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Is your business ready for any disaster? Review this 5-point disaster preparedness checklist

Online Computers

That's why it's important for you to have a disaster preparedness plan (DPP) to help prevent or lessen the damage of a disaster and quickly resume normal business operations. But how can you be sure that your strategy to mitigate disasters will actually work?

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Scenario of the Month: An Ice-Storm Wrecks Havoc

Disaster Preparedness

A fire has broken out downtown at an underground sub-station causing both a power outage and melting of fiber-optic cables impacting the internet and 911 calls. The Mayor has declared a local State-of-Emergency and has asked everyone to stay home and off the roads for safety and clean-up.

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Why Containers are Susceptible to Ransomware (& How Zerto Can Help!)

Zerto

Check out the IDC whitepaper The State of Ransomware and Disaster Preparedness. Disaster Recovery & Data Protection All-In-One. In the event of an outage due to a ransomware attack completely taking your primary site down, Zerto for Kubernetes helps users fight back by performing a failover live operation.

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BCP vs. DR Plans: What Are the Key Differences?

Zerto

Since most businesses today are heavily IT reliant, DRP tends to focus on business data and information systems by addressing one or several points of failure including application downtime, network outages, hardware failure, data loss, etc. This makes DRP a crisis response and recovery strategy for IT infrastructure in modern organizations.

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Coronavirus and the Need for a Remote Workforce Failover Plan

NexusTek

Within your BCP, a theorized list of implications that a peril would have on your business and ways to mitigate the impact of peril or outage-induced downtime are vital to the success of your plan. power outages, email outages, etc). Often, email communication is not a sufficient means of communication in certain instances (i.e.

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Hurricane Risk Management: Key Considerations Before and After Storms Strike

Risk Management Monitor

Severe weather often causes power outages and other service disruptions that may last longer than anticipated, and key files like property records and facility plans should be safely stored and easily accessible in the event of a hurricane. Additionally, back up important paperwork and IT services to avoid losing valuable assets.

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What Is a Power Surge?

Constellation

A power surge or electrical surge is a relatively rare, but potentially damaging phenomenon that can occur in any electrical power system. Before you can protect your home and appliances from this danger, it helps to know exactly what is a power surge and what causes power surges. The post What Is a Power Surge?