National Fire Protection Association

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

While the warmer months of the year signal a time when we can indulge in vacations, beach days, and outdoor activities, the summer and fall are also when hurricanes, thunderstorms, wildfires, and other potential natural disasters make their impressive mark across many areas of the United States, often disrupting the rhythm of our daily lives.

Hazard 77

Hazard Emergency Planning Risk Reduction Pandemic 77

Solutions Review

JANUARY 20, 2022

The coronavirus pandemic made clear the need for disaster recovery plans and solutions for virtually every industry, but even before the pandemic, remote and mobile workforces were clearly the direction almost every industry was headed. IPC saw enormous uptake of its offering during the coronavirus pandemic.

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Financial Services Pandemic Cloud Computing 52

Zerto

AUGUST 18, 2022

These events could be man-made (industrial sabotage, cyber-attacks, workplace violence) or natural disasters (pandemics, hurricanes, floods), etc. Instructions about how to use the plan end-to-end, from activation to de-activation phases. Note that the DRP can be invoked without triggering the activation of the BCP.

BCP 82

BCP Disaster Recovery Impact Analysis Continuity Planning 82

PagerDuty

JANUARY 25, 2022

Employees in the US and Canada can also take advantage of backup care—five days of subsidized child care coverage per year. It’s tough being a parent during a pandemic, especially without having family nearby. I couldn’t believe how easy it was!” Karen, PagerDuty Sr. Program Manager. Time To Recharge .

Pandemic 96

Pandemic Backup Sports Insurance 96

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. Without a backup, any data in there is gone forever.

Outage 52

Outage Backup Authentication Vulnerability 52

FEI

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

As one of many emergency response teams providing support throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have just passed the six-month marker since we first activated to support our company and our stakeholders. On February 25, 2020, the CDC indicated that COVID-19 was moving toward pandemic status. The first 30 days—a 5K.

Emergency Response 52

Emergency Response Emergency Response Disaster Recovery Pandemic 52

On Solve

JULY 8, 2021

The plan should include a backup workplace in case of a natural disaster or building hazard, as well as a way to backup any company data. Maintaining Resilience During Emergencies From massive wildfires and global pandemics to active shooters and cyberthreats, organizations in today’s world have to be prepared for anything.

Continuity Planning 90

Continuity Planning Business Continuity Alert All-Hazards 90

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Emerging from two years of pandemic-related restrictions and resulting impacts on business, the concept of hygiene is immediately relevant to IT. Break through the silo mentality and teach everyone in a company to be aware, alert and pro-active, so that the cyber cleaning process is constant and when a breach occurs, nobody is paralyzed.

Backup 52

Backup Disaster Recovery Security Authentication 52

Pure Storage

JUNE 23, 2022

According to the Future Forum Pulse report, at the beginning of the pandemic, organizations had to transition from supporting 30% of their workforce working in the office to 100% working remotely in just a matter of weeks. Pure includes data protection features, such as snapshots and replication, at no additional cost. The Need for Balance.

Disaster Recovery 122

Disaster Recovery Architecture Business Continuity Pandemic 122

NexusTek

AUGUST 17, 2022

Remote work became a necessity for many firms during the pandemic, but its continued prevalence suggests that the advent of COVID-19 merely accelerated a trend that was already on the horizon. You might set aside time during meetings for social chat, or even schedule purely social virtual activities to help team members connect.

Pandemic 52

Pandemic Communications Technology Evaluation 52

Solutions Review

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In 2024, it will be crucial to optimize the transparency afforded by these regulations, and by dragging cybercriminals out into the open, authorities can more effectively curtail their illicit activity.” If the AI detects unusual activity, it can respond autonomously to increase their level of protection.

High Availability 59

High Availability Disaster Recovery Application Technology 59

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.

Backup 52

Backup Outsourcing 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.

Backup 52

Backup Outsourcing Business Continuity Resilience 52

everbridge

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

A unified critical event management platform can automate emergency notifications and communications, while centralizing all event activity. An integrated critical event management (CEM) platform can help crisis management teams successfully communicate with their people during a severe weather event. Emergency Management During a Hurricane.

Hospitality 59

Hospitality Crisis Management Emergency Response Emergency Response 59

Solutions Review

JANUARY 25, 2023

The pandemic accelerated the digitalization of customer interactions by several years, and there’s no turning back: we now live in an era of digital. This chain of activities results in an increasingly complex, geographically vast, and multi-tiered supply network.

Government 116

Government Backup Application Security 116

Castellan

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

We’re seeing an increase in multiple disruptions managed simultaneously, thanks in large part to the long-lasting impacts of the pandemic. Let’s say your response plans require you to activate your IT team. Thirty six percent said yes. That’s not surprising. Here’s an example.

Crisis Management 52

Crisis Management Management Response Plan Resilience 52

SRM

JUNE 30, 2020

The remit of a BCP stretches beyond data security and incorporates an entire range of potential challenges that could be faced by a company, including fire, flood, theft or even a pandemic. Would you focus only on active customers? How long would it take you to restore systems from backups? How long can systems be inactive for?

Disaster Recovery 52

Disaster Recovery Continuity Planning Business Continuity BCP 52

Pure Storage

AUGUST 25, 2021

Companies like Kroger have moved actively into container-based application development. Read The State of Retail IT and Digital Transformation to learn about how the pandemic pushed retailers to accelerate digital transformation. Blazing-Fast SQL Backup and Restore for Retailers. Reason #4: The Future Is Now with Pure.

Retail 52

Retail Apparel Hospitality Internet 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?

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? ARTICLE SECTIONS.

Business Continuity 52

Business Continuity BCM Impact Analysis BCP 52

On Solve

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

However, I designed the combined BR/CM/DR exercise such that actual users (representatives from all departments) were to go to the backup data center, log in to their applications and demonstrate that each department could perform its critical functions. After all, they say, “We have been in an 18 month-long response!” True, of course.

Response Plan 52

Response Plan Crisis Management Application Disaster Recovery 52

Solutions Review

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

These activities must happen in 2024, because threat actors are in fact already targeting encrypted data, by taking a “steal and store now to decrypt later” approach. Organizations will seek robust backup strategies to safeguard sensitive information and ensure quick recovery in the event of data breaches or ransomware attacks.

Healthcare 59

Healthcare Security Cybersecurity Government 59

Solutions Review

JANUARY 28, 2024

These activities must happen in 2024, because threat actors are in fact already targeting encrypted data, by taking a “steal and store now to decrypt later” approach. Organizations will seek robust backup strategies to safeguard sensitive information and ensure quick recovery in the event of data breaches or ransomware attacks.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Security Cybersecurity Government 52