled out by CrowdStrike. Without question, this is one of the most expensive IT outages to date, with significant global impact. million Windows devices.

Business Continuity 91

Business Continuity Insurance Insurance Outage 91

OffsiteDataSync

JUNE 29, 2021

With so much of the workforce remote during the pandemic, organizations ramped up their transition to the cloud and software-as-a-service (SaaS). Use point solutions where available: Backup solutions are available for many of the most common SaaS services. Data and applications no longer live exclusively inside the firewall.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Cloud Computing Backup Malware 52

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. RTOs and RPOs guide the rest of the DR planning process as well as the choice of recovery technologies, failover options, and data backup platforms. DR Planning Is More Hands-On.

BCP 95

BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 95

NexusTek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Continuity Planning Outage 52

NexusTek

MAY 15, 2023

In fact, over the course of a 3-year period, 96% of businesses can expect to experience at least one IT systems outage 1. Unexpected downtime can be caused by a variety of issues, such as power outages, weather emergencies, cyberattacks, software and equipment failures, pandemics, civil unrest, and human error.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Business Continuity Continuity Planning Outage 52

Disaster Safety

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Before severe winter weather strikes, prepare by developing a COVID-tailored business continuity plan and an emergency preparedness plan that accounts for the variables of the pandemic. Maintenance of your facility, whether it is occupied or vacant, may look a bit different than before the pandemic began. BACKUP POWER. .

Capacity 59

Capacity Backup Pandemic Vulnerability 59

OffsiteDataSync

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

In a 2020 disaster recovery (DR) survey conducted by 451 Research , four out of 10 companies with more than 1,000 employees experienced significant outages during the prior two years. Wildfires, massive floods, a global pandemic, all have taken a toll in the past year. What’s more, the threats are many.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Backup Outage Pandemic 52

NexusTek

AUGUST 4, 2021

The pandemic changed that. Backup Instead of repetitive, manual backup processes, cloud backup automatically copies and stores data regularly and securely. Backup to the Cloud is a safer, more reliable method that saves time and increases productivity. However, fewer than 6% of Americans worked remotely in 2019.

Telecommunications 52

Telecommunications Cloud Computing Backup Disaster Recovery 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Interestingly, most pandemic plans I have worked on or read were all about the loss of staff, looking at anything between 10% – 25% of their staff being off sick. Organisations may have had this percentage of staff off at the peak of the pandemic, but overall have been able to cope with it. Check your contract.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Backup Business Continuity Resilience 52

Plan B Consulting

APRIL 13, 2021

Interestingly, most pandemic plans I have worked on or read were all about the loss of staff, looking at anything between 10% – 25% of their staff being off sick. Organisations may have had this percentage of staff off at the peak of the pandemic, but overall have been able to cope with it. Check your contract.

Outsourcing 52

Outsourcing Backup Business Continuity Resilience 52

Online Computers

MAY 22, 2022

The attack also caused the COVID-19 vaccine portal to go offline and induced IT outages at five major hospitals, including Children’s Health Ireland. They quickly moved their client servers to a remote data center, where continual backups were already stored. The 2016 computer virus that crippled UK hospitals.

Continuity Planning 52

Continuity Planning Business Continuity Hospitality Healthcare 52

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Today, organizations are having a one-to-one mapping between source clouds and data backup, and disaster recovery sites lead to multiple standard operating procedures and multiple points of data thefts along with inconsistent recovery SLAs.” Though the greatest economic upheavals have hopefully passed, we’re seeing the residual effects.

High Availability 59

High Availability Disaster Recovery Application Activation 59

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Business Continuity is not a data backup. Why did we write this guide? manufacturing facilities).

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

Stratogrid Advisory

JUNE 3, 2020

Regardless of their nature, weather-related events that cause havoc in our communities, pandemics that can wipe us out, or cyber-related incidents that can potentially shut-down our technology, these events require us to be more resilient. Business Continuity is not a data backup. Why did we write this guide? manufacturing facilities).

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52