Do You Have an IT Business Continuity Plan in Place?
Who could have predicted? How many times have you said or heard that over the last two plus years when discussing the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic? Well, few rewards are given for accurate predictions, but the smart business manager who is prepared for something he/she cannot predict actually reaps rewards.
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Plans Are Essential to Business Success
Other than most canines, almost everyone enjoys 4th of July fireworks. Scientists tell us that we like them because they scare us. The bright flashes warn us that something bad is coming.
Many will remember the character Tattoo, from the TV show Fantasy Island. He was famous for calling out "The plane! The plane!" as the seaplane approached the island at the beginning of each episode. We bring that iconic memory forward to reinforce something that we recommend all business owners to do this fall as we come out of over 7 months of dealing with a pandemic that changed so much of what each organization does.
Your service provider, tasked with looking after your company’s IT, has kept your business up and running for the past 10 years. Unfortunately, that kind of longevity in developing continuity plans can result in some providers overlooking or underestimating certain issues.
In 1981, a book with a memorable title, When Bad Things Happen to Good People, was released and quickly became a bestseller. The book was written after the premature death of the author’s young son. One of the key points in the book is that sometimes there is no reason for things.
September is Disaster Preparedness Month and October is Cyber Security Awareness Month. We thought we might split the difference and talk about the two together…think, are you prepared for a Cybersecurity Disaster?
These days, data breaches are almost unavoidable.
Similar to life, game shows allow you to risk something in order to reap a potential gain. However, unlike life, in game shows, the contestant is not risking their business. Businesses are always venturing for potential gains, and for most businesses, the goal is to gain the most with the least amount of risk.
Just because your IT provider has a plethora of awards and certifications under its belt doesn’t mean that you can blindly hand over your business’s future to them. Often times, there are some aspects in your business continuity plan that tend to be overlooked by your provider.
HOST: Hello again everyone and welcome to To Tell the Truth! Today we have three contestants each who is prepared to tell us the key reason why organizations today should have a system for archiving email! Contestant #1…
CONTESTANT #1: I have a law degree and I can tell you that clearly the most important reason to archive email today is for the purposes of Regulatory Compliance.
We are already halfway through January. By now most people have stopped greeting each other with a cheerful “Happy New Year!” Many New Years’ resolutions to start good new habits have already been broken.
Even though we are already well into the new year, it is still a good time (and there is never a bad time) for managers or executives who rely on information technology to start smart good habits—habits that will last all the way thorough 2016 and beyond.
