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An Old Threat Returns…Computer Outage

Plan B Consulting

I think with cyber threats and power outages being the focus of the moment, occupying us business continuity folks, we have forgotten about a good old threat: the computer outage. There is very little spare capacity in the system to accommodate delayed passengers and cancelled flights, so the effects take days to sort out.

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Comparing Resilience: Business, Operational, IT, and Cyber – Part Three

Zerto

Having a robust data protection and recovery strategy based on backup and recovery is the first step toward ensuring IT resilience. Without IT resilience, most businesses will be unable to maintain critical business functions when faced with disruptive events like cyberattacks, fires, natural disasters, etc.

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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The British Airways IT Outage – An Alternative View

Plan B Consulting

Many are asking why the airline didn’t have backup systems, where their planning for this type of event was and why the plan hadn’t been exercised, as this would have greatly improved their response. When you run your operations at near capacity, the disruption has a long tail of knock-on effects.

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How to Set Up a Staged Recovery Environment 

Pure Storage

If you’ve suffered a breach, outage, or attack, there’s one thing you should have completed and ready to go: a staged recovery environment (SRE). This should be set up in advance, tested, and in a ready state to be transitioned into quickly after an event. During an event, and. After an event. It’s all about speed.

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Modern Enterprise Data Protection: A How-To Guide

Pure Storage

Data center outages come in many forms and often occur at the most unfortunate of times. An unplanned uninterruptible power system (UPS) failure, human error, or weather event has the potential of sending an organization into a data-driven tailspin. The advantages of flash in backup and recovery.

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The Four Phases of Disaster Recovery

MHA Consulting

In today’s post we’ll look at why organizations still need to be adept at IT disaster recovery (IT/DR) and describe the four phases of restoring IT services after an outage. Phase 1: Preparation Technically, preparation is not a phase of disaster recovery since it happens before the outage. Estimate how long the outage will last.