https://berkonomics.com/?p=4217&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=have-you-experienced-your-disaster-recovery-event-yet Dave Berkus' business insights Fri, 15 May 2020 06:39:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://berkonomics.com/?p=4217&cpage=1#comment-137653 Fri, 15 May 2020 06:39:35 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=4217#comment-137653 Agreed there are 3 primary areas at risk when it comes to disasters: (a) the organization’s data & intellectual property, (b) the organization’s financial resources and the security of same; and (c) protecting both management and the general workforce while planning how to replace key managers / employees when and if necessary. I would submit that far more than 1/2 hour would need to be devoted to exploring the possible disaster scenarios in each area and planning for recovery and sustainability in each. And the people best equipped to help in each of those 3 areas could well be different. In addition, areas (a), and to a certain extent (b), are vulnerable not only to human error and natural disasters, but to hackers. So cybersecurity has to enter into the equation as well. Zoom is a perfect example. Demand for its services exploded when the coronavirus shut everything down and the founder admitted that he had given little thought to the possibility of cyberattacks. Wake up, people.

]]> https://berkonomics.com/?p=4217&cpage=1#comment-137607 Tue, 12 May 2020 19:32:26 +0000 https://berkonomics.com/?p=4217#comment-137607 Dave — This is a timely and important reminder. Thanks for discussing this. Do you (or do any of your readers) have the name(s) of excellent consultants who can come into a company and evaluate how effective their back up procedures are in terms of data risk management.

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